Our club initially followed Yang Lu Chan, his son Yang Jian Hou, his grandson, Yang Cheng Fu*1, his Great Grandson, Yang Zhen Duo and finally Grandson of Yang Zeng Duo. So the main point for most is to progress as well as you can locally with a named presentation and hopefully hook up with somebody else who is prepared to devote their lives to the subject and cadge information from them. It is however a credible way of progressing once you've reached a certain level of experience. If you haven't got constant access, it all gets forgotten or changed. I also didn't buy into the idea that a couple of months or even couple of years training in China is a very credible way of learning, let alone a two week holiday or weekend seminar. And like most people, by down the road, I really mean down my road, not a twice weekly forty-minute car journey. But, if one of the family members or followers of a Disciple of Yang Lu Chan or Cheng Fu had been teaching down the road I would have followed them and been proud to do so.
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When it comes to seeking out higher instruction, it seems sensible to follow the family line. In addition, the idea of Yang Tai Chi for health also materialised distancing itself from the idea of Tai Chi as a fighting art.
#Feng xing fu zhou plus#
Six generations of Yang family, plus all the associated teachers, Disciples and off-shoot styles. More Styles From generation to generation. Everyone went on to teach everyone else all claiming a direct link to the founder Yang Lu Chan. These people also taught non-family members who spent their lives learning the style and teaching. So we have Yang Lu Chan + Disciples + two surviving children, Yang Ban Hou (who presented a version called Small Frame) & Yang Jian Hou (Medium Frame).
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Yang Lu Chan also taught non-family members who spent their lives learning the style and also achieved very high status and respect as carriers of the Yang style. It was his wish it be carried on in the family name by his children as a family business (not without complaint or dispute). In later life Yang Lu Chan created a name for himself as a fighter of extraordinary ability and then taught his style to other people.