Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I have actually studied two other styles of Taiji, and in both the emphasis was on a one hundred percent weight distribution between substantial and insubstantial, this was explained to me as "single weighting". It means that in your yin leg you have only "intent" for weight and ...

There can be little doubt that there is a Yang family "fast" form. What is in question is where it came from. There is no indication I have ever found that Yang Lu-Chan, Yang Ban Hou or Yang Cheng-fu did or taught a "fast form". The popular theories I have read and heard are that...

I would like to ask the more experienced Yang Chen-fu members here about single weightedness as applied in Yang Cheng-fu style. I am a mere beginner at Yang Cheng-fu style, and am curious about the apparent differences in application theory to what I learned previously. In other styles I have had th...

In my training, I also have never been told of the Tao, though I now know that many of the things I learned orally from my Masters are direct quotes from Tao Te Ching. I only know what I have read about it and what I learned from interaction with Taoists. I, personally, study the Tao. I have not eve...

I thank you for your information. I will look at these things with an eye to their authenticity. I feel I have been priviledged to have been trained by the best there is, actual major family Taijiquan members, their disciples and advanced practicioners who have been given permission to teach. The ve...

Ah! The old 10% theory? Yes, I have heard it. One of my former Masters favorite sayings was, "I have taught you all you will need to know, but not by any means all I know". I was, originally, perturbed by this, as I was paying this man large amounts of green-backs to teach me. Eventually, ...

One last thing. Really. I promise. Something else in your post stuck in my head until I had to come back and read it again to be sure what I remembered was correct. I was and now must blather on, again. My apologies to those sick of seeing me post here. About external chi generation through the air....

Ah. OK. I knew I had heard the term Zhang Zhuan before. It is a methodology of Chi Kung that has apparently been formalised into a style. It looks very interesting. I looked it up on Google and found quite a few web sites. I have seen the one called "standing rose meditation" demonstrated,...

Don't forget though, Yang Lu-chan learned from the Chen family. They advocated, from what I can find out, (of course I have no first hand knowledge) both soft and hard in their style, alternately and evenly. This has not changed. The Taijiquan Classics say: Insubstantial [empty; yin] and substantial...

OK, I'll jump in here. I have what may be a slant on the latest part of this discussion (fascinating stuff guys). I have also studied a few, vastly different, styles of martial art. They all have one thing in common. They all, without fail, consider themselves to be the BEST. The simple truth is tha...

Computers are funny critters, aren't they?

On this website I see a listing on the main page under "Tai Chi Info" for "Forms". There they give the posture names for a 103 posture hand form, a 49 posture demo form and a 13 posture Sword form. The Yang Cheng-fu center I attend offers a 13 posture hand form as well. I have be...

I was sort of wondering where it all went. I was enjoying the conversation.