Yang Tai Chi Style
Chinese culture since early times has always been passing many of its rich and colorful heritages to the world. And Tai Chi is one of those factors that made the greatest influence. It is the forerunners of martial arts, it sparked various branches of its thinking, and the most famous is the Yin and Yang and of harnessing Qi.
The Yang Tai Chi is the one of the widespread Tai Chi styles, and many latest manifestations are offshoots of this form, like the Wu style. The Yang style of Tai Chi was first developed by Yang Lu Chan in circa 1800 from its Chen origins.
The Inventor Of Yang Tai Chi Style - Yang Lu Chan
Yang Lu Chan was initially a Chen style Tai Chi practitioner, but he became very skilled of the art. In due course he became famous and later would be called as “Yang the Invincible”.
Yang Lu Chan passed down his knowledge to his two sons, Yang Pan-Hou and Yang Chien-Hou. His sons in turn taught their sons. Yang Cheng Fu, Chien-Hou’s third son was the one responsible for standardizing the art.
He is in large measure responsible for the spread of the Yang Tai Chi teachings to the eastern and western world where it took such publicity and the teachings were then later known as the Yang Tai Chi.
The Yang Tai Chi Chuan is a total system of martial arts, and more refined since it was an adaptation of an old system and molded into a newer one. The Yang Tai Chi Long Form consists of 108 series of movements, which are characterized by an even tempo and slow graceful movements.
Weapons Used In Yang Tai Chi Style
The Yang Tai Chi also uses weapons, which includes:
The movements of these weapons used in Yang Tai Chi are practiced with alternate tempos of slow and fast movements. Posture is still observe, in fact the Wushu is one of the aesthetic movements found in the Yang style Tai Chi.
There are also various single and two-person training exercises to complement the system. The Yang Tai Chi Chuan is widely taught for its benefits of health, self-defense, and meditation. So taking up Tai Chi classes, particularly the Yang Tai Chi is never a bad idea to begin with. |
