page_title: Lee-style t'ai chi ch'uan
hierarchical_section_title: Lee-style t'ai chi ch'uan
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of Chee Soo performing Lee style Tai Chi dance
context_page_description: The Lee style of t'ai chi ch'uan is closely related to a range of disciplines of Taoist Arts taught within the Lee style including Qigong, Tao Yin, Ch'ang Ming, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoist alchemy, Feng Shou Kung Fu, and weapons practice. According to practitioners, it was first brought to the West in the 1930s by Chan Kam Lee and was subsequently popularized by Chee Soo who was the President of the International Taoist Society from 1958 until his death in 1994.
  The Lee style of t'ai chi ch'uan comprises two forms known as 'the dance' or Tiào wǔ 跳舞, and 'the form'. Other exercises include I Fu Shou or 'sticky hands', Whirling Hands, Whirling Arms, and various qi and Li development exercises.
  Lee style t'ai chi is related to Martial Arts training, and there are five distinct areas of development that comprise the whole Art:
  Physical
  Mental
  Breathing
  Sheng Qi 生气
  Ching Sheng Li 精生力.
context_section_description: The Lee style of t'ai chi ch'uan (李氏太極拳) is closely related to a range of disciplines of Taoist Arts taught within the Lee style including Qigong, Tao Yin, Ch'ang Ming, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoist alchemy, Feng Shou Kung Fu, and weapons practice. According to practitioners, it was first brought to the West in the 1930s by Chan Kam Lee and was subsequently popularized by Chee Soo who was the President of the International Taoist Society from 1958 until his death in 1994.
  The Lee style of t'ai chi ch'uan comprises two forms known as 'the dance' or Tiào wǔ 跳舞, and 'the form'. Other exercises include I Fu Shou or 'sticky hands', Whirling Hands, Whirling Arms, and various qi and Li development exercises.
  Lee style t'ai chi is related to Martial Arts training, and there are five distinct areas of development that comprise the whole Art:
  Physical
  Mental
  Breathing
  Sheng Qi 生气 (Internal energy)
  Ching Sheng Li 精生力 (External energy).
caption: Chee Soo practicing the Lee style T'ai Chi Dance
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