Tai Chi Chuan Pedagogic Center

Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association 10th Anniversary

cptaichi — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:04:32 +0000

Needle at Sea Bottom

cptaichi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:54:06 +0000

By Sara Olsen Needle at Sea Bottom is not just the name of a posture in the Yang Form. It is an example of how myth and fact have blended throughout China’s long history to become accepted as history. Accounts of events and figures from the earliest Neolithic years were not recorded in writing until much [...]

Martial Arts Moral Code

cptaichi — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:37:49 +0000

LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS OF SCIENCE AT THE TEN ESSENTIALS OF TAl CHI CHUAN

cptaichi — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:10:47 +0000

Written by Holly Sweeney Yang Chengfu’s Ten Essentials insured that the practice of Tai Chi Chuan would improve people’s health. It is impossible to overstate the importance of these Ten Essentials in identifying the elements that make Tai Chi Chuan a healthful practice. Without the Ten Essentials, it is doubtful that Tai Chi Chuan would be [...]

Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Twenty-Character Motto

cptaichi — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:42:45 +0000

“Extend the elbows outward; leave a hollow in the armpits. The elbows pull down the tops of the shoulders, connect the wrists and carry along the fingers” The Twenty-Character Motto is very brief, yet its meaning is very profound and worth pursuing. Although only the various parts of the upper limbs are mentioned, following this motto [...]

Looking Ahead: Tai Chi Chuan In 2002 And Beyond

cptaichi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:44:34 +0000

An Interview with Masters Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun Conducted, and translated, by Jeremy Blodgett JB: At the Taiyuan competition this summer we got to see many Yang style practitioners, but some practiced quite differently than we do. Why are there so many different types of Yang style Taijiquan now? YZD: In looking at it now, there is [...]

A Brief Biography of the Yang Family (II)

cptaichi — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:18:18 +0000

Yang Shao Hou Yang Zhao Xiong was born in 1862 and died in 1930. Also named Meng Xiang, and later called Shao Hou, most just called him “Mr. Big”. From very young he studied with his father and his uncle. He learned the greater part of his skill from Ban Hou. His nature was forceful [...]

A Brief Biography of the Yang Family (I)

cptaichi — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:15:22 +0000

By Master Yang Jun, 6th Generation of the Yang Family Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan is one of the gems in the realm of Chinese Martial Arts. Ever since the founder of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Yang Lu Chan, his sons Yang Ban Hou and Yang Jian Hou, his grandsons Yang Shao Hou, Yang Chengfu, [...]