At the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, taijiquan became an official international sport for the first time. Since then, the lure of prize money and international tournaments has spurred numerous top martial artists to take up taijiquan, elevating the discipline to a new peak during the past decade.
一九九○年北京亞運開始，太極拳成為正式國際比賽的項目之一，在獎金及國際比賽的激勵下，許多武術好手紛紛投入太極拳運動，將九○年代的太極拳推向另一個高峰。