Sun style
The Sun style ( Chinese 孫 式 / 孙 式 or 孫氏 / 孙氏 , sūnshì or 孫家 / 孙家 , sūnjiā ) of Taijiquan , also Kaihe – Huobu – Taijiquan ( 開 合 活 步 太極拳 / 开 合 活 步太极拳 , Kāihé Huóbù Tàijíquán - "literally Taijiquan of opening, closing and nimble step") is the youngest of the five family styles of Taijiquan and was developed in the early 1900s by the famous master Sun Lutang (1861–1933) who was already a great master in Xingyiquan and Baguazhang by then. Sun Lutang did not learn the Wu-Hao style of Taijiquan until he was more than 50 years old . On this basis he later developed his own Taijiquan style.
Sun-style Taijiquan is unique as it combines elements from the internal martial arts of Baguazhang and Xingyiquan with classic Taijiquan.
The Sun style consists of 98 movement sequences and is characterized by very agile footwork and has subsequent steps that were taken from Xingyi and Hao-Taijiquan. In almost all gestures, the weight is completely on one leg.
Today there are two major lines of Sun Taijiquan, which differ slightly in the execution of the form. One line goes back to Sun Lutang's son Sun Cunzhou ( 孫 存 周 / 孙 存 周 , 1893–1963) and another line to Sun Lutang's daughter Sun Jianyün ( 孫劍雲 / 孙剑云 , 1914–2003), who represent the second generation of the Sun style preserver . The third generation of the Sun style line belongs to Sun Lutong's grandson Sun Baoheng ( 孫寶亨 / 孙宝亨 ) - son of Sun Cunzhou - and his grandsons Sun Shurong ( 孫叔容 / 孙叔容 , 1918-2005) and Sun Wanrong ( 孫婉容 / 孙婉容 , 1927), both daughters of Sun Jianyün.