Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

I wonder why Yang Ban Hao was known to have a forceful nature? and his nephew as well. just curious...I find these martial artist from that period interesting. I read an article or an extract from a book or something online written by one of the Tracys where they mentioned meeting some elderly marti...

well you c the origin of the discussion was what people thought of an old magazine article stating that Yang luchan did not learn his internal boxing methods entirely from Chen family. I do not believe this is useless discussion or speculation. I like the Galileo analogy. There is a lot of informati...

I first read this old magazine article mentioned earlier in the forum in a book whose author's name i cant remember. I think the book was a compilation of various articles in various kung fu magazines plus the author's own research. according to the author: zhang san feng was a very common monastic ...

I get you. when you look at Chinese culture and the culture of the world in general, various philosophies and schools of thought have been intertwined and built upon each other it is impossible to figure out who did or said what first. I think what master yang said is a good way to look at it. it av...

"all tai chi is one" it passes through different hands and all form his or her interpretation. this is how it is supposed to be. no two people play the same, Tai chi is not the only martial art with this history there are many.even the very modern very standardized forms created for compet...

wudang priest have been practicing the internal arts for centuries. whatever names have been attached to them over time whether neichia quan, liu he pa fa, huaquan, prenatal boxing, tao yin, qi gong, circle walking, whatever whatever, they all have underlying similarities and follow principles which...