Taoist organic alchemical movements Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan

Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan is an older version of Tai Ch'i practice that involves the usage of the spine in a serpentine motion. Its movements are compact and coiled. The Qi flows freely from the various meridian pathways with the breath and the motion.

It is said that the Dragon Tai Ch'i predates the Chan Style Tai Ch'i and it is directly transmitted from the Wudong Mountain.

For example the movement of the Wild Horse Parting Its Mane actually evolves from the movement of Dragon Soaring with the arms opening to the diagonal corners. Since Dragon moves in a zig zag pathway, this floor pattern of moving is still retained in most classical Tai Ch'i Chuan when one is performing the Wild Horse Parting its Mane.

With the practice of Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan, one can trace the evolution of the early Taoist organic alchemical movements to it present state. The proto-alchemical movements focus on reversing the flow of the procreative fluid from the spinal column back up to the brain. This is called the gathering of the flowers to the crown. It is the reversal of the life force from creating one's own immortal fetus that the ancient Taoist want to master. To excel in one's ability to fight in doing the Dragon Tai Ch'i Chuan is only a side effect of the central concern of achieving immortality.

At present there are a handful of Dragon Style Taiji players with most of them residing in China.