Endnotes:
- The Nanjing integrated Tai Ji form, also commonly known as
"Chen Pan Ling's Tai Ji." Was developed by a group of Tai Ji instructors who
were teaching at the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Academy and its associated
Provincial schools. The Central Academy had instructors from all of the major
systems of Tai Ji on their teaching staff. However, they did not want the
students to have to learn all of these various styles and forms as part of
the curriculum. To solve the problem, they brought all of the instructors
together to create one form which integrated the various characteristics of
all the Tai Ji styles. Chen Pan Ling was one of the individuals who helped
create the form. This form incorporates the rough outline of the Yang style,
the small frame of the Wu style and the characteristic twisting of the Chen
style.
- The Daoist which is referred to here is the philosophical
Daoism of Lao Zi. This Daoism does not have the ritualistic and ceremonial
entanglements of the religious, folk, or pop Daoism.