WordNet
n. a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health [syn: tai chi, t'ai chi chuan, tai chi chuan]
Usage examples of "t'ai chi".
The cell was too cramped for extensive exercise, but it was large enough for t'ai chi ch'uan, the centuries-old martial art that was taught warriors to prepare them for combat.
She joined a Saturday afternoon t'ai chi ch'uan class, and after an hour's workout, exhausted but exhilarated, she would meet Charles at his apartment.
But Steamboat insists that he uses the ancient fighting art of t'ai chi, which is a powerful form of meditation.
She allowed him to sweep her out into the middle of the floor, where she proceeded to do both her't'ai chi instructor and all her professional-dancer friends proud.
In a section of the plaza off to their left, Remo saw young and old men exercising in the highly disciplined moves of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, the Chinese version of karate.
It was an offensive hard style which borrowed shamelessly from every source, from savate to t'ai chi, and distilled them all down into sheer ferocity.
He was twenty-eight years old, wore a grey silk Katharine Hamnett shirt, baggy white suit and t'ai chi shoes, the soles as pristine as bleached almonds.
Wednesday night was T'ai Chi, that splendid blend of dance and unarmed combat.
Back on shore, Wyatt had taken off his shirt and was doing what looked like't'ai chi.
It was the sun source of the martial arts, the original from which the pale knitations of jujitsu, karate, aikido, t'ai chi chu'an, and tae kwon do sprang.