Since Tai Chi originates in the oriental culture, the terms used in describing the body movements in martial art don't have corresponding words in western language. The following section is a selective list of online dictionaries that explains Tai Chi terms in particular and martial art terms in genral. They are good places to go for Tai Chi beginners. Taijiquan Slovar - http://www.geocities.com/oldyangtaijiquan/slovar.htm Wushu dictionary - http://www.thewushucentre.com/wushudictionary.htm The David Brent Wolfe Dictionary
of Martial Art Terms - http://pages.prodigy.net/david_wolfe/pmaa/ Martial Arts Terms Dictionary:
Wushu - http://www.martialarts.com/dictionary/wushu/indexst.htm Related Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative
Therapy - http://www.findarticles.com/g2603/0001/2603000121/p1/article.jhtml
National Institutes for Health
- Asian American Health - http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/compmed04.html Alternative Health Dictionary
- http://www.canoe.ca/AltmedDictionary/t.html Julian F. Pas, Man Kam Leung.
Historical
Dictionary of Taoism. Scarecrow Press, 1998. |