Taichi chuan style Yang: "Long form

Internship in China 2009 at the mother house of YANG style

Head directed towards the sky, feet rooted in the ground, the body straight but not static, including at the same time the sensation and representation of front and back, left and right, up and down (wang chung yueh)

Head directed towards the sky, feet rooted in the ground, the body straight but not static, including at the same time the sensation and representation of front and back, left and right, up and down (wang chung yueh)

Legendary history of Yang-style tai-chi-chuan

It was during the reign of Qianlong (1735-1795), the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty, that Wang Zongyue, one of the greatest tai-chi-chuan masters whose name has been handed down to us, and, according to tradition, the author of a famous work entitled Traité classique de tai-chi-chuan, was active.

At the beginning of the 19th century, tai-chi-chuan was taught to just a few students by members of the Chen family, who lived in a village in Henan province.

Since the Chen family did not accept outsiders among their students, Yang Luchan resorted to a stratagem: he was hired as a servant by the Chen family, spied on their lessons for a long time and then practiced secretly at night.

The master finally discovered this, but, astonished by the skill shown by the wily young servant, decided to accept him as one of his pupils.

Yang Luchang soon became the best among them and, according to legend, was invincible. He then moved to Beijing, where he opened a school and began teaching his art. His style had fewer variations of speed than that of his masters.