He was also considered an accomplished Neo-Confucian and Taoist scholar, especially in the I Ching. Sun learned Wu/Hao style T’ai Chi Ch’üan from Hao Wei-chen (郝為真), who was Li I-yü’s (李亦畬) chief disciple. In creating Sun style, Sun Lu-t’ang was said to have used Bagua’s stepping method, Xingyi’s hand and waist methods, and Tai Chi’s continuity of movement.
Its gentle postures and high stances make it very suitable for geriatric exercise and martial arts therapy. Sun style tai chi formed the basis for a 32-movement set created by Australian teacher Dr. Paul Lam for the U.S. Arthritis Foundation subsequently called “Tai Chi for Arthritis”.
The most modern of the five major styles of Tai Chi, (the other four being Yang, Wu, family Wu and Chen) Sun Tai Chi was developed in the early 1900s by the famous grandmaster Sun Lutang and is unique in that it fuses Ba Gua and Xing Yi with classical Tai Chi Chuan.
Grandmaster Sun Lu-t’ang (孫祿堂, 1861-1932) |
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