Zhaobao Tai Chi is one of the six major schools of Tai Chi in my country. It originated in Zhaobao Town, Wen County, Henan Province. It is known for its righteousness and fighting style. It is a rare boxing style in the martial arts world and was praised by Emperor Yongzheng as "righteousness". After years of vicissitudes, Zhaobao Tai Chi, with its important characteristics of "hard as steel, soft as cotton, slippery as fish, and sticky as maw", has been continuously innovated, developed and improved by boxers, giving Zhaobao Tai Chi a living soul of courage to innovate, creating generations of boxing masters, especially Chen Qingping, He Zhaoyuan, He Qingxi, Zheng Wuqing, Song Yunhua and other outstanding successors since the Qing Dynasty. In the mid-20th century, Zhaobao Tai Chi master Song Yunhua passed it on to Wang Jizhong in Beichen District, Tianjin. Since then, Zhaobao Tai Chi has been passed down in Beichen District, Tianjin and even in the north of the motherland. In the 1980s, Song Yunhua founded the "International Tai Chi Yi Quan Dao" in Hong Kong, which became popular in 47 countries and regions. In February 2006, Master Song Yunhua died young due to overwork, leaving behind many matters related to the excavation and inheritance of Zhaobao Tai Chi. Zhaobao Tai Chi was influenced by the patriarchal concept of "Zhaobao Tai Chi should not leave the village", which missed the opportunity to develop and made it on the verge of extinction. Wang Jizhong, the inheritor of Zhaobao Tai Chi, studied, excavated, sorted and summarized Zhaobao Tai Chi since the 1960s, and excavated the innovative thinking of the successive masters of the boxing world, making him unique in the martial arts world. He absorbed and preserved the essence of Zhaobao Tai Chi, and based on the reality of people's great social competitiveness and fast pace of life after social changes, he compiled the "Jizhong 21-style health-preserving Tai Chi", "Jizhong 18-style spiritual Tai Chi", "Jizhong 9-style floating spirit Tai Chi", and "Children's Tai Chi 13 Styles" to teach Zhaobao Tai Chi to people, in moderation and at the right time, and passed it on in more than a dozen provinces and cities in the country, striving to save the endangered Zhaobao Tai Chi. There are three types of stances in Zhaobao Tai Chi: middle stance, low stance, and high stance. The middle stance is suitable for beginners. The low stance is also called "pangong stance, lingluo stance", suitable for young and middle-aged people. The low stance requires the calves and thighs to form a right angle, and the body, hands, arms, feet, legs, waist, hips and other parts to move with a large range of motion. The high stance is also called "proxy stance", that is, the internal strength stance, which is used to practice martial arts and skills. The amount of exercise is not too large and is suitable for the elderly. All three stances should achieve the combination of internal and external, and all movements must be circular, not straight. Generally, the low stance should be practiced first, and then the high stance. "Ji Zhong 21-style health-preserving Tai Chi" belongs to the middle stance, suitable for beginners of all kinds of people to practice, that is, the so-called beginner boxing. "Ji Zhong 18-style Tongling Tai Chi" with "zero low stance" is suitable for people with lower limb disabilities and lower limb mobility difficulties. The "low-frame" "Ji Zhong 9-style Piao Ling Tai Chi" is suitable for the young generation to practice. When practicing, it requires all parts of the body to move flexibly and with a large range. The basic fighting skills of Zhaobao Tai Chi are contained in its routines. Zhaobao Tai Chi's reverse abdominal breathing, that is, the lower abdomen is retracted when inhaling, and the lower abdomen is slightly convex when exhaling, and the Dantian continuously accumulates qi, which greatly increases the oxygen content in the blood of the practitioner, achieving the effect of relaxing the meridians, activating blood circulation, and strengthening the body and mind. The four sets of boxing compiled by Wang Jizhong span the mid-to-late 20th century and the 21st century, and are the carriers of saving the endangered Zhaobao Tai Chi heritage. From the 1980s to the early 21st century, Tai Chi returned to the people after experiencing great ups and downs. With the prosperity of the economy and the fierce competition in society, people's physical and mental pressures continue to increase, and the pace of life becomes faster. The old routines of nearly 100 styles make those who learn them sigh. When people join the ranks of Tai Chi, they call for not learning Zhaobao Tai Chi for too long. People generally require to learn a set of boxing in about a month. Each set of boxing takes five to six minutes. It can also be repeated according to the length of each person's fitness time to achieve the right person, right amount, and right time. "Ji Zhong 21-style health-preserving Tai Chi" and "Ji Zhong 18-style spiritual Tai Chi" are aimed at the vast majority of Tai Chi enthusiasts, even those with lower limb disabilities and lower limb mobility difficulties. She stands or sits to practice, so that more people can benefit from practicing Zhaobao Tai Chi. Facing the lively young generation, Wang Jizhong has incorporated the more difficult moves of Zhaobao Tai Chi into "Ji Zhong 9-style floating spirit Tai Chi", thus organically combining popularization and improvement. Not only has it excavated the essence of Zhaobao Tai Chi and passed on its living soul, but it has also passed on the fighting spirit of Zhaobao Tai Chi to college, middle school, primary school students and the younger generation, keeping Zhaobao Tai Chi youthful and energetic. Zhaobao Taijiquan was founded during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. After several generations of masters and leaders, it was passed down to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty more than 200 years ago. It was passed on to Chen Qingping (1795-1868), who was a master of both civil and military skills and was known as a civil and military boxer. Chen Qingping passed it on to He Zhaoyuan (1811-1890), whose outstanding martial arts skills shocked the capital. He Zhaoyuan enriched the boxing theory with "Song Confucianism" and pioneered the Taijiquan agency. In the late Qing Dynasty, He Zhaoyuan passed it on to his eldest grandson He Qingxi (1857-1936). He Qingxi learned the true teachings and led his disciples to Kaifeng to win the championship in his later years, becoming famous throughout the country. In modern China, He Qingxi passed it on to Zheng Wuqing (1895-1984), who was a martial arts instructor at the Seventh Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy and a Taijiquan coach for the Xi'an Municipal Government. In the early days of liberation, Zheng Wuqing passed on the art to Song Yunhua (1949-2006). Song Yunhua spread Zhaobao Taijiquan and International Taiji Yiquandao to Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, which caused a sensation in the sports world. His disciples are spread across 47 countries and regions around the world. In the early 1980s, Song Yunhua passed on the art to Wang Jizhong (1945 to present). Wang Jizhong began to study Zhaobao Taijiquan in 1967 and devoted himself to the excavation, arrangement and rescue of Zhaobao Taijiquan. He is the disseminator of Zhaobao Taijiquan in northern my country, especially in Tianjin. In the 1990s, Wang Jizhong passed on the art to Xu Yuntong (1978 to present), whose artistic name is "Golden Boy". In 1993, he began to learn from his master and assisted his master in teaching Zhaobao Taijiquan in Tianjin and other places. Wang Jizhong passed on the art to Xu Hong (1964 to present). In 2003, he began to learn from his master and spread Zhaobao Taijiquan in Tianjin and other places. Wang Jizhong passed on the art to Wang Ming (1971 to present), the principal of Happy Disney Kindergarten on Jinzhong Street, Dongli District. Wang Ming began to learn the art in 2010 and practiced diligently. He led all kindergarten teachers to learn Zhaobao Tai Chi and taught it to the children, allowing Zhaobao Tai Chi to take root in the hearts of the children. Zhaobao Tai Chi has the following characteristics in terms of boxing skills: 1. The whole body is wrapped in silk, and the hands and feet are moved by practicing movements, so that the whole body is coordinated. 2. The flexible and clever "Hu Ling Jin" and active steps, the whole body moves flexibly when the mind moves. Active steps are the changes of the feet in the movement to respond to it. 3. The internal and external hardness and softness are practiced at the same time, and any move and action has multiple effects and functions. 4. The dynamic step generates power, which can be dynamic and static. The active step is also called dynamic power, which is performed between the rise and fall of the foot. Information source: Tianjin Beichen Cultural Information Network (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Tianjin Beichen Cultural Information Network (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)