About Hunyuan 

Hunyuan Tai Chi and Qigong

Hunyuan Tai Chi is an abbreviation for Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan. As the full name indicates, it is a tai chi style based on the original Chen system but incorporating elements of the internal martial art Xinyi as well as traditional “gong” exercises for building health and power.

Hunyuan is the outcome of the unique martial arts education of Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang, regarded by many as his generation’s greatest living tai chi master. Feng, who died at age 85 in 2012, was an 18th-generation grandmaster of Chen Style Taijiquan and the creator of the Hunyuan tai chi system. He was a board member of the China Martial Arts Association, advisor to the Beijing Municipal Martial Arts Association, chairman of the Beijing Chen Style Taijiquan Research Association and president of the Feng Zhiqiang Martial Arts Academy.

Born in 1928, Feng was a top student in Beijing of both Chen Fa Ke, the standard bearer of Chen Style Tai Chi, and Hu Yaozhen, a Xinyi master and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine who often is referred to as the father of modern Chinese qigong.

Hunyuan is a complete martial arts system that simultaneously develops a self-defense capability while building a healthy body, calm mind and strong spirit. The above-mentioned internal gong exercises serve as a foundation, but the system also includes training in forms, push hands, sparring and traditional weapons.

While designed for both health and self-defense, Hunyuan focuses on health; while alternating between movement and stillness, it emphasizes stillness; and while simultaneously training the internal and the external, it gives priority to the internal. Grandmaster Feng taught that the internal and external should be coordinated, the upper and lower body should follow each other, and the whole body should move in harmony. 

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About Qigong

Qigong is an ancient Chinese exercise system for gathering, nurturing and cultivating the vital energy called qi, or chi. The exercises combine graceful, gentle movements with mind intent and breath to relax the body and mind and facilitate the balanced flow of energy and blood throughout the body, thereby improving health and increasing overall vitality. The exercises are a core component of training in such “internal” martial arts as Tai Chi, Xinyi and Bagua, but also are widely practiced purely for health benefits.