Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Hi everyone! Yes, Audi, you are right, the chapter 3 of Forty Taijiquan Treatises matches steps and phases in that way. Since I can only read books, but I cannot say which one is the true matching or if there is a true version, I think we as Association have to establish something equal, at least in...

Hi Rubén, into the Taijiquan treatise by Wang Zongyue, the last lines say: 進 退 顧 盼 定。卽 金 木 水 火 土 也。 as translated by Louis Swain pg 206 in "Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan", the five steps 五步 are related to the five phases 五行: advance, retreat, look left, gaze right, accordingly, are metal,...

Thanks Audy, your clarifications are very keen and useful.