More information about Growing Bonsai Tree

More information about Growing Bonsai Tree
The designation Wu Tang Ch'uan is also used to broadly distinguish internal or nei chia martial arts (said to be a specialty of the monasteries at Wu Tang Shan) from what are known as the external or wei chia styles based on Shaolin Ch'uan, although that distinction is sometimes disputed by individual schools. In this broad sense, among many T'ai Chi schools all styles of T'ai Chi (as well as related arts such as Pa Kua Chang and Hsing-i Ch'uan) are therefore considered to be "Wu Tang style" martial arts. The schools that designate themselves "Wu Tang style" relative to the family styles mentioned above mostly claim to teach an "original style" they say was formulated by a Taoist monk called Zhang Sanfeng and taught by him in the Taoist monasteries at Wu Tang Shan.
Some consider that what is practised under that name today may be a modern back-formation based on stories and popular veneration of Zhang Sanfeng (see below) as well as the martial fame of the Wu Tang monastery (there are many other martial art styles historically associated with Wu Tang besides T'ai Chi).
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If the season and the climate allow it, it may be a good time to open the rootball and trim the roots. You will want the root system to be shallow, efficient and well arranged. You need to leave sufficient root to support the remaining foliage of the tree, and definitely error on leaving too much rather than too little. Thick roots do a bonsai little service. It's the fine feeder roots that will do the lion's share of the work.
It may also be necessary to thin the bonsai or prune the apex of the tree. It is important that the existing root system is in proportion to the remaining foliage. If the tree is deciduous, and leafless, you can prune the roots much more aggressively.