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    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary
    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary
    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary
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    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary

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    Secrets of the Tai Chi Masters Revealed!

    Since ancient times Tai Chi Chuan has been practiced as a holistic mind/body fitness system, bringing immense benefits for practitioners in health, longevity, relaxation, and concentration. But it was also practiced as an effective and deadly martial art. Because of this, the masters rarely disclosed their secrets, guarding them as closely as they would military secrets. They preserved their profound insights in obscure songs, poems, and classics, revealing only to those they considered trustworthy and ready. That is, until now. Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style contains secrets kept hidden in the Yang family for generations and only revealed to the public in the last two decades.

    The majority of the secrets found in this book were written directly by Yang, Ban-Hou, second generation lineage of the Yang family, a master well known for his deep understanding of theory and for the manifestation of martial power (Jin). Now you can reap the benefits of this wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your own Tai Chi. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds.

    Immerse yourself in the secrets of the Yang Style, the world's most popular style. You'll find Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style an invaluable resource for understanding your art.

    • Can be used with any style of tai chi chuan.
    • Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
    • Includes commentaries, translation, and original chinese.
    • Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYMAA Publication Center
    Release dateAug 16, 2020
    ISBN9781594395000
    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, Commentary
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    Jwing-Ming Yang

    Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming started his Gongfu training at the age of 15 under the Shaolin White Crane Master Cheng, Gin Gsao. Dr. Yang became an expert in the White Crane style of Chinese martial arts. With the same master he also studied Qin Na, Tui Na and Dian Xue massages, and herbal treatment. At the age of 16, Dr. Yang began the study of Taijiquan under Master Kao, Tao. Dr. Yang's tai chi can be traced back to the Yang family through Master Kao's teacher Yue, Huanzhi, an indoor disciple of Yang, Chengfu. After learning from Master Kao, Dr. Yang continued his study and research of Taijiquan. Dr. Yang has mastered the Taiji barehand sequence, pushing hands, the two-man fighting sequence, Taiji sword, Taiji saber, and Taiji Qigong. Dr. Yang has been involved in Chinese Gongfu since 1961. During this time, he has spent 13 years learning Shaolin White Crane, Shaolin Long Fist, and Taijiquan. Dr. Yang has more than thirty years of instructional experience.

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      [Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style] offers translations and commentary by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming of Chinese classics on this soft martial art. The book comprises five chapters bookended by foreward (from Grandmaster Liang Qiang-Ya), author information, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, and Yang family early history at the front, and references, glossary of Chinese terms, and index at the back. Now 20+ years old, this book was published in 2001 by the author's press: YMAA Publication Center, a subsidiary of Yang's Martial Arts Academy, founded in 1982, later to become part of Yang's Oriental Arts Association.Each chapter focuses on a single tai chi classic, organized in chronological order, from the founder of this taiji lineage (1799-1872), to two of his sons (between 1837 and 1917), and finally, one of his grandsons (1883-1936). The chapters vary in length according to the size of the work from a single paragraph to 40 subsections covering more than a hundred pages:1. The brief summary of taiji by Yang Jian-Ho2. Nine key secrets of taijiquan by Yang Yu (Ban-Hou)3. Forty taijiquan treatises by Yang Yu (Ban-Hou)4. Ten important keys to taijiquan, dictated by Yang Chen-Fu, recorded by Chen Wei-Ming5. Explanation of taijiquan's harmonious stepping in four sides of pushing hands by Yang Chen-FuEach chapter comprises three parts: a literal translation in italics with missing English words supplied in parentheses, then the original Chinese ideograms, and last a grammatical translation with greater or lesser commentary and interpretation. Some chapters include illustrations: photographs of the author demonstrating an action with a partner, acupuncture anatomical diagrams, metaphysical illustrations such as the eight trigrams and alignment of four seasons and five qis. It's a good resource that provides historical context, aids for better comprehension and further learning, an overview of the development of the Yang style and the first generations of the Yang family practitioners with assorted anecdotes of their prowess and encounters, and the cultural context of the Chinese taiji classics. The content of the classics is a mix of practical and theoretical and metaphysical. It's a collection that can be read repeatedly to glean new understandings each time.

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    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style - Jwing-Ming Yang

    TAI CHI SECRETS OF THE YANG STYLE

    Refined work is accomplished through self-disciplinary diligence, ceaseless gongfu is done through constant self-cultivation.

    Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style

    Chinese Classics • Translations • Commentary

    by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

    YMAA Publication Center

    Wolfeboro, NH USA

    YMAA Publication Center

    Main Office:

    PO Box 480

    Wolfeboro, NH 03894

    800-569-7988 • info@ymaa.com • www.ymaa.com

    Copyright ©2001 by Yang, Jwing-Ming

    ISBN: 9781886969094 (print) • 9781594395000 (ebook)

    Edited by James O’Leary

    Cover design by Katya Popova

    All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

    Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication

    (Prepared by Quality Books Inc.)

    Yang, Jwing-Ming, 1946-

    Tai chi secrets of the Yang Style : Chinese classics, translation, commentary / Yang, Jwing-Ming. -- 1st ed.

    p. cm.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN: 1-886969-09-4

    1. Tai chi. I. Title.

    GV504.Y36 2001 613.7’148

    QBI01-201112

    Contents

    Foreword by Grandmaster Liang, Qiang-Ya

    About the Author

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    About the Yang Family

    Chapter 1.

    The Brief Summary of Taiji, by Yang, Jian-Ho

    Chapter 2.

    Nine Key Secrets of Taijiquan, by Yang, Yu (Ban-Hou)

    2.1 The Secrets of Total Applications

    2.2 Thirteen Secret Words of Practicing

    2.3 Thirteen Secret Words of Applications

    2.4 Eight Secret Words of Techniques

    2.5 The Secrets of Insubstantial and Substantial

    2.6 The Secrets of Random Ring

    2.7 The Secrets of Yin and Yang

    2.8 The Secrets of Eighteen Dependencies

    2.9 The Secrets of Five Word Classic

    Chapter 3.

    Forty Taijiquan Treatises, by Yang, Yu (Ban-Hou)

    3.1 Eight Doors and Five Steppings

    3.2 The Applications of Eight Doors and Five Steppings

    3.3 Natural Methods of Discrimination

    3.4 Attaching, Adhering, Connecting, and Following

    3.5 Butting, Deficiency, Losing Contact, and Resistance

    3.6 Matching Without Defaults

    3.7 Keeping Central Earth in Matching Practice

    3.8 The Body’s Shape, Waist, and Crown of the Head

    3.9 Taiji Circle

    3.10 Taiji’s Ceaseless Applications of Advancing and Retreating

    3.11 Taiji’s Above and Below Discriminated as the Heaven and the Earth

    3.12 The Achievements of Eight Words in Taiji’s Human61 Circle

    3.13 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Essence and Applications

    3.14 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Scholarship and Martial Arts

    3.15 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Understanding Jin

    3.16 The Interpretation of the Eight Doors and Five Gates—Thirteen Postures Long Fist

    3.17 The Interpretation of the Reversal of Taiji’s Yin and Yang

    3.18 The Interpretation of Taiji in the Human Life

    3.19 The Interpretation of Taiji Three Achievements of Scholarship and Martial Arts

    3.20 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Lower Level Martial Aspects

    3.21 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Orthodox Practice

    3.22 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Lightness, Heaviness, Floating, and Sinking

    3.23 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Four Corners

    3.24 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Balance, Waist, and the Head’s Upward Suspension

    3.25 The Illustration of Taiji’s Four Seasons and Five Qis

    3.26 Interpretation of the Foundation in Taiji’s Blood and Qi

    3.27 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Li and Qi

    3.28 The Interpretation of Taiji’s Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, and Millimeter

    3.29 The Interpretation of Fasciae, Vessels, Tendons, and Cavities

    3.30 The Word by Word Interpretation of Taiji

    3.31 The Discrimination of Taiji’s Controlling, Seizing, Grabbing, and Sealing with Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, and Millimeter

    3.32 The Interpretation of Nourishing and Releasing the Qi and Li in Taiji

    3.33 The Interpretation of Emptiness, Congealment, Filing, and Rubbing in Taiji

    3.34 The Thesis of Before and After Understanding Jin

    3.35 The Thesis of Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, and Millimeter after Understanding Jin

    3.36 The Explanation of Taijiquan’s Fingers, Palms, and Pounding Hands

    3.37 The Thesis of Oral Transmission of Life and Death in Cavities

    3.38 The Legacy of Zhang, San-Feng

    3.39 The Oral Transmission of Zhang, San-Feng’s Lecture

    3.40 The Thesis of Comprehending the Dao from Martial Arts by Zhang, San-Feng

    Chapter 4.

    Ten Important Keys to Taijiquan, Dictated by Yang, Chen-Fu, Recorded by Chen, Wei-Ming

    Chapter 5.

    Explanation of Taijiquan’s Harmonious Stepping in Four Sides of Pushing Hands, by Yang, Chen-Fu

    References

    Translation and Glossary of Chinese Terms

    Index

    Foreword

    Liang, Qiang-Ya

    Grandmaster Liang, Qiang-Ya

    In general, any kind of physical education or training is produced from a defined culture and environment. Consequently, they all have culturally distinctive features. It is the same for Chinese Wushu ( ). The fist techniques (i.e., fighting skills) are standardized and the fist theories (i.e., fighting theories) are expounded, based on Chinese traditional culture. This results in a combined, unified body of scholarship (i.e., internal understanding) and martial arts (i.e., external manifestation). The purpose of searching for the theories of Wushu is to find instructional grounds for Wushu skills and techniques. Wushu’s instructional principles and rules, Wushu’s training principles and rules, and the specific fist, weapon skills and training methods, all demonstrate the blending of Chinese culture and regular Wushu athletic patterns. For example, in its theory of techniques and skills, Wushu emphasizes the unification of internal and external ( ); Wushu teaching principles stress double cultivation of internal and external ( )；Wushu training guidelines focus on mutual correspondence of internal and external ). In the general standardization of the fist (i.e., barehand) and weapon’s movements, it (i.e., Wushu) especially addresses three points corresponding with each other ( ) six harmonizations of internal and external ( ), and five unifications and three urgencies ( ) etc., which therefore demonstrate its external harmonization in the movements, and enrich its internal Yi (i.e., comprehension), the state that possesses both the shape (i.e., external manifestation) and spirit (i.e., internal manifestation). This no doubt is the universal concept of unification of the heaven and the human ( ) which has been emphasized in Chinese traditional culture. Wushu is therefore a practical demonstration of the reality of this internal and external unification. There is not the slightest question that Taijiquan has these same features (i.e., traditional Chinese cultural root).

    It seems clear to everyone that Taijiquan is one of the fist styles in traditional Chinese Wushu. As mentioned above, Taijiquan established its theoretical foundation on the illustration of Taiji ( ). I have written a foreword for Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming’s other new book: Tai Chi Secrets of Wü and Li Styles ( ). In this book, I mentioned that Taijiquan first spread out from Chen’s village, Wen county, Henan province, China ( ) at the beginning of Qing dynasty ). From this small territory and clan, it spread across all of China, and now to the whole world. The styles that have developed from Chen style, and which have established their own special stylistic characteristics are: Yang ( ), Sun ( ), Wü ( ), Wu ( ), and Fu ( )(Zhen-Song) ). These well-known styles have become the most popular fist styles for many practitioners and learners. This is proof that Taijiquan has been advanced and innovated from within continuously. Yang style Taijiquan was the earliest style which was innovated from Chen Taijiquan. It was created by Yang, Fu-Kui ( )(nickname Lu-Chan)( )(1799-1872) who was a disciple of Chen, Chang-Xing ( ) in Chen’s village ( ). After Yang finished his learning, he returned to his home village around 1850. Later, he was recommended to Beijing ( ) to be the Wushu teacher in the Beijing Manchurian Loyal military camp ( ). In order to broaden the possibility of learning and also to be adopted more easily by prominent officials and eminent personages (who held the philosophy of jade body does not move (i.e., those who have a precious body do not work) as well as older people, for health maintenance purpose, he revised Chen Style Taijiquan Old Posture and got rid of harder actions such as Jin’s emitting (Fa Jin, ) jumping, and the relatively more difficult movements. Thus was created Yang Style Taijiquan. Later it was again revised and edited by his son, Yang, Jian-Hou ( ）（1839-1917) and his grandson, Yang, Cheng-Fu )(1883-1936), to become today’s Yang Style Taijiquan routine.

    The postures of Yang Style Taijiquan are comfortable, open, simple, and clear; the movements are loose, soft, slow, and uniform. These special features match the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Zi’s ( ) philosophy of focusing the softness and maintaining the calmness ( ). Yang, Cheng-Fu concluded that there were ten most important keys to practicing Yang Style Taijiquan skills and techniques. They are: insubstantial energy suspends the head upward, draw in the chest and arc the back, loosen the waist, discriminate insubstantial and substantial, sink the shoulders and drop the elbows, use the Yi not the Li, top and bottom are mutually following each other, unification of internal and external, continuous without breaking, and search for calmness within movements. It cannot be denied that all of these new creations were expounded from Chinese traditional cultural philosophy.

    Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has again collected more secrets of Yang’s style and translated them into a book, and again he explains and interprets the related philosophies and theories, from the shallow to the deep. Some of them relate to the practical offensive and defensive applications of postures in Yang Style Taijiquan, and others talk about the philosophy and principles of Taijiquan skills. The purpose of all of this effort is to introduce and spread this gem of the old Chinese traditional culture, Taijiquan, to a greater number of people. Consequently, Western Taijiquan lovers will have a better opportunity to understand and study. This kind of contribution is rare and precious. Therefore, I am very happy to write this foreword for him again.

    Liang, Qiang-Ya

    January 31, 2001, Oakland, CA

    Note: Grandmaster Liang, Qiang-Ya was born in Canton province, China in 1931. He started his Wushu training with Grandmaster Fu, Zhen-Song (1881-1953) in 1945. Grandmaster Fu, Zhen-Song was an intimate friend of Grandmasters Yang, Cheng-Fu ( ) and also Sun, Lu-Tang ( ) at the time. Consequently, the Fu Style Taijiquan ( ) and also Two Poles Fist ( ) created by Grandmaster Fu both blend some of the specific features of Yang and Sun Styles Taijiquan.

    In addition, Grandmaster Liang, Qiang-Ya is an expert in Baguazhang and Wudang Taijiquan. Grandmaster Liang has been one of the most renowned Wushu masters in China. He immigrated to the United States in 1996, and currently resides in Oakland, CA. Grandmaster Liang is considered to be a pioneer in developing Chinese martial arts in the West during the past five years.

    About the Author

    Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

    Dr. Yang, Jwmg-Mmg, Ph.D.

    Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming was born on August 11th, 1946, in Xinzhu Xian ( ), Taiwan ( ), Republic of China ( ). He started his Wushu ( )(Gongfu or Kung Fu, ) training at the age of fifteen under the Shaolin White Crane (Bai He, )Master Cheng, Gin-Gsao ( )1911-1976). Master Cheng originally learned Taizuquan ( ) from his grandfather Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming when he was a child. When Master Cheng was fifteen years old, he started learning White Crane from Master Jin, Shao-Feng ( ), and followed him for twenty-three years until Master Jin’s death.

    In thirteen years of study (1961-1974) under Master Cheng, Dr. Yang became an expert in the White Crane Style of Chinese martial arts, which includes both the use of barehands and of various weapons such as saber, staff, spear, trident, two short rods, and many other weapons. With the same master he also studied White Crane Qigong ( ), Qin Na (or Chin Na, ), Tui Na ( ) and Dian Xue massages ( ),and herbal treatment.

    At the age of sixteen, Dr. Yang began the study of Yang Style Taijiquan ( ) under Master Kao, Tao ( ). After learning from Master Kao, Dr. Yang continued his study and research of Taijiquan with several masters and senior practitioners such as Master Li, Mao-Ching ( ) and Mr. Wilson Chen ( ) in Taipei ( ). Master Li learned his Taijiquan from the well-known Master Han, Ching-Tang ( ), and Mr. Chen learned his Taijiquan from Master Zhang, Xiang-San ( ). Dr. Yang has mastered the Taiji barehand sequence, pushing hands, the two-man fighting sequence, Taiji sword, Taiji saber, and Taiji Qigong.

    When Dr. Yang was eighteen years old he entered Tamkang College ( ) in Taipei Xian to study Physics. In college he began the study of traditional Shaolin Long Fist (Changquan or Chang Chuan, ) with Master Li, Mao-Ching at the Tamkang College Guoshu Club ( )(1964-1968), and eventually became an assistant instructor under Master Li. In 1971 he completed his M.S. degree in Physics at the National Taiwan University ( ), and then served in the Chinese Air Force from 1971 to 1972. In the service, Dr. Yang taught Physics at the Junior Academy of the Chinese Air Force ( ) while also teaching Wushu. After being honorably discharged in 1972, he returned to Tamkang College to teach Physics and resumed study under Master Li, Mao-Ching. From Master Li, Dr. Yang learned Northern Style Wushu, which includes both barehand (especially kicking) techniques and numerous weapons.

    In 1974, Dr. Yang came to the United States to study Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. At the request of a few students, Dr. Yang began to teach Gongfu (Kung Fu), which resulted in the foundation of the Purdue University Chinese Kung Fu Research Club in the spring of 1975. While at Purdue, Dr. Yang also taught college-credited courses in Taijiquan. In May of 1978 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering by Purdue.

    In 1980, Dr. Yang moved to Houston to work for Texas Instruments. While in Houston he founded Yang’s Shaolin Kung Fu Academy, which was eventually taken over by his disciple Mr. Jeffery Bolt after moving to Boston in 1982. Dr. Yang founded Yang’s Martial Arts Academy (YMAA) in Boston on October 1, 1982.

    In January of 1984 he gave up his engineering career to devote more time to research, writing, and teaching. In March of 1986 he purchased property in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston to be used as the headquarters of the new organization, Yang’s Martial Arts Association. The organization has continued to expand, and, as of July 1st 1989, YMAA has become just one division of Yang’s Oriental Arts Association, Inc. (YOAA, Inc.).

    In summary, Dr. Yang has been involved in Chinese Wushu since 1961. During this time, he has spent thirteen years learning Shaolin White Crane (Bai He), Shaolin Long Fist (Changquan), and Taijiquan. Dr. Yang has more than thirty-two years of instructional experience: seven years in Taiwan, five years at Purdue University, two years in Houston, Texas, and eighteen years in Boston, Massachusetts.

    In addition, Dr. Yang has also been invited to offer seminars around the world to share his knowledge of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. The countries he has visited include Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Canada, Chile, England, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and Venezuela.

    Since 1986, YMAA has become an international organization, which currently includes 51 schools located in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, England, France, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Venezuela and the United States. Many of Dr. Yang’s books

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