One approach adopted in Taiwan was based on folk religion with an admixture of martial arts and esoteric study, symbolized by the magazine Esoterica, founded in 1963, which still continues today. Another approach, symbolized by ch'i-kung teaching centers run on business lines, was to regard ch'i-kung as a kind of body-building sport.
台灣的氣功，一托於宗教、修仙道場、武館，鑽研性命之學，民國五十二年創刊至今的「仙學雜誌」可算是其一標記；另一類則把氣功當成通俗的「強身體育」來看，企業化經營的氣功教學中心是為代表。