Internal, or 'soft' Chinese Martial art. (內家 pinyin nei4jia1) Traditionally, the three arts Tai Chi Chuan, [Ba Gua Chang]? (Pa Kua Zhang) and [Hsing I]? (Xing-i). |
Internal, or 'soft' Chinese martial art. (內家 pinyin nei4jia1) Traditionally, the three arts Tai Chi Chuan, [Ba Gua Chang]? (Pa Kua Zhang) and [Hsing I]? (Xing-i). |
This classification was first identified in the 1920's by the Chinese philosopher [Sun Lu Tang]?. According to this classification, the principles defining an internal martial art are: