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Sun Lu Tang is a name that is synonymous with Chinese martial arts. Born in 1860 in Hebei province, Sun Lu Tang went on to become one of the most influential martial artists of the early 20th century. He is credited with creating the internal martial art style of Sun Style Tai Chi, as well as being a prolific writer on the subject of martial arts.

Sun Lu Tang's early life was marked by tragedy. He was orphaned at a young age and had to work to support himself. However, despite these early setbacks, he had an innate talent for martial arts. He began his training in the Shaolin Kung Fu at a young age and quickly became known for his skill.

However, Sun Lu Tang did not stop there. He continued to study different styles of martial arts throughout his life, including the internal martial arts of Xing Yi Quan and Bagua Zhang. After becoming proficient in Xing & Bagua he then went on to learn Wu-Hao style Tai Chi from Hao Wei Zhen.

Sun Lu Tang combined the principles of Xingyi, Bagua and Wu-Hao Taiji, thus creating his own unique sty

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Introduction: Sun Lutang at the Crossroads of Modernity

In the first section of our special series on Sun Lutang we presented an outline of the life and career of a key figure in Chinese martial studies. Sun has made many contributions to the traditional martial arts community. He is responsible for innovations as diverse as the use of photography in training manuals, the popularization of the term Neijia (or internal) as a descriptive category, the pronounced emphasis on health and philosophy in the Chinese martial arts, and the creation of his own style of Taiji. His ideas have been incredibly important. For better or worse they have shaped the subsequent development of the martial arts in every region of China and the west. We will look at this legacy in more detail in the next post.

From the perspective of Chinese martial studies, perhaps the greatest gift that Sun left was a rich and well documented life that intersected with some of the most important social, political and martial trends of the era. Even though Sun’s detailed diary of daily life was lost in the

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Sun Style Tai Chi

History and Lineage

Grand Master Sun Lu Tang, the founder of Sun Style tai chi, combined the essence of tai chi , xing yi, and bagua to formulate the unique fighting style of Sun tai chi. The Sun style is considered one of the four major styles of tai chi and is widely practiced throughout China and also in America, where it is lesser known. By all accounts, Sun Lu Tang was an extraordinary man. Born in 1861 in Hebei Provience, Sun was the child of a poor farmer. Sun’s father, recognizing the boy’s intelligence, wanted to provide him with a good education. Unfortunately, he could only afford two years of formal schooling for Sun before he lost everything to poor harvests and the Qing dynasty’s oppressive taxes

Here the young Sun’s life begins to resemble a Kung Fu movie. After his father’s death, sun, a small and frail seeming child, went to work as a servant for a cruel master with an even crueler son. The young boy worked hard and silently endured the beating until one day, while out herding sheep, he saw a group of men practicing martial arts. The rest, as