Wu Ch'uan-yu  was a military officer cadet of Manchu ancestry in the Yellow Banner camp (see Qing Dynasty Military) in the Forbidden City, Beijing and also a hereditary officer of the Imperial Guards Brigade. At that time, Yang Lu-ch'an  was the martial arts instructor in the Imperial Guards, teaching t'ai ...

This weapon appeared rather late in the Taiji repertoire being first taught in Beijing. The manuals of Wu Yu Xiang do not record a sword form even though there is a sword form in the current Wu Yu Xiang style syllabus. The manual only records the sabre and the spear/staff, ...

The core training involves two primary features: the first being the solo form, a slow sequence of movements which emphasize a straight spine, abdominal breathing and a natural range of motion; the second being different styles of pushing hands for training movement principles of the form with a partner and ...

The term t'ai chi ch'uan translates as "supreme ultimate fist", "boundless fist", "great extremes boxing", or simply "the ultimate" (note that chi in this instance is the Wade-Giles transliteration of the Pinyin jí, and is distinct from, meaning "life energy". The concept of the Taiji ("supreme ultimate") appears in both ...

During the long course of its development, taijiquan has evolved into numerous schools and styles, the most popular and distinctive being the Chen, Yang, Wu (Jianquan), Wu (Yuxiang) and Sun styles. Although each of the styles has its own characteristic features, they make basically the same demands on the positioning ...

Taiji Quan Taiji Quan (Shadow Boxing) originated from the late Ming Dynasty of China (about 400 years ago). Chen Wangting, a villager of Chenjiagou village, created a new kind of Chinese boxing based on the integration of the ancestral boxing, the essence of the excellent folk boxing types and the Chinese ...