"Bei Chong Shaolin, Nan Zun Wudang
The north adores Shaolin, in the south Wudang is highly respected"

"The soft and yielding overcome the rigid and hard, but few people put this into practice. The Tao Te Ching."

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

  

  The Taoist Wu Dang Monastery is considered the place where Tai Chi and ALL the Internal Martial Arts were born. The lengend says that Tai Chi was created by Chang Seng Feng, a Taoist (Already skilled in Shaolin), that retreated to the Wu Dang Mountains. There, watching a battle between a snake and a crane, he was impressed with how the snake was avoiding the crane's blows instead of blocking or fighting with strength.
 

Wudang Kungfu generally includes the disciplines Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, several Wudang-Styles, Sword  and other weapons like the typical horse-tail whip.

 

The Program is composed of:

Hand Forms
Pushing Hands
Self Defense
Qi Gong
Weapons

 

WUDANG TAI CHI

The peculiar principles of Wudang Tai Chi are to be hard and strong inside, round and smooth outside, and to strike out quickly, so quickly the opponent does not notice. Force is exerted through stretching the body, especially the legs.