The initiator of Sun-style taiji boxing was Sun Lutang (1860-11-15/1932) from Ding xian county in Hebei province.
Sun was master of Xingyi quan and Bagua zhang (pakua).
In 1911, he followed Hao Weizhen to learn the Wu Yuxiang style taiji (tai chi).
In 1916, Master Sun book publications "Pakua boxe".
He later created the Sun style of Taiji boxing by blending the cream of the Wu Yuxiang style Taiji, Xingyi and Bagua.
The feature of the Sun Taiji is that practionners advance or retreat freely with quick and dexterous movements, which are connected with each other either in closing or opening stances when the direction is changed.
Sun Lutang and de Sun Jianyun tomb
