YANG style TAI CHI page one

Demonstrator/Teacher: various including Yang Zhen Dou.

The most famous and familiar of all Tai Chi styles. Yang has many more branches and versions than many suspect. Here is the Imperial Branch (Fu Lei) a very interesting off-shoot of the Yang family. Let's see Page Two.

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Demonstrations cover 13 movement form, 49 forms, 85 form, 103 form, straight sword and saber showing the skills of Yang Zhen Duo, Yang Zhen Guo and Yang Jun, all direct descendents of the Yang Family.

At one time Taiji was called "13 Posture" Boxing. These essential actions are known as the Ba Men and Wu Bu, that is, the Eight Doors and the Five Steps. This disk concentrates on the essential movements of Ward Off, Rollback, Press, Suppress, Pluck, Split, Elbow and Lean combined with Center, Right, Left, Back and Forward.

"Teacher Yang Zhen Dou properly cut down some iterative boxing postures, to shorten the time of practice newly created Yang-style Taiji boxing including 49 postures ... maintains whole boxing posture of the traditonal routine, without abandoning althought there is difference between the numbers of Postures, compact structure, consectuative action, fahsion and characteristics still exist."

"The fist frame of Yang-style Taijiquan has characteristics of extending, concision, strict structure straight body work and harmonious movement beoth swiftness and calmness, from lossing to softeness on practicing method hardness and softness is harmonious, so it had distinctive style." Demonstration by Yang Zhen Guo.

"Yang style Taijiquan is exquisite in design, arrangement is reasonable, structure is rigorous, full-scale and cmplete, in skill, from loosness to sfotness, acculumate softness into hardness, tintegrate hardness with softness. "

VCD#1690Yang Tai Chi 13 Sword
Double VCD , see Main VCD for prices,Chinese/English Subtitles

"... speed of sword is slightly quickerthat fist its movements shall be gantle, smart, calm, free, adile and natural..."

"... Taijiquan some broadsword form is not only similar with name of boxing but also nearly identical with movement of boxing one is additoinal to matched with steel braoodsword loooks more graceful and agile manner is full of power and granderus its expression pattern has its own style ....

A full demonstration Yang style Push Hands with Yang Jun demonstrating.

VCD#1324 Yang style Tai Chi Sword
About an hour, see Main VCD for prices, Chinese Only

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We are happy to see that the interpretations of Yang sword are not so circumscribed as many believe. Here is not only a nice version, quite accurate, from that vivacious instructor Luo Jin Hua, but a collector's item film strip of his teacher, Sha Guo Zheng, performing the set. To our eyes this is more appetizing than the version presented by Yang Zhen Dou (Oh, yes, maybe sacrilege to criticize the direct lineage, but many teachers that came out of that post-Cultural-Revolution group seem to have been instructed to resemble the text books first, in an attempt to standardize the curriculum for mass instruction.) Our preference leads towards the organic and here is a nice example of same.

A full demonstration of the well known Yang Style with the T'ai Chi Saber. Includes the form and breakdown with the original saber style of the Yang Family. Yang Zhen Dou himself instructs.

VCD#47 Yang style Tai Chi Straight Sword
About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only

The famous Yang style T'ai Chi sword with Yang Zhen-Dou and his grandson, Yang Jun, demonstrating. For many people this is the standard of the art. Yang Zhen Dou himself demonstrates and makes many comments on just the proper way to do things. Much detail in the proper play of the sword. Nicely progressive comments . Each posture is named and demonstrated with specifics on direction, holding and correct sword path. A must for Yang style lovers. DVD version also available.

VCD#262 Imperial style Wisdom Fist
About an hour, see Main VCD for prices, Chinese Only

Performed by Li Zhen a fourth generation inheritor of Yang Tai Chi.
Here is another addition to the slowly increasing knowledge we have of Yang T'ai Chi. As many practitioners have guessed there is more to the system than a single form. Zhi Chui, Intelligent or Wise Punch, is demonstrated here with graceful and continuous movement. A small set of about four minutes it rearranges many movements of Yang style into a more direct whole. This VCD is accompanied with training tips on the Qu Chi standing, basic Chi Kung for Yang style and even the fundamentals for stances.Fu Lei (Imperial) T'ai Chi reminds us of the position Yang Lu Chan held as a special teacher to the Royal Guards. This branch of Yang offers another look into the diverse picture of the Yang T'ai Chi family of sets and skills.

VCD#263 Yang style Tai Chi 13 Saber
About an hour, see Main VCD for prices, Chinese Only

Demonstrator: Li ChengXiang.
The Yang style Saber is graceful and soft. Almost the antithesis of many broadsword sets, it moves with almost no apparent power of strain. Teacher Li performs a placid and very respectable version only this time retaining the true wrapping actions of the saber in distinction to some practitioners who abbreviate such moves. A good representation of Yang Saber.

VCD#286 Imperial Tai Chi Big Frame
Four VCDs , see Main VCD for prices, Chinese Only

Performed by Li Zhen a fourth generation inheritor of Yang Tai Chi.
This is the Big Frame version of Fu Lei Yang Tai Chi. It is considered the basic version with high emphasis on health and circulation of energy. The movements are loose and long, the body erect. Fu Lei (Imperial) T'ai Chi reminds us of the position Yang LuChan held as a special teacher to the Royal Guards. This branch of Yang offers another look into the diverse picture of the Yang T'ai Chi family of sets and skills. A set of Four VCDs.

VCD#287 Imperial Tai Chi Old Frame
Four VCDs, VCD pricing, Chinese Only

Performed by Li Zhen a fourth generation inheritor of Yang Tai Chi.
The set here claims to be the Old Frame version of Yang Tai Chi. There are many similarities to the Yang Chen-Fu version with the first immediate difference being the Refrain (Grasp Sparrow's Tail) is done on both sides. This VCD starts with a lecture/demo of the different sets contained within this branch of Yang Tai Chi. There are a number of theories as to the extent and scope of Yang Tai Chi. Some say there was much developed in Yong Nian, Yang's home village. Others that Yang Lu-Chang really started his major formulation of the style after reaching BeiJing and becoming a teacher of the Royal Guards. This style represents that part of the story. This branch of Yang offers another look into the diverse picture of the Yang T'ai Chi family of sets and skills. A set of Four VCDs.