Yangjia Michuan tai chi ({{zh, t=楊家秘傳太極拳, s=杨家秘传太极拳, p=yángjiā mìchuán tàijíquán), the Yang Family Secret Tradition is a
tai chi style created by
Yang Luchan, founder of the
Yang style. He passed this special style to his son
Yang Jianhou
Yang Jianhou (1839–1917), or Yang Chien-hou, was the younger son of the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Yang Luchan, and a well known teacher of the soft style martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan ( taijiquan). Yang's older brother, Ya ...
who transmitted it to his student
Zhang Qinlin
Zhang Qinlin (1888–1967) was an influential martial artist, teacher, and lineage holder of the Yangjia Michuan (Yang family hidden tradition) style of t’ai chi ch’uan. In 1929, Zhang won the All China Fighting Championship in the unarme ...
. Master
Wang Yen-nien
Wang may refer to:
Names
* Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname
* Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname
* Titles in Chinese nobility
* A title in Korean nobility
* A title in Mongolian nobility
Places
* Wang River in Thailand ...
was taught the Yangjia Michuan by
Zhang Qinlin
Zhang Qinlin (1888–1967) was an influential martial artist, teacher, and lineage holder of the Yangjia Michuan (Yang family hidden tradition) style of t’ai chi ch’uan. In 1929, Zhang won the All China Fighting Championship in the unarme ...
and chose, in order to avoid the disappearance of this style, to teach it to a great number of students all over the world.
The ''Yangjia Michuan'' form has 127 movements, divided in three duan.
Tuishou (push hands) and martial applications of the movements of the form have a central importance in this style.
External links
Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan International, TaipeiAmerican Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Association Taiwan Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Associationl'Amicale du Yangjia Michuan en Europele Collège Européen des enseignants du Yangjia Michuan TaijiquanPremier Duan par Georges C. LinGreat River Taoist Centre Australia, Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan in Sydney, Australia.
Tai chi styles
Neijia