What is better to practice Tai Ji Chuan in your thirties?

Talk about a little personal opinion, for reference only.

According to the information provided by the landlord, you are interested in all the basic functions of Tai Ji Chuan.

At this age, learning from Tai Ji Chuan is definitely not like exercising and killing time as retired comrades. You must yearn for Tai Chi culture, because Tai Ji Chuan is, after all, a part of China's traditional culture. No matter what you study in Tai Ji Chuan, of course, you won't "just know what it is and don't know why". You may learn more about Tai Ji Chuan's boxing theory, explore the function of keeping fit, and perhaps pay attention to the inheritance and spread of culture. Personally, I think that people in their thirties want to start practicing Tai Chi with high initiative, unlike children who are asked by their parents. At my age, I have a certain cultural accumulation in China, and I can understand and accept some things in Taiji theory, unlike foreigners who are confused by the opening and closing of Yin and Yang.

You heard that Chen is good. You should have heard from friends who have practiced Chen. In fact, all major schools in Tai Ji Chuan, such as Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu and Sun, have the same basic boxing principles, but different external performance characteristics.

Some of the above friends recommend Yang style, and some recommend Chen style, each with its own reasons, all of which are correct. However, personally, I think you can learn any kind of Tai Ji Chuan. All schools in Tai Ji Chuan originated from Chen style. In the process of teaching Tai Ji Chuan in Beijing, Yang and his son softened some movements in order to adapt to the physical conditions of princes and nobles, and finally formed the Yang style. Wu style is developed on the basis of Yang style, and its movements are more flexible. Because of its wide spread, Yang style has become the school with the largest number of employees. After liberation, the 24-style simplified Tai Ji Chuan created by the State Sports Commission to promote Tai Ji Chuan was based on the 24 movements of Yang Tai and Tai Ji Chuan. Chen style retains some original strength and jumping movements, has a certain sense of rhythm, is more sought after by young people, and has many practitioners. Wu style developed from Chen style and Sun style developed from Wu style are not practiced as much as Yang style, nor are they spread as widely as Yang and Chen.

From the point of view of fitness, no matter which one you learn, you need to push forward with a virtual collar, sink your shoulders and lower your elbows, wear arms, suck up and suck down, be big and loose, and be soft, all of which have good fitness effects. From the point of view of actual combat, all schools in Tai Ji Chuan have a certain degree of practice, and they all have push exercises. They all need to introduce failure, leverage and adhesion, and they can all practice in actual combat. From the perspective of competition, all schools in Tai Ji Chuan have competitions in Tai Ji Chuan competitions in different regions and at different levels. Personally, I think which is more suitable for fitness and which is more suitable for actual combat. This is one-sided.

Need a teacher. "The master leads the door, and the practice is in the individual", and you can make faster progress with a teacher. CD-ROM learning, you can only learn a representational action, but no one talks about what's inside, and it takes a long time to understand. Some movements, just watching the CD, are not standardized and no one corrects them, which is easy to cause physical injury (many friends hurt their knees while practicing Tai Ji Chuan, because the movements are not standardized). It is too difficult to teach Tai Ji Chuan by myself. I missed the second class when I attended the Tai Chi Chuan class. I once took a 24-style Taijiquan biography book and wanted to make it up myself. As a result, I found that physical exercise is not something that ordinary people like me can learn by reading. A very simple action, how to read a book also don't understand, the teacher said, immediately understand.

A lot of verbosity, for reference only. You can watch various schools in Tai Ji Chuan, communicate with people who practice boxing, and then choose your favorite study. I think the most important thing is to see what kind of teachers are around you. It's important to have a good teacher around. Maybe one day if you are not careful, he will forge you into a master. Hey, hey, just kidding. In fact, all schools in Tai Ji Chuan are interlinked, so it is easy to learn from one.