Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Practical Use Of Tai Chi Chuan: It's Application and Variations by Yang Sau Chung (published by Chu, Gin Soon) For anyone interested in Yang Cheng Fu's oldest son's book, it has now become available (after quite some time) again. This is the third printing, which also includes some new Yang family p...

Shug, I'm not that well versed on the Tian stuff, but the one clip I saw looked nothing like Erle's or Chengfu's. Very likely pre-Chengfu. The clip was on the art-of-energetics web site, but I think they took it down. Personally, I have no idea what old Yang is suppose to look like, but I thought I'...

Relative to this discussion, Yeung Sau Chung said (Yang Cheng Fu's oldest son), from his own book "Practical Use of Tai Chi Chuan."

"All movements should be performed in rhythm and follow one another evenly without any jerky motion, as silk is drawn from cocoons."

Mostly true, I would have to concur with Shug, but have you seen the Tian small frame clip??

This is just my opinion, and most likely others may disagree, but basically it's all good as long as the principles are being upheld in the form work. Since Tung/Dong studied with Yang Cheng Fu and Yang Sau Chung, it's no surprise that the Dong curriculum is very similiar to the Yang Sau Chung curri...

Tricky subject matter. IMHO, any forms that come from a senior Yang family member are a traditional form. There seems to be some controversy over which form, and who learned from who, but the important thing is that your traditional forms come from Yang family members. Also, keep in mind some of the...

Shugdenla, to my knowledge and in our times, there has never been a traditional tai chi chuan practitioner who has ever competed in anything other than push hands, or form competitions. Although it is the "gateway" into the martial, it appears not many take it there. [This message has been...

I just watched the entire long form of Fu Zhong Wen, and he did it in 15:20 exactly.

Thanks Bob, cause when I do the long form a couple of times I'm drenched in sweat, but thats just me.

See, here is an example of dalu with the step straight back. I do it a bit differently than this, but I'd like to hear more information on Da Lu practice if someone more experienced could elaborate? I'm not saying this is good or bad, just using this as an example.... http://www.polariswushu.net/dal...

I have a question for ya'll. I'm curious as to how you perform the pulling (da lu) exercise with a partner. The reason I ask is I have seen a couple of clips off the web, but everyone seems to do it differently. Are there variations off of Da lu or is there suppose to be one specific way to perform ...

Bob, I guess you're right. I sometimes speak without thinking first. Damn, I hate when I do that! A work in progress....

Hi Bob,

I'm just curious, did you ever mention to the black belt in TCC that he was learning shit? I like your story by the way. I think that is quite common in TC these days.

I believe it will be only English, but I'm not 100% sure on that for now.

Hi Louis,

Word around the grapevine is that there will be a re-printing of the YSC book in the next year.