2006-10-25 15:33:09 · 3 answers · asked by Ed B 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
China
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Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese Martial Art. It is an "internal" art as it works on the development of the power of an inner energy called "Chi" for it's most effective and impressive abilities.
It arose out of Taoist and Buddhist philosophies and was cultivated in the monastaries but does not itself have a religious basis. The practice and teaching of tai chi is often not linked to or in conjunction with religious practices.
See the wiki page
2006-10-25 15:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taoism and the Philosophy of Tai Chi Chua
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/taoism.html
2006-10-25 15:35:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started in China.
It does have a quasi-philisophical but not religious background in the concept of balance, represented by the black and white yin-yang symbol.
You can find out more at wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_chi
2006-10-25 15:38:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋