Yang Pan-hou or Yang Banhou (1837–1890) was an influential teacher of
t'ai chi ch'uan
Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called "shadowboxing", is an neijia, internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and medita ...
(taijiquan) in
Ch'ing dynasty
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China
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, known for his bellicose temperament.
Biography
He was the senior son of
Yang Luchan
Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, also known as Yang Fu-k'ui or Yang Fukui (1799–1872), was an influential Chinese practitioner and teacher of the internal style t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan). He is known as the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'u ...
to survive to adulthood. Like his father, he was retained as a martial arts instructor by the
Chinese Imperial family.
He eventually became the
formal teacher of
Wu Ch'uan-yu (Wu Quanyou), a
Manchu
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Banner
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cavalry
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officer of the Palace Battalion.
Wu Ch'uan-yu's son,
Wu Chien-ch'uan (Wu Jianquan), also a Banner officer, became known as the co-founder (along with his father) of the
Wu-style t'ai chi ch'uan
The Wu family style () t'ai chi ch'uan (Taijiquan) of Wu Quanyou and Wu Chien-ch'uan (Wu Jianquan) is the second most popular form of t'ai chi ch'uan in the world today, after the Yang style, and fourth in terms of family seniority. This styl ...
.
Yang Pan-hou's younger brother
Yang Chien-hou
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, Yang Pan ...
was a well known teacher of
Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan
Yang family-style () T‘ai-Chi Ch‘üan (Taijiquan) in its many variations is the most popular and widely practised style in the world today and the second in terms of seniority among the primary five family styles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.
History ...
as well.
Yang Pan-hou's son, Yang Shao-p'eng (1875-1938) was also a t'ai chi teacher.
Yang Banhou taught
Wang Jiao-Yu his father's
Guang Ping Yang t'ai chi ch'uan form,
Wang Jiao-Yu taught
Kuo Lien Ying this original Yang style form.
T'ai chi ch'uan lineage tree with Yang-style focus
References
External links
Video:
1837 births
1890 deaths
Chinese tai chi practitioners
Sportspeople from Handan
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