Yang Style Yang Lu-chan learned the old-frame style from Chen Chang-hsing.
Two of his sons carried on his art and family tradition: Yang Pan-hou and Yang Chien-hou.
In 1914 Hao embarked on a trip to visit a friend named Yang Chien-hou, who was Yang Lu-chan’s son and a major figure in Yang style.
Kuang P’ing – Guang Ping Style Another t’ai chi ch’uan offshoot from Yang Pan-hou is the Kuang P’ing style, which Yang allegedly taught at one point in his life.
Old Yang Style Yang Chien-hou taught large-, medium-, and small-frame styles of tai chi.
His sons, Yang Shao-hou and Yang Cheng-fu, carried on his art.
Some of Yang Cheng-fu’s students originally trained under his brother, Yang Shao-hou.
After Yang Shao-hou died, his students became followers of his brother, Yang Cheng-fu.
Some tai chi historians claim that many of the senior students of Yang Shao-hou, believing their skill was higher than Yang Cheng-fu’s, went off on their own after Shao-hou died.
Researcher Andy Dale refers to this San Shou form as another “Secret” Yang style, which Yang Shau-chung claimed was derived from the Chen Ar Lu style, as taught by Yang Lu-chan.
Yang Cheng-fu style Yang Cheng-fu was one of the most important historical figures in modern t’ai chi ch’uan.
Chang Ching-ling an advanced student of Yang Shao-hou also practiced with him and may have helped develop Yang Cheng-fu’s skill.
Yang deserved much of the credit for the current popularity t’ai-chi ch’uan and especially of the Yang style.
Tchoung Version Old Yang Style Tchoung Ta-tchen taught the “Dual form” of the Old form of the Yang style form.
Tchoung’s method can be traced back to Yang Pan-hou and Yang Shao-hou, depending on which historian is believed.
According to Laurens Lee: “He was famous in t’ai-chi ch’uan push hands in Taiwan. During that period of time, there was a statement in Taiwan’s martial arts field: ‘Big Tchoung cannot be moved, and Little Tchoung cannot be pushed off balance.’ Big Tchoung referred to eagle-claw master Tchoung Fu-sheng, and Little Tchoung referred to Tchoung Ta-tchen.” There are many students and teachers of the Tchoung system in Canada and the USA. Fu Style Yang Cheng-fu taught several well-known instructors, including his son Yang Shau-chung, Tung Ying-chieh, Chen Wei-ming and Cheng Man-Ching.
Fu Zhen-song studied with Yang Cheng-fu and Sun Lu-tang, then formed his own style, which he called the Fu style.
Tung Ying-chieh is a famous teacher of the Yang style and was Yang Cheng-fu’s assistant.
Some historians have suggested that Cheng also trained with Chang Ching-ling and other students of Yang Shao-hou, but Cheng officially recognized only Yang Cheng-fu as his teacher.
Yang Factionalism Many versions of Yang style are taught today.
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