Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I contacted Mr Andrew Harris of Wu/Hao Tai Chi in the UK. He is a disciple in this lineage, and here is his website; Wu Style Hao Family Tai Chi http://www.haotaiji.co.uk/ I asked whether the footage was possibly Wu/Hao style - and here is his succint response; 'Sorry not Hao taiji.' (email dated 3....

Whatever the case, and whatever the reality of the above clip, I am very grateful for all the excellent help I have received heIp I have received in the researching of this interesting subject. I find this extract fromt he Luo Ji-Hong article; 'My father, however, was from a small community and did ...

Northern Wu
http://www.metal-tiger.com/Wu_Tang_PCA/NorthernWu.html

This site has some very interesting black and white photos of traditional Manchurian Wu - that seems to have the peculiar alignment adopted by Ho Chi Minh. The movement are performed by Master Yang Yu Ting
1887-1982).

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Quoted by Louis;
'The Luo Jihong article linked above by Danny states that Zhou Enlai sent Gu Liuxin to Vietnam in the 1950s to teach Ho taijiquan.'

Dear Louis

I think you might have cracked it, with this statement!

I have received this reply; 'Wu style, all the way. Decent ox posture too, though I still don't understand why some people dare employ it...' Most think it is Yang, but one or two lean the other way! I also received his interesting reply; 'The Cao Dai and Hao Hoa Buddhist Vietnamese synergistic sect...

Thank Louis!

Yes - the referenced articles above, are very interesting, from many perspectives. And the knowledge you have added here, only adds to that interest. I am grateful for both. Thank you.

If I find out anymore technical information, I shall add it here, as a matter of interest.

Dear Louis Thank you for your post. Yes, I agree that there may well have been a direct link between Chou En-lai and Ho Chi Minh - via master Gu. And I am wondering whether this connection was made between 1923 and 1933, when Ho Chi Minh lived in China? Of course, the Vietnamese people were original...

An interesting 'fact' has come to light, regarding this clip of Ho Chi Minh. Firstly, here are Ho's birth and death dates; [URL=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/ho-chi-minh/] Name: Ho Chi Minh Birth Date: May 19, 1890 Death Date: September 3, 1969 Place of Birth: Kim Lien, Vietnam Place of Death: H...

Yes - the footage was part of what I had seen, and very grateful I am for it. I have heard it said that ho used the principle of Tai Chi, as a strategy in his war against both the French and the Americans, and perhaps even prior to these two wars, in the war against the Japanese. Yielding, or giving...

Ignore my last post - the link is working fine today!

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Hi There! For some reason, the above link does not seem tobe working, does anyone else have any problems?

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Thank you for this footage! Excellent!

Now, building on that excellent start, does anyone know where I could acquire or access the footage of Ho Chi Minh practicing Tai Chi?

Thank you all.

Danny - thank you so much for tsking the time and effort to help me in my research! The information you have provided is excellent!

Thank you.

Bob - as always, a pleasure to read your supportive posts.

Thank you also.

I watched a documentary abouthe Vietnam war about 15 years ago, and in it, Ho Chi Minh was filmed practicing what looked like Yang Tai Chi.

Does anyone know if this footage is available? Or any history of Ho Chi Minhs practice?

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