On Tai Chi with Esat Ataç and Duygu Sancaklı Dandin

Where Tai Chi was born: Wudang

A journey to the roots of Tai Chi: the Wudang mountains, the Taoist tradition and the philosophy of slowness. Esat Ataç explains, Duygu Sancaklı Dandin asks.

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In this episode

  • Where and how was Tai Chi born?
  • How did the Wudang tradition shape it?
  • How does it connect to today's practice?
Full transcript

The transcript of this episode will appear here soon; notes drawn from it will also feed the Tai Chi Library.

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