Yang-style Taiji Quan

    The originator of the Yang-style Taiji boxing was Yang Luchan (1800-1873) from Yongnian in Hebei Province. Yang went to learn Taiji boxing from Chen Changxing in the Chenjia Valley as a boy. When grown up, he returned to his native town to teach the art. To suit the need of common people, Yang Luchan made some changes, and dropped some highly difficult moves, such as force irritating, broad jumps and foot further simplified by his grandson. The grandson’s form of the Yang-style Taiji boxing was later taken as the protocol of the Yang-style boxing. Because of its comfortable postures, simplicity and practisability, this form has become the most popular routine for exercise and practise 

    The Yang-style Taiji boxing features agreeable movements and actions combining hardness, softness and naturalness. When practicing, practitioners should relax to form softness which transforms into hardness, thus combining the hard and the soft. The Yang-style Taiji Quan is divided into three sub routines, namely high-posture, middle –posture and low-posture routines, all with comfortable and agree able movements and actions.