Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

What do you know about Yang family neigong? Are you doing sitting, standing, or during form? topics of discussion: Wu ji standing at beginning of form: 36 cycles of breathing before Taijiquan Yang family Ba duan jin with reverse breathings Sitting neigong: used in Yangjia michuan taijiquan and cheng...

Yes, I understand now: Hu Xi (exhale, inhale) . the Ho shi spelling threw me off. I noticed Sam Masich puts it in his intro program: Preparation Training Foundation and preparation methods (Chubufangfa 初步方法) Yang-style Taijiquan ‘eight-section brocade’ (Yang-shi taijiquan baduanjin 楊式太極拳八段錦) Taijiqu...

I've been teaching the 8 form through the pandemic some in-person and virtual classes at www.vuim.edu. 8 form is the first 8 moves to brush knee (close with cross hands. Here is a sample. We do 13 warm-up, a standing neigong, basics, 8 form, and pai da gong (warm-down massage/hitting) https://taijic...

Chapter-12 "Please Love and Treasure Taiji" One of my friends sent me an article which was written by Mr. Lu Dimin (路迪民) and published in the “Wu Lin”(武林) Journal. After reading Mr. Lu’s article, I would like to say a few words about some of his statements. "The writing style of a nov...

Chapter-11 "Push Hands vs "Old Ox Power" Master Yang Chengfu once said, “There are a lot of people who practice Taijiquan in our society. Do you have any idea how to tell which one is real? As a true Taiji boxer, one’s arms seem to be like iron rods wrapped with cotton. You may feel t...

Chapter-10 "Taiji Boxing and Taiji Exercise" According to the chapter “ Explanation of the three levels of the Civil and Martial in Taiji (太極分文武三成解)” found in the hand-written classics of the Yang family, speaking of Dao must start with cultivating oneself. Otherwise, eventually it will be...

Chapter-9: "Yang&# 39;s Taiji in Shanghai" Those who are from the Yang lineages and live abroad often question why is it that Taiji "boxers" are rare even though there are so many Taiji "exercisers&qu ot; in Shanghai. Regarding this question, we need to review the hi...

Chapter-7 "A Unique Taiji Personality: Yue Huanzhi" In making the observation that the Taiji of the fifth generation of Yang Taiji had changed simply means that those official Taiji instructors merely taught Taiji exercise at the public gym in Shanghai and would never have bouts or exchang...

Chapter-6 "Some Fifth Generation Students" Some of the fourth generation members of Yang Taiji in Beijing didn’t accompany Chengfu to Shanghai, such as Wang Xudong (王旭東), Yan Yuechuan (閻月川), Xu Daishan (徐岱山), You Zhixue (尤志學) and Wang Yongquan (汪永泉). Therefore, I won’t introduce those stud...

Chapter-5 "Makng a Name for Themselves Overseas" YANG SHOUZHONG Yang Shouzhong (楊守中 1910~1985) whose other name is Yang Zhenming (楊振銘) is Chengfu' s first son. Shouzhong had practiced Taijiquan with Chengfu since he was 8 years old. By age 14, He had succeeded in learning the form, saber, ...

CHAPTER-4 "Shining Stars of Yang Chengfu" ZHANG QINLIN Zhang Qinlin (張欽霖 1887-1967) was born in Xingtai (邢臺), Hebei Province (Not to be confused with Chengfu’s nephew, Zhang Qinglin (張慶麟)). Zhang’s parents died when he was still just a kid. At age 15, Zhang became a servant at the Yang fam...

3. Morality and virtue in martial arts Confucius said, “Clever talk and a pretentious manner are seldom compatible with the benevolent. Resoluteness, persistence, simplicity and slowness to speak are close to benevolence.” Chengfu had a simple and honest temperament, but he was also not a loquacious...

CHAPTER-2 "Grandmaster of Taiji: Yang Chengfu" 1. Great skill matures slowly Taiji Master Yang Chengfu, whose other name was Zhaoqing (兆清), was born in Beijing in 1883. His grandfather (Yang Luchan), elder Uncle (Banhou) and father (Jianhou) all were famous Taiji Masters at that time. From...

CHAPTER-1 "Yang Style Taiji Is One Family" (Mr. Qu Shijing (瞿世鏡), the author of the book, once was a researcher of the Academia of Social Sciences in Shanghai. In the 1950’ s, he became the disciple of Dr. Huang Jinghua who was Chengfu’s in-door disciple. Mr. Qu knows Yang Taiji and anecdo...

Unofficial copy but Danny posted the chapters on a Cheng Man Ching forum. It is an interesting piece of history from Dr. Huang who was in Shanghai for many years and trained with Yang Chenfu and other masters. MUST READ!! Danny Emrick- What follows (and will follow in several chapters in the next fe...