YOGA TAICHI 91
Harmonious alliance of Yoga, Taichichuan, Qigong and Meditation
Taichi chuan style Yang : "Long form
Stay in China 2009 in the mother house of the YANG style
Head directed towards the sky, feet rooted in the ground, the body straight but not static, including at the same time the sensation and representation of front and back, left and right, up and down (wang chung yueh)
Legendary History of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan
It was during the reign of Qianlong (1735-1795), the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty, that Wang Zongyue, one of the greatest tai-chi-chuan masters whose name has been handed down to us, and, according to tradition, the author of a famous work entitled Classical Treatise on Tai-Chi-chuan, began to operate.
In the early nineteenth century, tai-chi-chuan was taught to only a few students by members of the Chen family who lived in a village in Henan Province. Since the Chen family did not accept outsiders among their students, Yang Luchan resorted to a stratagem by getting hired as a servant in this family and spied on his lessons for a long time, then practised secretly at night.
The master finally discovered him but, astonished by the skill shown by the young and cunning servant, he decided to accept him among his students. Yang Luchang soon became the best of them and, according to legend, was invincible. He then moved to Beijing where he opened a school and began to teach his art. His style had less variation in speed than that of his masters.