Yang Shou-chung or Yang Shouzhong, birth name Yang Zhenming, (1910–1985) was the eldest son of
Yang Chengfu.
Biography
Yang Shou-chung began training in
his family's style of
t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) at age 8. By age 14 he had begun to work with his father as a teaching assistant and at age 19 he was already teaching government officials around
China
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. In 1949 he fled to
Hong Kong
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where he stayed for the remainder of his life teaching privately mostly out of his home on Lockhart Road on
Hong Kong Island
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. He appointed three disciples: Ip Tai Tak (1st and Chief Disciple (Hong Kong), Gin Soon Chu (2nd Disciple,
U.S.
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), Chu King Hung (3rd Disciple,
Europe
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). Yang Shou-chung is survived by his three daughters: Tai Yee, Ma Lee and Yee Li who currently also reside in Hong Kong.
T'ai chi ch'uan lineage tree with Yang-style focus, click the "show" button below
External links
Ip Tai Tak's (1st Disciple of Yang Shou-chung) disciple Bob BoydGin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation, USA: Gin-Soon Chu, 2nd Disciple of Yang Shou-ChungH. Won Tai Chi Institute: H. Won Gim, 2nd Disciple of Gin-Soon Chu
Master Chu King Hung International Tai Chi Chuan Association 3rd Disciple's websiteExhaustive Yang family tree with info on Yang Shou-chung's descendantsMaster Ding Academy Traditional Tai Chi Chuan (Master Ding is 1st Disciple of Ip Tai Tak
1910 births
1985 deaths
Chinese tai chi practitioners
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