Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi Eric, thanks for your advice. I'll look for the book. Although I study a little bit different Xinyi-school, I too think he's very good. In your last post for the second time I can read about the "Application and freefighting thread" - but silly me - I cannot find it on this discussion b...

Hi again Audi, in my last post I've forgotten to mention an application for the shifts to left and right between push and single whip. Here's my currently "main application": Assumed you've applied an to the opponent, it would be on his left arm. So he may strike your face with his right h...

Hi Audi, reading the words you've found to describe some details of Single whip, I can easily recognize the deep knowledge you've gained from working with YZD and YJ. Thanks a lot that you share it this way. That is what I hoped to find when I decided to join this board. Particularly your advice con...

Greetings Louis, I've read your translation of Yang Zhenjis book concerning Yang Shou Hou with very deep interrest. Reading it and also the comments of others I come to the conclusion, that Yang Shao Hou is a kind of "black sheep" of the Yang family. I really think too, that he wasn't a ve...

Hi Louis, you said: "...the best I can surmise is that YCF's narrative seems to support an interpretation, that the hook is formed after a turn of the waist first to the left and then to the right but the descriptive is quite thin." Isn't it possible, that the problems with the shifts and ...

Hallo to everyone, the additional discussion concerning Single whip and the transitorial shifting from push interests me very much, since I'm also working on this topic a long time and I'm still not satisfied with my conclusions. Therefore I'd like to mix up this discussion, but first of all - Audi,...

Hallo to everyone, highly interested I follow the posts of the participants of Yang Yun's seminars. One thing in Audi's post from 05-18 made me think again about one fact which I always couldn't understand. Maybe we can talk about it here. Audi, concerning Bend the Bow and shoot tiger you wrote, tha...

Greetings Louis and Michael, a pity that I've read your latest contributions after another Chen-style lesson. My teacher is a direct disciple of Chen Xiaowang and as I told him about our discussions he mentioned, that although he didn't use Snake creeps down very often, for him it's obviously clear,...

Hi Michael and Louis, thank you both for the efforts you put out at my request. A lot of suggestions for me to think over. Meanwhile I feel a lot better with the Snake creeps down - I resume that your implementations verified my opinion, that Snake creeps down isn't finished with the push down. Mich...

Michael, thanks for your helpful thoughts on Snake creeps down to Step up for 7 Stars. You wrote: "The strikes can also be a grab and strike...". Yes this is the way I currently do these postures while sparring. I've tried many possible fighting situations for these postures and figured ou...

Hi Louis, thanks very much for your translations. They are very helpful as always. BTW - it's very kind of you to send greetings in my language - your spelling is nearly perfect. It was my first topic an the moment after I've posted it I become afraid, that my request was not formulated clear enough...

Hi there, I'm new in the association but I really enjoy your discussions since longer times. I'm wondering if one of you (pobably you Louis)can help me with the translation from Yang Cheng-FU's applications book for "Step up to seven Stars" and "Shoot Tiger with the Bow". Which a...