Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

HI, JUST A CURIOUS POINT, I HAVE READ SEVERAL QUOTED COMMENTS ON WHEN IS BEST TO DO THE FORM, INCLUDING JUST BEFORE SUNRISE AND AFTER SUNSET, MIDDAY / MIDNIGHT, UPON AWAKENING AND BEFORE SLEEPING, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. IS THERE A FAMILY OPPINION? WHAT ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE ? AS WELL AS ANY ...

HI, I HAVE MADE CHANGES TO MY DIET CUTTING OUT GREASY FOODS, MOST MEAT, ALCHAHOL, SUGAR AND CAFFINE. I NOW BUY ORGANIC PRODUCE WHERE AVAILABLE AND STICK TO HERBAL TEAS & BOTTLED WATER FOR FLUIDS. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SURPRISING, MY MIND SEEM SHARPER AND I CAN FEEL IMPROVED ENERGY IN MY FORM. HA...

HI BAMENWUBU,
THANKS FOR THE REPLY, I WILL HUNT IT OUT WHEN I CAN GET TO THE BOOKSHOP. GLAD TO HEAR YOU HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH YOUR PARTNER USING THESE TECHNIQUES, I AM ALWAYS SKEPTICAL OF WHAT A BOOK OFFERS JUST BY WHAT IS ON ITS COVER.
BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR,
BORIS

HI MATT & LOUIS, THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK, I AM CURIOUS AS TO RESEARCH DONE AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY'S IN CHINA, I WILL BE HUNTING FOR ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS, WILL POST ANYTHING INTERESTING I FIND. I AM ALSO CURIOUS AS TO HOW THE FORM WAS IMPARTED TO THE PATIENTS TO GET RESULTS QUICKLY (EG WI...

HI ALL, DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW OF ANY YANG FAMILY HEALING SKILLS OR PRACTIONERS, I HAVE READ AND HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE FIGHTING ABILITY AND HAVE FOUND MANY INTERNAL ARTS HAVE THEIR HEALING SIDE FOR HELPING OTHERS. ALSO ARE THERE ANY T.C.M. PRACTIONERS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORUM AS I AM TRAINING...

Hi Kalamondin, I have looked through the pictures several times again, Yang Ch'eng-fu's stance is not long or deep where his foot appears to be 90 degrees, our form also has the adjustment of the feet into the squatting single whip while low. I am currently looking at the weapons forms to see if the...

Hi Bamenwubu, The pictures I am refering to are the older Yang Cheng-fu, there is one on the forum under pictures as ycf.lu, the pictures I have are from Wu Meng-hsia's nine secret transmissions on Tai-chi ch'uan 1975 section in Douglas Wile's book. The picture quality is poor, but it appears in sev...

HI ALL, JUST A CURIOSITY, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PHOTO'S OF YANG CH'ENG-FU AND HAVE NOTICED THAT IN MANY OF THEM HIS REAR FOOT APPEARS TO BE TURNED OUT AT 90 DEGREES TO THE FRONT, (EG PUSH, PRESS, ROLL BACK), OUR FORM HAS THE REAR FOOT AT 45 DEGREES, ANY INSIGHTS/EXPERIENCE INTO THIS ???...

Hi Louis, The quote came from Yang Ch'eng-fu's Self Defence Applications, as quoted in Douglas While's book Yang Family Secret Transmissions, under the section heading of Acheiving perfect clarity in Tai-chi, its last paragraph reads as follows: Striking people is not correct; Not striking people is...

Hi Louis I would have thought that any action would be taken to the benifit of the performer. In application to reliece an opponent when they are attempting to pull against an application eg loi could sever their root and leave them vulnerable to be struck. In Yang Cheng-Fu's Self Defence Applicatio...

ANY ADVICE ON GOOD QUALITY TRANSLATION YANG CHENGFU'S BOOKS IN ENGLISH? ANY OTHER YANG FAMILY STYLE RECCOMENDED READING ? AS THERE ARE SO MANY INSTANT EXPERTS IN THE WESTERN AUTHORS SECTION, I AM VERY DUBIOUS AS TO WHAT TO READ AND WHAT CAN BE TRUSTED.

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!! FOR THE 9TH

I HAVE BEEN READING AN OLD POSTING ON GETTING THE MIND RELAXED IN PREPERATION TO TRAIN AND THOUGHT I MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS : PRACTICE THROWING AND CATCHING FROM HAND TO HAND (IDEALLY LEARN TO JUGGLE) BEFORE TRAINING, THIS ACTIVITY FOCUSES BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN & BODY REQ...