Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

There is much to say about this topic.. Here is an interesting article from Mei Ying Sheng's web page. The Taiji diagram manifests itself both philosophically and physiologically in Tai Chi boxing. The atricle discusses this in detail. http://www.geocities.com/meiyingsheng/taijitu.html Any comments ...

According to Master Doc Fai-Wong, Cheng Ling-Xi was a Chinese war leader serving during the second Liang Dynasty. Cheng encouraged his soldiers to practice an early form of tai chi chuan; even going so far as to attribute some of his successful campaigns to his martial techniques. Does anybody have ...

I should probably amend that by saying that it's practitioner, not style, that determines ultimate skill on a per-player basis.

The reference here should be taken in the context that most early Tai Chi Chuan texts went out of their way to contrast Nei Gong and Wai Gong.

Cheers.

Consider Southern Shaolin-style technique "Tiger Descends Mountain....." (Mang Fu Ha San) I am not suggesting that ETRM was "designed" to combat this particular technique, but instead I believe it is an allusion to Taijiquan's ability to counteract and overcome even the fiercest ...

This essay was taken from a speech given by Li Ya Xuan in 1956.


http://qi-journal.com/Taiji.asp?-token. ... 0Ya%20Xuan

Nei Hao,

This video from a chen-style site shows candle training.

http://www.taichichen/videos/candle.zip
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