Yang Banhou

Yang Banhou
Yang Banhou
Traditional Chinese	楊班侯
Simplified Chinese	杨班侯
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yáng Bānhóu
Wade–Giles	Yang Pan-hou

Yang Banhou
楊班侯
Yang Banhou; 楊班侯
Born	1837; Guangfu, Yongnian, Hebei, China
Died	1890 (aged 52–53)
Style	Yang-style tai chi
Notable students	Yang Shaohou; Wu Quanyou; Wang Jiaoyu (王矯宇)

Yang Banhou (Yang Pan-hou; 1837–1890) was an influential teacher of tai chi in Qing dynasty China, known for his bellicose temperament.^[1]^[2]

Biography

He was the eldest son of Yang Luchan to survive to adulthood. Like his father, he was retained as a martial arts instructor by the Manchu imperial family.^[2]^[3] His disciple Wu Quanyou, a Manchu banner cavalry officer of the Palace Battalion,^[2] and Wu Quanyou's son Wu Jianquan, also a banner officer, became co-founders of Wu-style tai chi.^[3]

Yang Banhou's younger brother Yang Jianhou was a well known teacher of Yang-style tai chi as well.^[2] Banhou adopted Jianhou's eldest son, Yang Shaohou, and put him through rigorous training.^[4] Yang Banhou's son Yang Shaopeng (1875–1938) was also a tai chi teacher.^[3]

Yang Banhou taught Wang Jiaoyu his father's Guang Ping Yang tai chi form, and Wang taught Kuo Lien-ying this original Yang style form.^{[citation needed]}

Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus

References

^ Wile, Douglas (1983). Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Sweet Ch'i Press. ISBN 978-0-912059-01-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Yip, Y. L. (Autumn 1998). "A Perspective on the Development of Taijiquan – Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness Vol. 8 No. 3". Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness. Insight Graphics Publishers. ISSN 1056-4004.
^ Chu, Vincent; Liu, Xiwen (December 2008). "The Story of Yang Shaohou". T'ai Chi. Vol. 32, no. 6. Wayfarer Publications. ISSN 0730-1049.

External links

Video: 5th Generation Master Jia Anshu (贾安树 1954– ) performing the Yang Yang Banhou Middle Frame, Large Frame, Fast Frame, 30 Cannon Fist, + 4 Cannon Fist + Liaokua Eight Trigrams Palm, and 30 Dao (saber) forms on YouTube

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[1] Wile, Douglas (1983). Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Sweet Ch'i Press. ISBN 978-0-912059-01-3.

[Wile1995-2] Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8.

[Yip1998-3] Yip, Y. L. (Autumn 1998). "A Perspective on the Development of Taijiquan – Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness Vol. 8 No. 3". Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness. Insight Graphics Publishers. ISSN 1056-4004.

[YSH-4] Chu, Vincent; Liu, Xiwen (December 2008). "The Story of Yang Shaohou". T'ai Chi. Vol. 32, no. 6. Wayfarer Publications. ISSN 0730-1049.

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