Intermediate - Tai Chi A:

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zu` ` taij ` quan. zhe ` zhensh` ` lian wo j` n kaish y zhong q miao de quansh u. ` Ive started to practice Tai chi recently. Its really an amazing martial art.

B:

` quan b` anr en de yund ` taij u sh` laoni ma? y ou shenme ` ong ` ne? q miao Isnt Tai Chi an exercise for the elderly? Whats amazing about it?

A:

` k ` ot ` ecu ` o ` le. taij ` quan b` e le jiansh ` n zhe esh` dacu u j n jieh en , hai baoh le shenk` gudi zhexu e. an e de Zhonggu yu o boj an You are seriously mistaken. Tai Chi not only combines exercise and ghting skills, it also contains rich ancient Chinese philosophy.

B:

` ` zhege ` sh` ma? name, taij m ngzi sh` shenme y` si? Does it? So what does the name Tai Chi mean?

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A:

` zhege ` , weiy . taij ` quan b` taij c de y` si sh` juedu` u j n le M ` ge ` jia a, hai baoh le f quanf an z onghe ngdai engfu ` de chuant ong ` Zhonggu o wenhu a. The word Tai Chi means absolute and unique. Tai Chi integrates different styles of martial art from the Ming Dynasty with qi gong (a system of deep-breathing exercises), Chinese medicine, and the ve elements of yin and yang. Tai Chi is rich with traditional Chinese cultural and philosophical thought.

B:

` enme ` quan jiez` ou zheme ` ` ` du` daod weish taij man? ta rent y ou shenme haochu ne? Why is tai chi so slow-paced? What good does it do to the body anyways?

A:

` quan sh ` ` ` lian taij zhong chuy zh zhong, dongzu o u yund ` ong ` taij ` quan sh ` e y j jie nm` , liuch da , tebi aoqiu nj` ng. ang. x

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Tai Chi is perpetual motion. Its movements are closely connected and owing. When practicing Tai Chi it is essential that state of mind, concentration, and breathing be inextricably connected. Tai chi particularly requires feeling and reacting through the body.

B:

` taij ` quan f ` ma? shen ao. o, t ng q lai zhen en liup ai Oh, that sounds quite profound. Are there different schools of tai chi?

A:

taij ` quan y ` b` ` zu` liup dangr an, ou xudu uguo zhuy` o ai, ao de ` liup ` sh` wu da ai. Of course. There are many different schools of tai chi, but the main ones are the ve key schools.

Key Vocabulary

` lian ` quan taij

to practice Tai Chi

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` q miao ` ot ` ecu ` o ` dacu e jieh an baoh e shenk` juedu` weiy f engfu ` ong chuant ou jiez` ` daod haochu sh zhong ` liup ai ` liuch ang

fantastic very serious mistake to combine to contain profound absolute only rich traditional rhythm after all benet from start to nish school of thought uidity

Supplementary Vocabulary
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gongfu wush u ` ` ao jiansh enc ` a bagu egang y rouk`

Kung Fu martial arts aeorbics the Eight Diagrams to use softness to over come

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