Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

p.s., some good books on the subject:

the way of energy, by master lam kam chuen

the big book of tai chi, and, the power of internal martial arts, by bruce kumar frantzis

the essential movements of tai chi, by john kotsias

i must preface my comments with the fact that i am not familiar with the exact lineage of my teacher and my teacher's teacher. i do know that my master's master learned the family style in china from a lineage holder that can be traced all the way back to yang lu chan. when you see the art being tau...

just curious to see what name your teachers have given to their style. i know one who teaches "popular style", i'm learning a "family style" how about you, imperial, popular, mixed? not really interested in all the background information on your style, just thought it might be in...

without question, chi-gong and the 13 methods.

from my comments under the topic of "modifying the form" seconding Kalamondin's comments, i would like to answer your question with another question, just exactly what are the bennefits of yang style tai chi? anyone who has read about the boxer rebellion or heard their master speak about g...

the way i understand it,a press is a push, a push is a press. you can do a press(actualy a push) in just about any direction. push, i think, is always done in a downward motion, youre com-pressing the opponents mass downwards first, then your really guiding the person away on the release as oposed t...

seconding Kalamondin's comments, i would like to answer your question with another question, just exactly what are the bennefits of yang style tai chi? anyone who has read about the boxer rebellion or heard their master speak about guns, not just automatic, but even the revolver kind, know that phys...

mixed style for sure. about 2/3 through when it looks like he's using the ball as a weapon, that's hsing i, it's really noticable in the stepping. then in addition to the circular arm movements throughout, the ba gua circle walking twards the end is unmistakable. cool vid, thanks.