The History of Tai Chi. [I am deeply grateful to Peter Lim both for his excellent papers on the history of Tai Chi Chuan, and for his personal communications to me, in providing a background for this historical overview.
Any errors are, however, entirely my responsibility.] There exists a very ancient history in China of movement systems that are associated with health and philosophy. The Styles of Tai Chi Chuan. Tai chi styles. Tai chi styles contents introduction: One of the biggest difficulties for newcomers to tai chi is that there seems to be a lot of different tai chi styles and forms.
And its true there are a lot of choices to be made. The main differences between the different taiji styles are in the speed and pace of performance and the way the body holds the poses in terms of posture and intent.