Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

After seeing many various styles and teachers of yang tai chi chuan such as lineages from Yang jian hao (yang chen fus father) yang pan hao (yang chen fus uncle) and yang shoa hao (yang chen fu older brother) as well as yang lu chan (founder of yang tai chi chuan) do you think the yang family ought ...

Personally I think this would have to be a table on bricks or a table with high legs otherwise there would be some really bad crouched over and uncomfortable taiji.

I am not opposed to low stance training like ma bu, gong bu, shi bu, pu bu, ect.

Is there not a saying somewhere that Yang Chen fu would repeately tell his students to say the word "sung" constantly during practice.... almost as if it was a taoist mantra to be said 1000 times a day?

What constitutes Spirituality in the Martial Arts? awareness of qi or chi!! qi is only understood when your mind is 'here and now' when mind is 'here and now' you can control your body with breathing, then your mind can come under control with internal silence. spirituality is the ability to have th...

the yang family website sells quality swords. the balanced edge saber is the best on the market. nobody has one like it!

very interesting post Jerry! I think alot of us startd with cheng Man ching's taiji form. I had heard about Tai chi from a Issinryu Karate guy as "tai chi is the best martial art in the world" he gave me a book but the book didnt do anything for me. I went to college and met a studnet of R...

The gentleman first on the left side behind Fu Sheng Yuan I believe is Li Zhang, a proponet of the "Imperial Court Yang taijiquan" when Yang Lu chan was teaching in Beijing.

Yang variations study: what i purchases to survey this past few months were- 1. guang ping 1st form (no 2nd cannon fist is available right now) basically it has apparent chen movements and a few interesting variations of part horse mane, fair maiden play shuttles, 7 stars ride tiger, brush knee, and...

can anyone identify some of the following masters in the this photo link? I recognize- Fu sheng yuan- yang taijiquan, Lin Mo Gen- yang taiji, chen zhen lei- chen taiji, sun jain Yu- sun taiji, Yang Zhen Dou- Yang taiji http://dongfangtaiji.5u.com/photo.html anyone know what the agendas, topics, and ...

There was a Tai Chi magazine a while back that had an article on A Yang Taiji Fast frame that Wu Tunan picked up from Yang Shou Hao I believe. there were some interesting pictures in that article because the performer was in very physically demanding stances and jumps. from tai chi magazine: Yang St...

food for thought- have you ever noticed that in the Chen (xin jia , lao jia), Wu/Hao (long form and fast form), and Wu (long form and fast form)styles the grandmasters currently teach more than one empty hand form. I recently got an email that master chen xiao wang was going to be teaching xinjia- n...

If I were to go to beijing china, is there a place where the yang family stylist practice kung fu? where?

Louis,

A few years ago Saihung Kwan, the 'wandering taoist' was doing seminars around the country. He was teaching a taiji ruler exercises he claims he learned from Yang Chen fu.

matt

I dont want to get into a heavy conversation about styles and lineages here on the Yang family website. I just want to throw out what is out there as Yang taiji. As a practitioner of the 'standard 103' currently being taught by the 4th and 6th generation masters here in the USA, I still want to add ...

Just browsed the internet on other Yang lineages out in the world and what they are selling. I copied an pasted some of the info. from vcd's and dvds. curious of what others think? legit? worth observing the differences? 1. Lineage from yang shou hao- to chang yiu-chun- to earl montaigue The Old Yan...