Yang Family Tai Chi Discussion Board

Thanks a lot for your answer Jerry!
That was very clarifying
By the way I totally agree with you, "the real essence of taiji is not in the forms per se".
Take care
César

Hi! I am curious of something I read in this website: When you read the short biography of Yang Jun, you will find something like this: "...Master Yang Jun began his training with Master Yang Zhen Duo when he was only 5 years old. He is proficient in Tai Chi Chuan, Sword, Saber, Push Hands, AND...

Hi! I found this on the web. I hope it helps César Q: Are there acupuncture points stimulated by specific movements? Chen Xiaowang: Different postures require different coordination of the muscles, resulting in different emphasis. Qi is communicated through the channels, so different results with di...

Hi!
Gu Rou Chen, Could tell me (if you know) who are those masters that appear in the picture? I just can recognize to Yang Chengfu and I would like to know who are they.
Thanks!
César

Hi! The following is an article written by Master Yang Zhenji (you can find it here: www.chinataijiquan.com/en/en/default.htm "...As the breathing is concerned in the body movement, it is required in Yang style Taijiquan that the breath should go naturally as deep as down to the Dan Tian (lower...

Greetings! On this web site I have seen in the Tai Chi info section the following question: Which weapons are part of the original Yang family tai chi? The answer is provided by Master Yang Jun, and it says: "The traditional Yang style actually doesn't have many weapons...The short weapons are ...

Greetings! In the Newsletter of the International Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Association (N° 10), Master Yang ZhenDuo says: "...Doing the form one time commonly takes about 25 minutes now. In the past, we took 45 minutes to do the form three times in a row session. The transitional time between m...

Greetings Thank you guys! I find your answers very interesting. I think that the form should be performed between 20 or 30 minutes (unless you have another training purpose like Michael). And I agree with Louis when he says that it is not about timing the form with a stopwatch. It's just that the fo...

I have practiced Yang Family Taijiquan for 3 years. During this time I have been doing the traditional Yang style form (103 postures) in about 30 minutes. However I read an article of Fu Zhongwen on Tai Chi Magazine that said this: "The fastest you can go with the 85 movements or the 108 would ...