Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Wushuer - The "Taiji Classics" can be explained (and understand) in more ways. The term "continuous advancement" that I used is not directly extracted from the "Taiji Classics", but was used by Ted W. Knecht (disciple of Mei Ying Sheng) in his article "Yang Style a...

1) Which YLC form does he teach (YLC changed the set many times)? 2) What is his lineage? 3) There are a lot of styles/schools that claims that they practice an "original" YLC style, but only very few practice the "real" YLC form. YLC did not have only a form but a whole system! ...

The statements are not entirely mine but are I posted the resumed statements of the masters Gu Lu Xin, Fu Zhong Wen, Zhao Bin and Wu Ta Yeh. "Continuous advancement" means that if you want to advance you must advance and not shift the weight back.

Wushuer: 1) My statement "Saying that (today) Yang evolved from (today) Chen in not true!" means that Yang style evolved from the Chen (Chang Xing) Style and not the today Chen (Fa Ke) Style. What Yang Lu Chan learned from Chen Family was a bit different from today Chen Style. Chen Fa Ke (...

If you go forward there is no reason to shifts the weight back. My opinion is that »weighted pivots« are more suitable for martial usage (how I said this is only my opinion). I don't know why in the (some) forms are used both (maybe depends by martial usage of the posture). I don't know how competen...

Taijiquan can be traced back to Liang (Cheng Xing Xi) and Tang (Xu Xin Ping) Dinasty and it evolved through Yuan Dinasty (Zhang San Feng). Maybe Zhang San Feng is only a figure of legend, but the Wudang Taijiquan is a reality (here I don't thinking about today popular »Wudang« Taijiquans schools suc...

Why ask the "instructors", when the past masters already answered to this? My opinion (I have yet to confirm my theory) is "100" years ago (betwen 1850 and 1930) was practiced with only (or mainly) with weighted pivots. As I know the "weighted pivots" was used by all th...

Exists two ways of shifting the body weight when we advancing or turning: 1. First turn and after shift the body weight (pivot on the full leg) - [weighted pivots] 2. Firs shift the body weight and after turn (pivot on the empty leg) - [unweighted pivots] Yang Sau Chung used the weighted turnings (p...

Also there is a San Shou form, which is said that is not a part of the »Yang Family« Taijiquan Curriculum (or not teached in public). Is true that »There are no secrets«? My opinion is that there is a part of »Taijiquan« curriculum that is not teached publicly, but always inside family and selected ...

The main disciples of YCF (such Fu Zhong Wen, Yang Sau Chung, Tung Ying Chieh or Chen Wei Ming) originaly teached the form with the weighted pivots. Some say that the form with unweighted pivots is taught to the beginners and the form with the weighted pivots to the more advanced. Some say that it d...

I compared the prices of the Yang Long form instructional videos: - Yang Zhen Dou video "Yang Style Taiji Quan" [3x DVD] (337 min for 51 USD = 0,15 USD/min) - Fu Qing Quan video "Yang style TJQ routine in 108 postures" [4x VCD] (240 min for 52 USD = 0,22 USD/min) - Robert Poyton ...

Which is the best instructional video on the Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan long form? I have the Yang Zhen Dou's DVDs "Yang Style Taiji Quan" and they are excelent! There are two another videos that could be interesting: - Authentic Yang Style Tai Chi Kung Fu, Fu Sheng Yuan (VHS 60 min)...

I have videos of Yang Jwing Ming, Wing Lam, Erle Montaigue and Bruce Frantzis. All this tapes are interesting and are useful but no one is a "complete" guide on Yang Style Martial Applications. I know that is almost impossible to cover all martial applications of the postures but some vide...

Does anybody saw the VCD's series Practical Fighting Skills of Taijiquan of Wu Shijun? Which style is presented (maybe Yang)? Are the videos recommended?
What about the Combat Tai Chi video series of Mark Cheng?
Which is (are) the best video on Yang Style Taijiquan Martial Applications?