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	Yang Chengfu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yang Chengfu (Hanyu Pinyin), or Yang Ch'eng-fu (Wade-Giles) (楊澄甫, 1883-1936) is historically considered the best known teacher of the soft style martial art of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan).
		He was born into the famous Yang Taijiquan family, the son of Yang Chien-hou and grandson of Yang Lu-chan.
		With his older brother Yang Shaohou (楊少侯) and colleagues Wu Jianquan (吳鑑泉) and Sun Lutang (孫錄堂), he was among the first teachers to offer Tai Chi Chuan instruction to the general public at the Beijing Physical Culture Research Institute from 1914 until 1928.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yang_Ch'eng-fu (356 words)

	A Comparative Study of Yang Styles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Zhenduo, who is 65 years old (in 1990), began studying from his father, Yang Chengfu (1883-1936), when he was six, but only spent four years under his famous father's tutelage.
		Yang Zhenduo continually tested the proper formation and final position of the form practitioner's posture by providing resistance to the formation of posture and pushing against the practitioner's hand positions in the completion of the final posture.
		Yang Zhenduo, quoting from the Classics, emphasized that the mind of the tai chi chuan practitioner should be on the spirit and not the "chi." He said the spirit of the form should be observable in the manner in which the postures were presented (i.e.
	www.taichiandqigong.com /yang_compare.htm (2923 words)

	Hook Hand
		Yang Chengfu taught in his "Taijiquan Ten Essentials" that "when the hands, waist, and feet move, the spirit of the eyes follow with the movement; if there is a discontinuity in movement either in the upper or lower body, there will be chaos in motion".
		Yang Chengfu wrote that "when the two hands move to the left, the right hand forms into a hook hand with the fingers pointing downward" during the transition into Single Whip.
		Yang Chengfu was very careful to illustrate this principle of "concentrating in one direction" with each stationary posture in his book, "The Complete Volume of Taijiquan Usage".
	www.geocities.com /yongnian/hook.html (3875 words)

	Neijia list - Famous Neijia Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Chengfu was a member of the third generation of the Yang family after Yang Lucan, who learned Taijiquan from Chen Changxing in Chenjiagou.
		Yang Chengfu is famous for creating a 'large-frame' form that was easier to practice than the smaller-framed and faster sets favored by his brothers and other relatives.
		Yang's accomplishment with the Chen system was such that he came to be known as "Yang the Unbeatable." He went on to teach the art in his home town of Yongnianxian in Hebei Province, and then later in Beijing where the art acquired its familiar name of Taijiquan.
	www.4cornerscenter.com /famous_neijia_artists.htm (1069 words)

	Yang Chengfu
		Master Yang Chengfu (1883 -1936), a grandson of Yang Lu Chan, was a member of the third generation of the Yang Family.
		Through Yang's own genius and the energy and prestige of his sons and students the Yang Style of Tai Chi Chuan established itself as the dominant system of internal development and self defense in China.
		Today the Yang Style of Tai Chi Chuan is also the most widely practiced form of exercise on the planet, as everyone (men and women, young and old, healthy and sick) can study it and enjoy and participate in its practice.
	www.sataichi.com /YCfu.html (673 words)

	Yang Jia Taijiquan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Chengfu was a stalwart and handsome man. Creating a style all his own, he had mastered extraordinary skill in "Tui Shou" (Push Hands) and was good at both attack and defense.
		Yang Zhenji, his second son, is at present the chairman of the Wushu Association of the city of Handan in Hebei Province.
		Yang Zhenduo, the third son, is now teaching Taijiquan in the city of Tai Yuan in Shanzi Province and is also the chairman of the Research Association of the Yang School of Taijiquan in that province.
	www.shunbu.com /~ejb/yangjia.html (2255 words)

	Yang Chengfu - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Yang Chengfu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Chengfu (Hanyu Pinyin), or Yang Ch'eng-fu''' (Wade-Giles) (楊澄甫;, 1883-1936) has been considered by many to be the best known teacher of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) to have ever lived.
		With his older brother Yang Shaohou (楊少侯) and colleagues Wu Jianquan (吳鑑泉;) and Sun Lutang (孫錄堂;) was among the first teachers to offer Tai Chi Chuan instruction to the general public at the Beijing Physical Culture Research Institute from 1914 until 1928.
		He is known for having "smoothed" out the somewhat more vigorous training routine he learned from his family as well as emphasising a "large frame" (expansive movements in stepping and from the arms using large circular motions) in his training.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Yang-Chengfu.html (279 words)

	US Wushu Academy
		Yang Zhenji is the eldest living son of Yang Chengfu, who standardized and spread the Yang style of Taiji.
		Yang Zhenji suggests keeping the thumb active throughout the form, with the "Dragon's Mouth," the joint between the thumb and the rest of the hand, open without being rigid.
		Yang Zhenji disagreed with this as an overemphasis on one of the principles to the detriment of the rest.
	www.uswushuacademy.com /articles/discoveryangzhenji.htm (2550 words)

	yang ingles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was founded by Yang Luchan (1792-1872), known as "The Unconquerable".
		Yang Chengfu style exhibits wide, relaxed, smooth and natural movements, that are carried out in slow and constant rhythm, while the body remains straight and centred.
		Smoothness is the rule, but the movements have to be agile and not soft, since in the inner of each action hides an elastic and natural force known as " the niddle hidden inside the cotton ".
	www.labartra.com /weblabartra3/ingles/taijiing/yanging.html (123 words)

	Tian Zhaolin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Jianhou (1839-1917), the second son of Yang style founding father Yang Luchan, noticed him on his walks to the palace where he taught.
		Once in the Yang family household, Tian Zhaolin was required to participate literally around-the-clock in the practice of their internal art alongside Jianhou’s sons Shaohou and Chengfu.
		Yang Jianhou also taught that a key to the practice was the exercise known as “Eight Pieces of Brocade”.
	www.art-of-energetics.com /New/tian_zhaolin.htm (2599 words)

	GRTC: The Martial and the Civil in Yang Style Taijiquan
		Yang's student and patron Wu Yuxiang, his appetite whetted by Yang's instruction and example, went on to train directly under a Chen master, Chen Qingping, and to develop a form sufficiently different from Yang's to be classified as a separate style.
		Thus, while Chengfu continued to teach taijiquan (tai chi chuan) as a martial art, he was also first of the Yang style masters to explicitly stress the elements of softness and relaxation that figure so prominently in the civil aspect of the art.
		Chengfu's teaching career was short, as he was not a martial arts prodigy, and died at the age of 53 ó the health benefits of taijiquan (tai chi chuan) practice perhaps being insufficient in the end to offset the effects of his hard-drinking lifestyle.
	www.grtc.org /articles/martialcivil.html (3868 words)

	Longfei Newsletters
		Yang Luchan was later to receive an appointment to teach his skills in the capital Peking (Beijing) and was commanded to teach in the house of Prince Duan, a member of the royal family.
		Yang Chengfu is seen by most commentators as the 20th century innovator who revised his father's medium frame and standardished the large frame of Yang Style Taijiquan, furthermore it clearly distinguished his form from that of his uncle Banhou's small frame style.
		Yang Zhendou should be considered the standard bearer of Yang style in mainland China as a 4th generation of the illustrious family, however he was only nine years old when his father died and the considered opinion of most commentators is that he would have been too young to receive direct tuition.
	www.longfei-taiji.co.uk /news/vol3iss3/yang.htm (4150 words)

	The Chang Interview
		Yang Chengfu was the first one to teach everyone and he became very famous all over China.
		The one version by the Yang Chengfu family is softer and less brutal while the older version is quite brutal.
		Yang taught that if we were ever provoked that we should try to play the coward first of all but if that failed then we must act so quickly as to not allow our attackers to know which techniques we were using.
	www.art-of-energetics.com /New/chang_interview.htm (2101 words)

	Taiji Straightsword
		Yang style Taiji straightsword is one of the short weapons found within the art of Taijiquan.
		In the second decade of this century, Yang Chengfu brought the Yang family Taiji straightsword to the Central Martial Arts Academy in the city of Nanjing.
		Yang style Taiji straightsword has passed through the generations from Yang Luchan, the founder of Yang style Taijiquan, to the practitioners of today.
	www.geocities.com /yongnian/jian.html (2116 words)

	Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung Academy \| JDIATCC - Brussels : Lineage
		Yang Chengfu (1833-1936), his grandson, became the true ambassador of Tai Chi Chuan in the whole of China and spread the Yang style as far as Europe and the USA.
		Yang Sau Chung (1905-1985), the eldest son of Yang Chengfu, moved to Hong-Kong in 1947 to flee the communist revolution.
		It was there and then that the original Yang style was taught thoroughly to the public for the first time.
	www.taichi-academy.be /EN/lineage.htm (283 words)

	Traditional Yang long form (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the time of Yang Lu Chan, the Taijiquan (because the mode that it was practiced) was named as Zhan Mian Quan (cotton boxing), Ruan Quan (soft boxing) or Hua Quan (transformation boxing).
		The standard Yang set today is Yang Chengfu's final revision of 85 postures, which he demonstrated in his book published in 1936.
		Yang Chengfu always emphasized that the set should be practiced with its martial applications in mind.
	www.geocities.com /oldyangtaijiquan/longform.htm (343 words)

	Taï
		Yang Luchan's technique by FH Besides the therapeutic aspects which are similar to the modern style's, the art of Yang Lu-chan - one origin of I chuan and maybe of Karate - is one of the most efficient in the field of self defense.
		But the most specific of the old Yang style is : the motionless observation of the opponent, the pushing to parry, the explosion of energy (fa-jing), the art of the vital points (Dim-mak and Chin-na), controls on joints and sometimes projections as can be found in the Chinese wrestling (Shuai jiao)...
		Yang Luchan was a drill officer at the Qin's court with the highest rank and was nicknamed "Yang the Invicible".
	taichichuan.yoga.free.fr /englishtaichi.htm (1095 words)

	The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The historic line-art drawings that accompany the text were rendered from photos taken of Yang Chengfu's form.
		The publication in 1934 of Yang Chengfu's book, Essence and Applications of Taijiquan (Taijiquan Tiyong Quanshu) marked a milestone in the modern evolution of the art of taijiquan.
		This methodology renders Yang Chengfu's direct, hands-on teaching of the art with such immediacy and liveliness that the reader experiences the master¹s teaching much as his students did.
	www.enotalone.com /books/1556435452.html (539 words)

	Chi Chuan Tai Yang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Please read ahead for further information on chi chuan tai yang or follow the links on the left hand side that relate to the area you are looking for.
		Yang form of tai chi chuan, 37 movings from master Chen Man Ching.
		Yang Chengfu in a posture from the Tai Chi solo form known as Single Whip, circa 1918...
	inner-self.co.uk /chi-chuan-tai-yang.html (826 words)

	Taijiquan Journal (T'ai Chi Ch'uan Journal) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chen Weiming (1881-1958) of Qishui, Hubei Province, was a senior disciple of Yang Chengfu (1883-1936).
		Yang Chengfu's oral teachings on taijiquan and all of its various postures great and small, and have written them down in this book in order to pass them on to subsequent generations.
		Yang and practicing inner-style boxing arts, my spirit has risen and quickly changed from what it had been like before.
	www.taijiquanjournal.com /chenweiming.php (727 words)

	ZQL Article 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Chengfu [Jianhou's son] was also there practicing.
		At this time, Yang Jianhou was elderly, and Yang Chengfu was in charge of most things and managed the family compound.
		This looked bad for Yang Chengfu, because if he then did not go out when a challenge was issued, it would be worse.
	aymta.org /Journal/ZQLpt1.html (970 words)

	Great River Taoist Center :: View topic - Taiji Jian Applications
		As I understand it Yang Chengfu revised the form even more than his father Jianhou had done and that standardization is the basis of the Yang style taught today.
		If it's the simple answer that Yang Chengfu wanted his students to focus on the non-martial aspects of the art because of the times then forgive this long drawn out question.
		Since the Wu style of Taiji Jian that was created by a student of the Yang Luchan & his sons is similiar in body structure, mechanics & application to the Yangshi Taiji Jian publically taught by the Yang family, it is reasonable to assume that this Yang Jian form was created before Yang Chengfu's time.
	www.grtc.org /forum/viewtopic.php?t=12 (1127 words)

	Taiji and Qigong Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Its aim is to spread and develop the traditional Yang family tai chi chuan by developing new centers, membership to individual practitioner, introducing a ranking system of evaluating practitioners level of skill.
		Today, the Association has 14 Yang Chengfu centers spread over the world, committed to teaching the traditional Yang style tai chi chuan as taught by the Yang family in China.
		Her two closest and main teachers are Master Yang Zhen duo, the fourth generation descendant of Yang Luchan, (1799-1872) who established the Yang school of taijiquan, and Master Feng Zhiqiang, one of China's most renowned masters of the Chen style and of Qigong.
	www.taiji-qigong.com (244 words)

	Tai Chi Chuan: Yang Chengfu Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lopez learned Traditional Yang Style from Master Yang Zhenduo, Wu Style from Bruce Frantzis, Sun Style and Modern routines from Madame Wang Jurong, Kuang Ping Yang from Kuo Lienying, and CMC from William Chen.
		The Yang Chengfu Tai Chi Chuan Center - USA was created in September/95, after the successful participation of Master Yang's USA students at the "Third China Yongnian International Tai Chi Chuan Gathering", at Handan, Hebei Province.
		The creation of the Center, was authorized by Master Yang Zhenduo and Master Yang Jun (the fourth and sixth generation descendants of Yang Luchan) in order to help disseminate the Tai Chi Chuan teachings of the Yang Family (Yang Chengfu Style) in the USA.
	www.texastaichi.com /center.html (385 words)

	Shaolin Wahnam Institute Discussion Forum - Yang Style Masters and Variations
		It is believed that Yang Banhou went the "fajing" route and Yang Jianhou the "sticking" route, and "neutralizing" route was taken by Quanyou.
		Yang Chengfu did not practice as hard while his father Jianhou was still alive, so he may not have gained all the essence and the secrets that his father had to offer.
		One thing that is sure is that Yang Chengfu at first taught a style that was somewhat different from what he had taught later on after he made the modifications.
	wongkiewkit.com /forum/showthread.php?t=3061 (4877 words)

	specials2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We have found a limited number of Yang style books featuring pictures of Yang Chengfu perfoming the long form and applications.
		"Yang Chengfu's Photographs of Taijiquan," by Shi Yueming is filled with 100 of the best photos ever made of Yang Chengfu.
		Also adding to the quality of the book's photos are the names of the forms both in Chinese and English, aptly done by a long time student of Fu Zhongwen, and former Secretary General of the Yongnian Taijiquan Society founded by Fu Zhongwen.
	www.chiflow.com /html/specials2.htm (222 words)

	Yang Ch'eng-fu - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yang Ch'eng-fu 楊澄甫 (1883-1936) has become by far the best known teacher of T'ai Chi Ch'uan to have ever lived.
		He was born into the famous Yang T'ai Chi family, and with his older brother Yang Shao-hou (楊少侯) and colleagues Wu Chien-ch'üan (吳鑑泉) and Sun Lu-t'ang (孫錄堂) was among the first teachers to offer T'ai Chi instruction to the general public at the Beijing Physical Culture Research Institute from 1914 until 1928.
		His smooth motion, evenly-paced large frame form and its hundreds of offshoots has been the standard for Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan (and overwhelmingly in the public imagination for T'ai Chi in general) ever since.
	www.free-definition.com /Yang-Ch'eng-fu.html (212 words)

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