Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

i dont have students nor interest to teach. this is my sets my coach has me doing. its not a tai chi coach either.

sample of physical strength sets I work with: Set 1 Upper body 1. pushups- 15 2. dips- 15 3. hindu push ups- 15 4. Clap Push ups- 10 Power Abs, Hip, Back- 1. Back Bridge- 20 sec. 2. Crunches- 40 3. Leg raises- 30 4. Belly-ups-20 Lower Body- 1. squats- 50 2. lunges- 50 3. hamstring curls- 25 each 4. ...

better version on wu fast frame

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IzMKGYG3YyQ&search=taichi

please notice the Fast frame brush knees at the beginning of this form- interesting at different levels:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 86&pl=true

I am seeing various ranges in the left hand in brush knee twist step. Yang Jun's Left arm sweeps out lateraly high at chest shoulder level then comes down to thigh/knee. I've seen brush knee also performed where the arms sweep out low and finishes at thigh/ knee level. Lastly the Brush Knee that swe...

My grandfather was also pretty active. I guess in earlier times (1920's- 30's)) boxing was part of high school and college- having teams and what not in USA. He continued boxing and hiking into his old age while living in the San Bernadino Mountains in California. He used to shadowbox in the morning...

chris said- "Fitness is not only different than health, "fitness" in a context-free sense does not exist. A marathon runner is not fit to box. A defensive lineman is not fit to perform Swan Lake. Do you really think people that can't perform a peg climb aren't qualified to learn or be...

Something interesting I read today from a Strength training book- “Most people confuse fitness with health. This is a misconception. A person may be healthy but they may not be fit. Health relates to being disease free whereas fitness is a larger quality that empowers you with enough energy to carry...

Does anyone remember the exercises they used to do growing up in school? elementary-high school level. a stardard set would be- jumping jacks wing stretches (pectoralis) and shoulder stretches, circling arms above head, sides and front, sit ups push ups, sitting stretches standing stretches- touchin...

Anyone going to the big event?

Not sure either. What is the story behind the 'taiji classics'?

However I feel that Wu and Yangs movements are more higher and more comfortable moving hip joint on an 'axis' as opposed to the chen low stance and waist movements.

[This message has been edited by mls_72 (edited 03-20-2006).]

Well anyways I always felt the yang Lu chan changed his martial art to be much different from chen Family taijiquan because of the posture structure vs. chen posture structure. I was going along with the theory that when Wu Yu xiang and Yang Lu chan were translating the Wang Tsung Yueh 'Taiji classi...

Any validity to the magazine article by Ken cohen on the orgins of Yang Taijiquan (Tai chi chuan)? He says: "According to abbot Pan Ssu-lin of Liang Hsien Monastery on Mt. Hua, it was a disciple of Chan San-feng from Lo-Shan District who taught Yang LuChan, the founder of Yang Tai Chi. As the s...

Qi Elements Tai Chi and Shaolin school (http://qielements.com/default.aspx) is now under new management. The Tai chi program is now accepting new students for Tuesday and Thursday classes in Yang style Tai Chi at 6:30 pm, Saturdays at 9am. More experienced students can come to the 7:30pm classes on ...

I am not clear on the order in which Yang Lu chan and Wu Yu Xiang collaborated on their respective arts. who found the "taiji classics" of Wang Zongyue in the salt shop? not sure if this is right- Yang lu chan was working at a medicine shop in Yongnian and heard of chen village taiji and w...