Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

in the first section of the 49 competition form, what is the transition movement from move #18 Left Heel Kick into move #19 turn body and chop with fist. I'm not sure about it and it feels a little uncomfortable. And also in the second section of the same form,what is the transition movement from mo...

Hi Larry: Thank you for responding to my inquiry about "Turn Around and Sweep the Lotus with Kick". Recently I got together with a couple of other students and practiced in Central Park in Manhattan, New york and we went over this movement so I was missing a movement which now makes it all...

In the Fu Zhongwen book "Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan" translated by Louis Swaim ther is an illustration in Turn Body Sweep Lotus that shows Master Yang Cheng Fu sweeping his right leg. We sweep our left. Keeping in mind that the illustrations in this book are traced from photographs of ...

Master Yang Jun: after the bend the bow to shoot the tiger, the next movement is step up parry and punch.How do I get to that position to get ready for the actual movement? You see, I think I have to go back to the left again in order to end up in the correct position for cross hands and close to co...