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People of Yang Style Tai Chi
Yang Style Tai Chi: 3 documented people. Founder: Yang Luchan. Also: codifier (1), master (1).
Founder
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Yang Luchan
Founder of the Yang style of taijiquan (1799–1872), student of Chen Changxing and martial arts instructor of the imperial family, known as Yang Wudi.
Codifier
(1)
Yang Chengfu
Chinese taijiquan master (1883–1936), grandson of Yang Luchan, who settled the now most widespread form of the Yang style and taught in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Master
(1)
Cheng Man-ch'ing
Chinese painter and taijiquan master (1902–1975), a student of Yang Chengfu and creator of the shortened form of the Yang style with 37 postures, which he spread in Taiwan and the USA.
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