Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hello Audi, Thank you again for your comments. I think we are basically in agreement that different applications can be inferred and applied from the same posture, and that different teachers may emphasize different applications. With regards to the footwork differences between our two forms, I deci...

Hi to Bob and Audi, Just a postscript here. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video clip is worth ten thousand. Here is a video clip of Lu Guo Ming performing the traditional long form which clearly demonstrates the "center stepping" that I have been trying to describe in my p...

Hello to Bob and Audi, First of all, I wish to thank you both for your kind contributions in an attempt to answer my questions. I wish to assure you both that I am sincerely trying to understand how the Yang style taijiquan I learned differs from the traditional Yang family form, especially with reg...

Hello Audi, Thank you for your response. I am now going to mirror your puzzlement over whether one foot is withdrawn or merely repositioned in the transitions I referred to in my initial post. In your response, you wrote: Andrew, I am a little puzzled by your statement, because I would say that we d...

Thank you BBTrip for the links. I have seen the link matching Yang Chen Fu's postures with his disciple's before. Two comments. First, the individual who made this video did a superb job, and the comments on his video reflect this. Second, yes, like you and many who watched the video, the similarity...

Hello Ruben, Thank you for your reply. Yes, I am aware of the explanation as to why there are differences in the way teachers perform and teach the form. That is why I have been striving to match my form to that of Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun. I guess my question has to do more with why many of the tr...

Thank you so much for bringing these YouTube videos to my attention. I am a twenty plus year practitioner of the Yang family taijiquan system, but only recently began studying the Yang Zhen Duo DVDs for corrections. Those videos are very good, but the translator is somewhat difficult to follow. Howe...

Hello Audi, Thank you for your replies to Joan. I also have questions regarding the "circling of the foot", or what I refer to as "center stepping". I have been practicing Yang style taijiquan for more than 20 years, having studied with several Chinese teachers. My last teacher w...