Yiquan Training Worldwide Support, 2005-2006. — 73 p.This is because health, well-being, seeking beauty, balance and harmony are important in human life, that such forms of exercises like yoga, tai chi and chi kung have became very popular all over the world. But until recently yiquan and zhan zhuang were not widely known. Now they are rapidly becoming popular.
Some people say that zhan zhuang is a Chinese yoga. Wide use of positional exercises resembles use of asana in Indian yoga.
Zhan zhuang is often classified as a method of qigong (in broad meaning). It has been used as a supplemental means of therapy in hospitals in China since 1950s.
Tai chi of 21st century – this is another term used in relation to zhan zhuang and yiquan.
Presently many taijiquan instructors are including zhan zhuang method in their curriculum or are switching from taijiquan to yiquan.
