The originator of Yang-style Taiji Quan was Yang Luchan (1800-1873), born in Yongnian County, Hebei Province. Brought up in a poor family, Yang Luchan was sold to Chen Dehu in Chenjiagou Village as a child servant. While looking after Taiji Quan Master Chen Changxing, Yang Luchan learned martial arts from him. He returned to his native village as an adult and began to teach Taiji Quan to others. People in Yongnian County described his art as "silky boxing" and "soft boxing." Later, he went to Beijing and taught many members of the nobility in the Qing Dynasty.
To meet the needs of the general public, he dropped the difficult movements, such as jumps, foot stamping and force producing exercises. Yang's son revised this form into the Middle Frame. His grandson, Yang Chengfu, revised it once more and finalized it as the Big Frame. Simple and easy to learn, the Big Frame has become the most popular Yang-style Taiji Quan today. The Yangs enjoyed great fame in Beijing. After 1923, Yang Chengfu visited Nanjing, Shanghai, Hang-zhou, Guangzhou and Hankou, where he taught and made popular the Yang-style Taiji Quan. The Yang Style is characterized by its fully extended, simple, smooth, light, easy and natural movements. Practitioners should begin with relaxed effort and soft movements, accumulate softness into hardness, then make hard or soft movements properly in order to produce a display of grace and beauty. There are also high, middle and low frames. The beginners can adjust their physical power in practice depending on their age, sex and stamina. It can be used for curing illnesses, preserving health and improving the physique and boxing skills.
Wu-style Taiji Quan
Wu Style originated with Quan You of the Manchu Nationality (1834-1900) in Daxing County, previously in Hebei Province but now under the Beijing Municipality.
He learned the Big Frame from Yang Luchan and later learned the Small Frame from Yang Banhou, the second son of Yang Luchan. Quan You was well-known for his soft play. Jian Quan, son of Quan You, changed his family name to Wu, called himself Wu Jianquan (1870-1942), and acted as though he was a member of the Han nationality.
Jianquan inherited the Small Frame with correct forms and round movements. He moved in a relaxed manner and with great ease. His movements, which were continuous and endless, included no jumps or leaps, which made his style more acceptable to the general public. Wu Jianquan first taught his Taiji Quan in Beijing, than in Shanghai,
where he set up the Jianquan Taiji Quan Club.
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