Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

On my computer, all of the videos stop before going into the turn from left toe kick to left heel kick. I have no idea why that happens on your computer. They are gifs so they just play & repeat. If they are not repeating then they have not finished loading. If they don’t advance, click refresh...

Yang Jun 's training Video shows a sweeping leg with the turn after the left separation kick. James Fu does it with no leg sweep as described in his grandfather's book. Tung family places the left foot down behind the right foot before turning... Yang Jun and James Fu http://i.imgur.com/XVnU04v.gif...

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

Casey Kasem


I don't know if he did Taiji, but I thought some might find his signature catchphrase relevant.

"Then There Was Three" Greetings Audi, BB, I hope this makes sense and responds to your question. Are you crazy? What you say in this post makes tremendous sense to me. There's too much to like, but there are some things I found particularly interesting. Some of the principles cover aspec...

BB, I do my best to integrate all of YCF's Ten Essentials as I find each of them to be... well... Essential. I don't focus on just aspect all the time, though I do sometimes isolate one aspect for training purposes. Greetings Bob, I also attempt to "integrate" the 10 essentials. I like to...

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The true essence of TJQ is ''use Yi, not Li''. This is one of Yang Chengfu's "Ten Essentials" and is one of the things I often discuss in practice; however, I wouldn't find this something that distinguishes us from other styles of Tai Chi. I know that many people emphasize not using muscl...

As far as Chen Taiji being the same as Shaolin Lohan Again the above is not what I wrote . Forgive me for misquoting you. No matter who said it, I got super uncomfortable with the subject of Chen style not being Taiji. I didn’t want to give the appearance of any kind of judgment. My focus was on be...

Greeting UniTaichi, I understand of most your reply, and yet…I feel as though I’m missing something. Ah, it’s minor, so… More importantly, I feel as if I’ve barged in and derailed this thread from its question of Silk Reeling. And, in order not to take it further off course, I feel my reply should b...

Pointers Toward Enlightenment in Taiji It is wrong to use force and it is wrong not to use force. It is right to have softness containing hardness. The Method of Achieving Perfect Clarity in Taiji. Using energy is not correct; Not using energy is not correct. To be soft but hard is correct. I can u...

The true essence of TJQ is ''use Yi, not Li''. ...I know that many people emphasize not using muscles, but I find this confusing and so do not talk much about this, even while using this quote. I feel that concentrating on using muscles or concentrating on not using muscles causes equal problems, a...

They have updated their page. Thought some might find it of interest. A chart progression of growth in the fundamentals of Taiji. Many informative drawings captioned with interesting insights. It’s from a Chen POV but those of other Taiji styles might want to check it out anyway. “10 Thousand Techni...

Found a video on Stuart Alve Olson.
He is a well known translator of many Taiji books.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0CWoTYs5NM

@ 5:05 He talks about Breath
http://youtu.be/P0CWoTYs5NM?t=5m5s

@ 6:49 Knee over toe
http://youtu.be/P0CWoTYs5NM?t=6m49s

Ma, Wei Huen student of the Yang Shou Zhong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8JUTy2DAo

Same Form different venue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrP1oi11EoA

Another Paul Brennan translation. http://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/yang-style-taiji-saber-according-to-fu-zhongwen/ 太極刀 TAIJI SABER 傅鍾文示範　蔡龍雲編寫 as demonstrated by Fu Zhongwen and written by Cai Longyun CONTENTS 序言 Preface 太極刀的練習方法 Taiji Saber Training Principles 太極刀訣 Taiji Saber Po...