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Taijiquan
Taijiquan (T'ai Chi Ch'uan) today is generally presented as some sort of therapeutic exercise. But the actual history of the art is that it was a martial art, taught to the Chinese Military.
When Yang Luchan moved to Beijing in the mid-nineteenth century, he taught at the Shen Ji Ying (Emperor’s Security Camp). Three men from this unit are pictured in this rare period photo. These students were all Manchus. Among them were Prince Duan and Quan You. Since the law prevented commoners such as Quan You from becoming gongfu brothers with an aristocrat, Luchan arranged for him to become a disciple student of his son Yang Banhou. While Quan You did study with Banhou, he also continued studying with Luchan. Quan You was Yang Luchan’s only student from this group to pass on his skills to subsequent generations. After the Republican Revolution of 1911, Quan You took the Han Chinese surname Wu, meaning “Martial” from which this style takes its name.
Students of the Beijing branch of this Wu Style claim that Yang Luchan had yet to create his Taiji Jian form when he began teaching in Beijing. Indeed, he was probably still developing all aspects of the Yang Style he created at that early point in his career. However, since the Michuan system was still kept secret within the Yang Family at that time - specifically by Yang Luchan so that the Manchu rulers would not obtain it - there is no way that Quan You or his later students could have knowledge of the Yang Family’s Michuan forms.
When Yang Luchan moved to Beijing in the mid-nineteenth century, he taught at the Shen Ji Ying (Emperor’s Security Camp). Three men from this unit are pictured in this rare period photo. These students were all Manchus. Among them were Prince Duan and Quan You. Since the law prevented commoners such as Quan You from becoming gongfu brothers with an aristocrat, Luchan arranged for him to become a disciple student of his son Yang Banhou. While Quan You did study with Banhou, he also continued studying with Luchan. Quan You was Yang Luchan’s only student from this group to pass on his skills to subsequent generations. After the Republican Revolution of 1911, Quan You took the Han Chinese surname Wu, meaning “Martial” from which this style takes its name.
Students of the Beijing branch of this Wu Style claim that Yang Luchan had yet to create his Taiji Jian form when he began teaching in Beijing. Indeed, he was probably still developing all aspects of the Yang Style he created at that early point in his career. However, since the Michuan system was still kept secret within the Yang Family at that time - specifically by Yang Luchan so that the Manchu rulers would not obtain it - there is no way that Quan You or his later students could have knowledge of the Yang Family’s Michuan forms.
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Some Words
Ippon (n.): The act of successfully scoring a waza in kendo. The act of striking with ki-ken-tai-no-itchi.
Ki-ken-tai-no-itchi (n.): A term which expresses an important element in moving for offense and defense; it is mainly used in teaching striking moves. Ki is spirit, ken refers to the handling of theshinai, and tai refers to the body movements and posture. When there three elements harmonize and function together with the correct timing, they create the conditions for a valid strike.
Yuko-datotsu (n.): Making a valid strike. A valid strike which is considered ippon. According to the rules, a waza is complete when the following conditions are met: showing a fullness of spiritand appropriate posture, striking a datotsu-bui (striking zone) of the opponent with the striking region of one’s own shinai while using correct ha-suji, and expressing zan-shin.
If the necessary conditions are met, ippon is also given in the following cases: when ones strikes the opponent as soon as the opponent drops his/her shinai, steps out of court, or falls down, and when one strikes the opponent just as the signal for the end of match is given.
Ippon is not given in the following cases: when both players simultaneously make valid strikes and when one player makes a valid strike but the opponent shows full spirit and proper posture and the tip of his/her shinai is on the front of the chest of the striking player.
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