Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Wang Zhuang Hong, founder of the Wang Style Taijiquan (named after Wang Zhong Yue), who passed away last December, wrote a very thoughtful and impactful essay, including his summary of Taijiquan Lun: http://bbs.stnn.cc/dispbbs.asp?boardid=62&Id=75075&page=2 by the way, this link does not sho...

my suggestion/request should be broadened to media review - book, dvd, youtube, movie, ...

How about a forum on Book Review?

Hi Audi, When taking a step, the moving foot is generally leading (or is a consequence of) a change of direction of the body. As such, the stationary foot acts as a pivot. Since the foot is much longer than a point, the pivot foot does include some movement. The pace of our practice influences our p...

Hi mlot,

I know I will never be able to exhaust the principles in the Classics in my own practice.

The Classics certainly need not be ossified. Chang's book includes Yang Chengfu's On Practice in its section on the Classics, which is an expansion of the traditional Taijiquan canon.

The commentaries are not by Wu. It appears that these notes are from Xu Zhen's Taijiquan Fawei (Detailed or Intricate Expositions of Taijiquan).

I sent copies to Louis and Jerry. Hopefully they'll help with the translation.

Chang Yijin in Authentic Principles of Taijiquan includes an essay titled Related Thoughts on "New Ideas". Undoubtedly he addresses conditions in China that are different from ours. But this board has also encountered posters who may not be convinced of the importance of the Classics. I am...

Hi Louis, I have Shen Shou's collection, and this is not in it. Chang's book's first section Taijiquan Classics starts with Taijiquan Lun with the leading phrase "When one moves...". This is followed by some statement on Wang's Taijiquan Lun, then the annotated Taijiquan Lun. This is follo...

The Authentic Principles of Taijiquan by Chang Yijin (student of Li Yaxuan) includes Wang Zongyue's Taijiquan Lun with very extensive comments by Wu Yuxiang. I have not seen these comments anywhere else, and the posts here do not seem to reflect an awareness of their existence. Does anyone know abou...

The intent of my post is to clarify: ming guiju er shou guiju; tuo guiju er he guiju or Understand the principles to adhere to the rules; Deviate from the rules yet in harmony with the principles I think Shugdenla’s post resonates with this quote: the need to adapt and to improvise within Taijiquan ...

A number of forms are repeated, but sometimes they follow different forms and require fudging in the transitions. What are your fudges, and what do you think about them? One such movement is Pull Back. Pull Back in Grasp Bird’s Tail follows Right Ward Off where the right arm is in front of the left ...

hello, i am striving for clarity so that my practice can better integrate intent and physical movements. it happends that my approach is an analytical one. shugdenla's post immediately suggests two points for reflection: 1) when considering opposite direction movements, diagonal movements such as fl...

I imagine that in former times it was quite simple on how one learns Taijiquan: It was simply following what the master teaches and to practice according to the master’s instructions and corrections. I am sure there were complicating issues, being that this is a human activity, but I imagine the bas...

Of the forms with more prominent vertical movements, I group them into forms where body parts extend in opposite directions, move in the same direction, and unclear directions. Opposite Directions Fu Zhongwen notes that a sensation of a mutual pulling of the upper and the lower and an elongation of ...

The last two are very thoughtful and informative posts and offer much for reflection and experimenting. Thank you.