Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Audi and Louis, Thanks for your efforts. Having little knowledge of Chinese myself, I'm afraid I can't add a great deal of my own insight. But I can offer fan mail and some other people's research. Audi, the proposed translations and connecting of lines to movements resonates well with me. I feel lu...

Hey Audi, Thanks for the response. I would definitely be interested in a translation. All I've come across are scattered words without the connections that you have suggested in your "loose translation". It doesn't seem like there is much access to English descriptions. I also posted to an...

I am interested in learning about the posture names for saber form. I noticed that sword and empty hand form postures are given on the site; but there is no list for saber. Does anyone have list/information about the saber posture names?

Thanks,
Greg

There is a book called "The Art of Chinese Swordsmanship" that is available in English. I can't remember the author's name; but you could find it at one of the online booksellers. The form in the book is different than a Yang style sword; but there is much to be gained from studying. It is...

I have been studying TC and the TC sword for a while and have been able to find information about form, function, etc. Recently I have begun to study TC staff and I will soon begin to study TC sabre. I have been able to find very little information on sabre and staff. Does anyone know of good books/...

I have been studying Cheng Man-ching's short form for some time including push hands and sword form. My teachers have practiced for a number of decades and consider their style Yang style. They often refer to and recommended books by and about people like Yang Cheng Fu and others in the Yang lineage...