Rarely seen bare-foot Taichi Quan training in Beijing

Disciples of Chen Style Taichi master Yang Wenhu (杨文笏) practice bare-foot taichi in chilly weather on January 11, 2009.
Yang's traning practice is very much different from most of his contemporaries. And the bare-foot training method is only suitable to those who have received at least four years of tensive training under Yang's guidance.
The training is mean to help boost blood and engery circulation and thus to help improve one's pyhsical well being, according to Yang.
中国日报 独家： 大冬天，赤脚练太极的人们。

陈式太极拳 陈照奎传人 杨文笏的学生们，元月中旬，在北京露天赤脚练拳。据杨介绍，这是先辈拳师发明的，夏练三伏，冬练三九苦功的一部分，符合 天人合一 中国传统医学原理。

习练者须有至少四年的功夫底子，一般人不能轻易模仿，否者后果自负。

习练者除白天练习，还必须配合 秘制中药泡脚，以驱寒，活血，杨先生对中国日报记者朱林勇说。

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