Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Chi is an important yet unimportant subject in tai chi. Why do I say this? In Tai Chi chuan if you apply the basic theories, center clear, draw the spiritual circle, full and empty clear, and so on the Chi will automatically go. You can't force the Chi to do anything or rather I should say you SHOUL...

I don't know the theories that well because im still in the learning process. I mean I can recite them indepth with indepth explanations, and I can say what my teacher says, but the below is my current levels understanding of the theories. My teacher goes more indepth the better we get so this shoul...

I'm not going to list all the knowledge I have about this because that would take me a very long time, I am simply trying to get others opinions so maybe I can catch the idea of how to do it with the movements continuous or even just link two or three together for now. When drawing the internal circ...

thank you soo much I did not know that. whats cheng man chings called?

omg thank you so much.

The theories specifically state not to practice external and internal martial at the same time, thus Im confused as to how YCF could have taught Chang Quan form, although some might be confused because from what I know there was originally a fast form which could be confused as Chang Quan. YCF chang...

Hello, I need to find some re-printed or original copies of Chen wei-mings Taijiquan shu. This book is a very difficult book to find. I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a copy in chinese because i know it hasnt been translated. I already have the english version of Tai chi Chuan Ta Wen, an...

I thought yang cheng-fu never authored any books. From my understanding this is why he told chen wei-ming to write them. This is why chen wei-ming wrote three books taiji quan shu tai chi ta wen and tai chi sword. In 1925, Yang Cheng-Fu asked Chen Wei-Ming, to write a book entitled "Tai Chi Chu...

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