Wu Chien-ch'uan in the Wu style's version of the posture Cloud Hands 雲手

The Wu style (吳氏) T'ai Chi Ch'uan of Wu Ch'uan-yü (Wu Quanyou) and Wu Chien-ch'üan (Wu Jianquan) is the second most popular form of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in the world today, after the Yang style, and fourth in terms of family seniority. This style is often confused in the West with the Wu style (武氏) founded by Wu Yu-hsiang. While the names are distinct in pronunciation and the Chinese characters used to write them are completely different, they are often romanized the same way. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (648x733, 275 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (648x733, 275 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan (Chinese: 太極拳; pinyin: ; literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi, Tai Chi, or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some... Wu Chuan-yu or Wu Quanyou 吳全佑 (1834-1902) was an influential teacher of Tai Chi Chuan in late Imperial China. ... Wu Chien-chuan 吳鑑泉 Wu Chien-chüan (Wade-Giles), or Wú Jiànquán (pinyin), 吳鑑泉 (1870-1942), was a famous teacher of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) in late Imperial and early Republican China. ... Yang style (楊家) Tai Chi Chüan in its many variations is the most popular and widely practised style in the world today and the second in terms of seniority among the primary five family styles of Tai Chi. ... The Wu or Wu/Hao style (武家 or 武/郝家) of Tai Chi Chüan is a separate family style from the more popular Wu style (吳家) of Wu Chien-chüan. ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... A romanization or latinization is a system for representing a word or language with the Roman (Latin) alphabet, where the original word or language used a different writing system. ...

Wu Ch'uan-yü (吳全佑, 1834-1902) started studying the martial art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in his capacity as an officer cadet of the Palace Battalion of the Ch'ing dynasty's élite Imperial Guards Brigade under Yang Lu-ch'an in 1850. He eventually became the senior disciple of Yang's son, Yang Pan-hou, and was given permission by the Yangs to teach his own students in 1870. 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing the... Yang Lu-chan 楊露禪 Yang Lu-chan or Yang Luchan, 楊露禪, also known as Yang Fu-kui 楊福魁 (1799-1872), born in Kuang-ping (Guangping), was an influential teacher of the soft style martial art known Tai Chi Chuan in China during the second half of the... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Wu Ch'uan-yü's son, Wu Chien-ch'üan (吳鑑泉, 1870-1942), and grandchildren: grandsons Wu Kung-i (Wu Gongyi, 吳公儀, 1900-1970) and Wu Kung-tsao (Wu Gongzao, 吳公藻, 1902-1983) as well as granddaughter Wu Ying-hua (Wu Yinghua, 吳英華, 1906-1996) were well known teachers. Wu Chien-ch'üan became the most widely known teacher in his family, and is therefore considered the co-founder of the Wu style. He taught large numbers of people and his refinements to the art more clearly distinguish Wu style from Yang style training. Wu Chien-ch'üan moved his family south from Beijing (where an important school founded by other students of his father is headquartered, popularly known as the Northern Wu style) to Shanghai in 1928. Wu Kung-i then moved the family headquarters to Hong Kong in 1948, his younger sister Wu Ying-hua and her husband, Ma Yueh-liang (Ma Yueliang, 馬岳樑, 1901-1999), staying behind to manage the original Shanghai school. Between 1983 and her passing in 1996 Wu Ying-hua was the highest ranked instructor in the Wu family system. Her sons continue teaching and today manage the Shanghai school as well as schools in Europe. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Wu Kung-i 吳公儀 Wu Kung-i also known as Wu Kung-yi or Wu Gongyi (吳公儀 1900-1970), was a well known teacher of the soft style martial art known as Tai Chi Chuan in China, and, after 1949, in the British colony of Hong Kong. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Wu Kung-tsao 吳公藻 Wu Kung-tsao 吳公藻 (1902-1983) whose name is also spelled Wu Gongzao, Wu Kung Cho or Wu Kung Jo, was a famous Chinese teacher of Tai Chi Chuan in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wu Ying-hua, Ma Yueh-liang 吳英華 , 馬岳樑 Wu Ying-hua 吳英華 was born in Beijing in 1907 and died in Shanghai in 1996. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... (help· info) (IPA peiË© tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Wu Ying-hua and Ma Yueh-liang Ma Yueh-liang (Chinese: 馬岳樑; Pinyin: ; August 1, 1901 - March 13, 1998) was a famous Chinese teacher of Taijiquan. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one. ...

Wu Kung-i's children were also full time T'ai Chi teachers: Wu Ta-kuei (Wu Dagui, 吳大揆, 1923-1970) was active in the resistance to the Japanese invasion of China, yet he later taught T'ai Chi in Japan after the war. His younger brother, Wu Ta-chi (Wu Daji, 吳大齊, 1926-1993), supervised the family's Hong Kong and southeast Asian schools for many years and opened the family's first Western school in Toronto, Canada in 1974. Wu Kung-i's daughter, Wu Yan-hsia (Wu Yanxia, 吳雁霞, 1930-2001), was known as an expert with the T'ai Chi Chien (sword), while her cousin, Wu Ta-hsin (Wu Daxin, 吳大新, 1933-2005), was also known as a weapons specialist, particularly with the T'ai Chi Tao (sabre). 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jian (Chinese: 劍 Pinyin jiàn, Wade-Giles chien4, Cantonese IPA: , Cantonese Jyutping: gim3, Korean geom, Japanese ken, Vietnamese kiếm) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Sword (from Old English sweord, cognate to Old High German swert, literally wounding tool from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- to wound, to hurt) is a term for a long-edged, bladed weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade, usually... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chinese Saber Dao (Chinese: 刀; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: tao1) is a category of single-edge Chinese swords primarily used for slashing and chopping (sabers), often called broadswords in English because some varieties have wide blades. ... SABRE (Synergic Air BReathing Engine) is a proposal for a hydrogen-fuelled air breathing rocket engine/jet engine for propelling the Skylon launch vehicle into low earth orbit. ...

Wu Chien-ch'uan and student Pushing Hands, circa 1930

The Wu style's distinctive hand form, pushing hands and weapons trainings emphasise parallel footwork and horse stance training with the feet relatively closer together than the modern Yang or Ch'en styles, small circle hand techniques (although large circle techniques are trained as well) and differs from the other T'ai Chi family styles martially with Wu style's initial focus on grappling, throws, wrestling and other groundfighting technique; tumbling, jumping, footsweeps, pressure point leverage and joint locks and breaks, which are trained in addition to more conventional T'ai Chi sparring and fencing at advanced levels. Although historically derived from the Yang style, the Wu style has a unique appearance to observers and seems to share some features with Sun style, due to the long collaboration between Wu Chien-ch'üan and Sun Lu-t'ang. Another significant feature of Wu style training is its routinely placing the body's weight 100% on the yang or full leg, 0% on the yin or empty leg in forms and pushing hands, and maintaining a straight line of the spine from the top of the head to the heel of the rear foot when it is at an angle to the ground; an "inclined plane" alignment intended to extend the practitioner's reach. Other styles of T'ai Chi (with a few notable exceptions) train this leaning occasionally in their forms and pushing hands, but not as systematically as the Wu style does. Pushing Hands This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Pushing Hands This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Wu Chien-chuan 吳鑑泉 Wu Chien-chüan (Wade-Giles), or Wú Jiànquán (pinyin), 吳鑑泉 (1870-1942), was a famous teacher of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) in late Imperial and early Republican China. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... // Tai Chi forms Wu Chien-chuan in the Wu styles version of the posture known as Cloud Hands 雲手 The different slow motion solo form training sequences of Tai Chi Chuan are the best known manifestation of Tai Chi for the general public. ... For other uses of the term, see Pushing Hands Pushing hands, (推手, Wade-Giles tui1 shou3, pinyin tuÄ« shÇ’u), is a name for two-person training routines practiced in soft style Chinese martial arts such as Pa Kua Chang (Baguazhang), Hsing-i Chuan (Xingyiquan), Tai Chi Ch... The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ... The Chen style (陳氏) is considered to be the senior branch of the five Tai Chi Chuan family styles and the third in terms of popularity. ... Grappling refers to the gripping, handling and controlling of an opponent without the use of striking. ... The Wrestlers from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ... Acupressure (a portmanteau of acupuncture and pressure) is a traditional Chinese medicine technique based on the same ideas as acupuncture. ... Chin Na or Qinna (æ“’æ‹¿, pinyin: qín ná, Wade-Giles: chin2 na2) is a Mandarin Chinese term describing joint-manipulation techniques for self defense used in the Chinese martial arts. ... Sparring is a form of training common to many martial arts. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Épée event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ... Sun style (孫氏) Tai Chi Chüan was developed by Sun Lu-tang (孫祿堂, 1861-1932), who was considered expert in two other internal martial arts styles: Hsing-i Chuan (Xingyiquan) and Pa Kua Chang (Baguazhang) before he came to study Tai Chi. ... Sun Lu-tang (孫祿堂, 1861-1932) created Sun style (孫家) Tai Chi Chüan. ...

Wu Chien-ch'üan's descendants and their students continue to teach in Asia, North America and Europe. Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one. ...

Generational senior instructors of the Wu family T'ai Chi Ch'uan schools

1st Generation

Wu Ch'uan-yü (吳全佑, 1834-1902), who learned from Yang Lu-ch'an and Yang Pan-hou, was senior instructor of the family from 1870-1902.

2nd generation

His oldest son, Wu Chien-ch'üan (吳鑑泉, 1870-1942), was senior from 1902-1942.

3rd Generation

His oldest son, Wu Kung-i (吳公儀, 1900-1970) was senior from 1942-1970.

3rd Generation

Wu Kung-i's younger brother, Wu Kung-tsao (吳公藻, 1903-1983), was senior from 1970-1983.

3rd Generation

Wu Kung-i's younger sister, Wu Ying-hua (吳英華, 1907-1997), was senior from 1983-1997.

4th Generation

Wu Kung-i's daughter, Wu Yan-hsia (吳雁霞, 1930-2001) was senior from 1997-2001.

4th Generation

Wu Kung-tsao's son, Wu Ta-hsin (吳大新, 1933-2005), was senior from 2001-2005.

5th Generation

The current senior instructors of the Wu family are Wu Ta-kuei's son Wu Kuang-yu (Wu Guangyu, 吳光宇, born 1946). and Ma Jiang Bao (马 江豹 born in 1941) the son of Wu Ying-hua and Ma Yueliang.

See also

• 108 form Wu family T'ai Chi Ch'uan
• List of Tai Chi Chuan forms
• Wudang Tai Chi Chuan

// Tai Chi forms Wu Chien-chuan in the Wu styles version of the posture known as Cloud Hands 雲手 The different slow motion solo form training sequences of Tai Chi Chuan are the best known manifestation of Tai Chi for the general public. ... List of Tai Chi Chuan forms, postures, movements, or positions in order of number of forms: 8 - Yang 10 - Yang 12 - Yang 13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined 13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined Sword 18 - Chen (multiple variations by differing grandmasters, Old Frame) 16 - Yang 16 - Yang Sword 24... // Overview Wudang Tai Chi Chuan 武當太極拳 is a name given to a system of Tai Chi Chuan that was developed by a Hong Kong 香港 based Tai Chi Chuan master known as Cheng Tinhung 鄭天熊. Cheng Tinhung had never claimed to be teaching a particular school of Tai Chi Chuan, but its close...

Reference

• Journal of Asian Martial Arts Volume 15, No. 1, 2006. Via Media Publishing, Erie Pennsylvania USA. ISSN 1057-8358

External links

• International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation website
• Detroit, Michigan Wu style website
• Quicktime movie of Ma Yueh-liang (Wu Chien-ch'uan's senior disciple) performing 13 posture spear form
• Wu family tree
• SanDiegoTaiChi.com - Links to many Wu Style websites