Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi Louis and Bob, I would guess that Master Li's disapproval comes from Zhang's violation of what Louis has translated as "the joints are threaded together", from the feet to the legs to the waist; his rotations are localized to the waist. The warmup exercises that I do, neck, knee, arm ro...

Li Yaxuan was one of Yang Chengfu's top students. He lived in Sichuan after the Second World War and died in 1976. One of his students Zhang Yijin has written Authentic Principles of Taijiquan (Taiji Quan Li Cuan Zhen) to celebrate his art. The book's third edition was published in 2003. The book in...