Yang cheng fu biography samples

  • Here is a very interesting video of Yang Sau Chung (守中Pinyin shǒu zhōng), Yang Cheng Fu's oldest son demonstrating his father's long form.
  • Yang Cheng-Fu had only a part of his families system.
  • Why is Yang Chengfu's book "Taijiquan Shiyongfa" (Application Methods of Taijiquan) from 1931 not translated into English by anyone?

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    Here is a very interesting video of Yang Sau Chung (守中Pinyin shǒu zhōng), Yang Cheng Fu’s oldest son demonstrating his father’s long form.

    His name is actually杨振铭 Yáng Zhèn Míng. How Yang Zhen Ming comes to be Yang Sau Chung is a mystery to me, as is the very poor video quality, seeing as this film is not ancient. It was recorded in 1980, when Yang Zhen Ming was 70 years old. This one (same raw footage) has corrected aspect ratio but the ending (where quality deteriorates badly) has been deleted.

    This biography of Yang Zhen Ming is hard to follow using Google translate, but this much is clear: He studied and taught with his father from childhood until Yang Cheng Fu’s death in 1936, when Yang Zhen Ming was 26. In 1949, he moved to Hong Kong, where he lived and taught for the remainder of his life.

    Yang does the form quickly—in less than nine minutes. Someone in the comments attributes this to the limitations of the camera (couldn’t record the 20+ minu

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    Second Point RE: Yang Family vs. Yang Style

    Postby Scott M. Rodell » Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:09 pm

    My second point of disagreement with Masich's article has to do with the term Yang Family. Before inom go further, it should be noted that this entire question of what is "Yang Family" & what is Yang Style is HIGHLY political, & yes money is involved. Why? Because quite simply being the "official" anything puts one in a much better market position. As things stand now, by simply being a relative of Yang Luchan, one is instantly qualified to teach seminars around the world. With the name Yang & official backing, one never needs to prove one's skill in any contest, or any other manner AND everything one chooses to say about history, parts of the system etc, is automatically accepted as fact. Not a bad position to be in eh?



    I should also point out, that while there is certainly a good deal of circumstantial information concerning the specifics of the Yang Family Mic

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