{"id":7969,"date":"2022-10-15T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T10:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/121671d.netsolhost.com\/azitaiji2019\/blog\/?p=7969"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:32:47","slug":"why-zhao-bao-taiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londontaiji.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/15\/why-zhao-bao-taiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Zhao Bao Taiji"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>\n

Why should I study taiji instead of any other martial art or fighting form?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Continuously learning, continuously improving<\/strong><\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiji isn’t a fixed or finalized martial art. Master Yazi Liu \u5218\u4e9a\u5b5c<\/a> believes that practitioners should always continue to research, to learn and to improve their art. If something doesn’t quite work for you, improve it. If you learn a particular method that you think works better than what you’re already doing, incorporate it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This particular trait is not itself unique to Azi School of Taiji<\/a> – it’s actually visible across the taiji world, albeit not always acknowledged. Though multiple schools around the world will teach Yang style, or Chen style, or Wu style, when students from different schools of the same style come together, their forms will often show as many small differences as similarities. Those differences reflect the different choices and teaching styles chosen by their respective schools and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master Yazi Liu, however, not only acknowledges this but emphasizes it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trait that makes Azi School of Taiji stand apart from other practitioners of Zhao Bao taiji around the world is it’s focus on the martial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you look online for examples of Zhao Bao taiji<\/a> elsewhere in the world, what you will see is something very different from what Master Liu teaches. The reason is simple – the incorporation of fajin \u767c\u52c1<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far as we can tell, the version of Zhao Bao Taiji taught at Azi School of Taiji is the most martial version in the world. It comes from the Zhao Bao line called San He Yi Shi, to which short fajin was introduced by Master Yazi Liu\u2019s Master, Pei Guo Qing. In turn Master Yazi Liu has incorporated more and more fajin into the form\/tao lu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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