Excerpted from Yang Zhenduo’sZhong Guo Yang Shi Taiji, 1997, ‘Thoughts on Practice’ p163-164Translated by Jerry Karin 2. Earlier in this book I have already talked quite a bit on the subject of ‘fang song’ or relaxation. Let’s connect related concepts … Continue reading
The Third Rep: 2000-12-25Guest Commentary by Carol Ann (Chidlaw) Bauer The practice of Tai Chi has been for me a personal odyssey. Through the last six years of serious practice, it has become a metaphor for all the elements of … Continue reading
The Third Rep: 2000-07-01 by Jerry Karin In Yang Zhenduo’s book, Zhongguo Yang Shih Taiji, 1997, for each move there is a section called “Important Points”. The important points are combined for left and right ward off. Points three and … Continue reading
The Third Rep: 2000-04-18 by Jerry Karin This week we published a short essay by Yang Zhenduo with his commentary on the Twenty-Character Motto. I think this is a very good tip for Tai Chi players – it really works! … Continue reading
The Third Rep: 2000-04-07 by Jerry Karin Seminars with Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun these days are typically 3 or 4 days for the entire 103 – move traditional, Yang style barehand form, followed by two or three days of … Continue reading
THE TEN ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF TAI CHI CHUAN Grandmaster Yang Chengfu orally provided the Ten Essential Principles for the practice of Tai Chi Chuan to his senior student, Chen Wei Ming, who recorded the instructions in writing. Chen Wei Ming … Continue reading
by Yang ChengfuTranslated by Jerry Karin Although there are rather a lot of different styles of Chinese martial arts, they are all alike in that successive generations have striven all their lives and with all their might to explain the … Continue reading
By Ed Boates, Originally published in: “Tongren” Spring 1999 issue. Newletter of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation Vol 6, Issue 1 Page 8-9 It is just like learning calligraphy, do one brush stroke at a time and be patient…1– Yang Zhenduo … Continue reading
