Characteristics of Yang Style Taijiquan
"The distinctive characteristics of
Yang Chengfu style
Taijiquan are: the postures are relaxed and expansive, simple and clean,
precise in composition; the body method is centered and aligned, not inclining
or leaning; the movements are harmonious and agreeable, containing hard and
soft, uniting lightness of spirit and heaviness of application. In
training, one attains softness from loosening/relaxing (song).
In accumulating softness one develops hardness; hardness and softness benefit
one another [mutually interact].
The postures may be high, middle or low,
so that one is able to make appropriate adjustments in the measure of the
movements according to factors of age differences, sex, bodily strength, or
differing demands of the student. Because of this, it is as suitable for
treating illness or protecting health as it is for increasing strength and
fitness or increasing the artistic skill of one who is relatively strong to
begin with.
The postures of Yang style Taijiquan are expansive and open, light yet heavy, nature, centered and upright, rounded and even, simple, vigorous, and dignified,─because of this, one is able to quite naturally express and individual style that is grand and beautiful."
- Introduction by Gu Liuxin, pp. 7-8. Found in Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan. Bu Fu Zhongwen (1903-1994). Translated by Louis Swaim. Berkeley, California, Blue Snake Books, North Atlantic Books, 1999, 2006. Glossary, bibliography, 226 pages. Translations of many Tai Chi classics are included. A list of the 85 movement long form and detailed notes and descriptions of each movement are provided.
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