Taiji

Taiji or T'ai chi ch'uan is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits.

Taiji or Tai chi may also refer to:

• Taiji (philosophy), the concept in Daoism of "the ultimate supreme" or yin and yang, on which the martial art is based, also spelled "t'ai chi"
• Taijitu, the universal symbol of Taiji, "the ultimate supreme" or yin and yang

Entertainment

• Tai Chi (band), a Hong Kong rock band
• Tai Chi (TVB), the television series broadcast by TVB

Eras

• Tàijí, the era of the rule of Emperor Ruizong of Tang

People with the name

• Hong Taiji (1592–1643) or Hung T'ai chi, an early Qing dynasty Manchu emperor
• Taiji Sawada, Japanese musician
• Seo Taiji (born 1972), South Korean musician
• Taiji Tonoyama (1915–1989), Japanese actor
• Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, a character in Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
• Taichi Ishikari or Taichi (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler

Places

• Taiji Cave, religious site in China
• Taiji, Wakayama, a town in Japan

See also

• Taegeuk, Sino-Korean pronunciation for Taiji
• Taijitu, the symbol for the taiji concept, sometimes called the yin yang symbol
• Tai chi chih, a westernized, standardized version of t'ai chi ch'uan
• Taichi (name)
• Tao Chi (painter) (1641–1720), Ming Dynasty artist
• Taiji dolphin drive hunt, an annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama