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

The Wu family style (吳氏 or 吳家) t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) 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 of t'ai chi ch'uan (武氏) founded by Wu Yu-hsiang. While the names are distinct in pronunciation and the Chinese characters used to write them are different, they are often romanized the same way. Image File history File links Zhongwen. ... Japanese name Kanji: Kana: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quoc Ngu: Hantu: A Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese. ... 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... 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 Wu2 Chien4-chüan2 (Wade-Giles), or Wú Jiànquán (pinyin), 吳鑑泉 (1870-1942), was a famous teacher of the soft style martial art 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. ... Wu Yu-hsiang (武禹襄 Wu Yuxiang, 1812-1880) was a Chinese t’ai chi ch’uan teacher and government official active during the late Ching dynasty. ... 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. ...

History

in 1850, Wu Ch'uan-yü (吳全佑, 1834–1902) was a military officer cadet of Manchu ancestry in the Yellow Banner camp (see Qing Dynasty Military) in the Forbidden City, Beijing and also a hereditary officer of the Imperial Guards Brigade. At that time, Yang Lu-ch'an (楊露禪, 1799–1872) was the martial arts instructor in that banner camp, teaching t'ai chi ch'uan. The Manchu people (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: , Mongolian: Манж) are a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (todays Northeastern China). ... The Eight Banners (In Manchu: gūsa, In Chinese: 旗 qí) were administrative divisions into which all Manchu families were placed. ... Flag (1890-1912) Anthem Gong Jinou (1911) Territory of Qing China in 1892 Capital Shengjing (1636-1644) Beijing (1644-1912) Language(s) Chinese Manchu Mongolian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1636-1643 Huang Taiji  - 1908-1912 Xuantong Emperor Prime Minister  - 1911 Yikuang  - 1911-1912 Yuan Shikai History  - Establishment of the Late... For other uses, see Forbidden City (disambiguation). ... “Peking” redirects here. ... The Imperial Guards Brigade guarded the person of the Emperor of China and the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. ... 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...

In 1870, Wu Ch'uan-yü was asked to become the senior disciple of Yang Pan-hou (楊班侯, 1837-1890), Yang Lu-ch'an’s oldest adult son, and an instructor as well to the Manchu military. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

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 by his family and their students. 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, where he founded the Chien-ch'uan T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association (鑑泉太極拳社) in 1936. 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 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian 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). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 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). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... “Peking” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Jianquan Taijiquan Association (also spelled as Chien-chuan Tai Chi Chuan Association, Chian Chuan Taichi Chuan Association and in Chinese: 鑑泉太極拳社) is a well known school teaching Wu style tai chi chuan. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) 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. ... Wu Ying-hua, Ma Yueh-liang 吳英華 , 馬岳樑 Ma Yueh-liang (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; August 1, 1901 - March 13, 1998) was a famous Chinese teacher of Taijiquan. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Wu Kung-i's children were also full time martial art teachers: Wu Ta-kuei (Wu Dagui, 吳大揆, 1923-1972) was active in the resistance to the Japanese invasion of China, yet he later taught t'ai chi ch'uan in Japan after the war. His younger brother, Wu Ta-ch'i (Wu Daqi, 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 hemisphere 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). Wu Ta-kuei (Wu Dagui, 吳大揆, 1923-1970) was a teacher of Wu style Tai Chi Chuan. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China Imperial Japanese Army, Empire of Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng Heisuke Yanagawa, Iwane Matsui, Hasegawa Kiyoshi Strength 600,000 troops in 75 divisions and 9 brigades, 200 airplanes 300,000 troops in 8 divisions and 6 brigades, 500 airplanes, 300 tanks... Wu Ta-chi (Wu Daqi, 吳大齊, 1926-1993) was the descendant of the famous Wu style Tai Chi Chuan founders Wu Chuan-yu (1834-1902) and Wu Chien-chuan (1870-1942). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The geographical western hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Wu Yan-hsia 吳雁霞 Wu Yan-hsia (Wu Yanxia 吳雁霞 1930-2001) was a Chinese tai chi chuan teacher of Manchu ancestry. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... For the novel of the same name, see Eric Van Lustbader. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wu Ta-hsin 吳大新 Wu Ta-hsin (Wu Daxin, 吳大新, 1933-2005) was the great-grandson Wu style Tai Chi Chuan founder Wu Chuan-yu (Wu Quanyou, 吳全佑, 1834-1902) and the grandson of the famous Wu Chien-chuan (Wu Jianquan, 吳鑑泉, 1870-1942). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chinese Dao Knife or Sabre Dao (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: tao1, knife) is a category of single-edge Chinese swords primarily used for slashing and chopping (sabres), often called a broadsword in English translation because some varieties have wide blades. ... It has been suggested that Cavalry saber be merged into this article or section. ...

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

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Training

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 Chen 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 (shuai chiao), 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 shares 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 one leg; "yin and yang separation". The leg that supports 100% of the body weight is actually the yang leg, as this leg is "full". The yin leg is that which has no weight on it, it is "empty". It is also common in Wu style to maintain 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. // 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 internal Chinese martial arts such as Pa Kua Chang (Baguazhang), Hsing-i Chuan (Xingyiquan), Tai Chi Chuan... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Horse Stance , also called mabu, is an important posture in Chinese martial arts and takes its name from the position assumed when riding a horse (hence the formal name horse riding stance). This stance can not only be integrated into fighting, but can also be used during exercises. ... 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. ... For other uses, see Grapple. ... Shuai jiao (Chinese: 摔跤 or 摔角; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shuai-chiao) is the modern Chinese term for Chinese and Mongolian wrestling. ... Acupressure (a portmanteau of acupuncture and pressure) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) technique based on the same ideas as acupuncture. ... Chin Na or Qinna (æ“’æ‹¿, pinyin: qín ná, Wade-Giles: chin2 na2) is a Chinese term describing joint-manipulation techniques for self defense used in the Chinese martial arts. ... Sparring in wushu (sport) using a dao (sword) and gun (staff) Sparring is a form of training common to many martial arts. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... 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 (Sun Lutang 孫祿堂, 1861-1932) created Sun style (孫家) Tai Chi Chüan. ...

Generational senior instructors of the Wu family t'ai chi ch'uan schools

1st Generation

Wu Ch'uan-yü (Quanyou, 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. 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... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

2nd generation

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

3rd Generation

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

3rd Generation

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

3rd Generation

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

4th Generation

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

4th Generation

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

5th Generation

The current senior instructor of the Wu family is Wu Ta-kuei's son Wu Kuang-yu (Wu Guangyu, Eddie Wu, 吳光宇, born 1946). The Fifth Generation: Grand Master Eddie Wu Kwong Yu (1946- ). Eldest Son of Master Wu Tai Kwei, Head of the Wu Family and Gate Keeper of the Wu Style since May 2005 In 1975, Grand Master Eddie Wu Kwong Yu started the first Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Academy in...

See also

• 108 form Wu family T'ai Chi Ch'uan
• List of Tai Chi Chuan forms
• Silk reeling
• 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: 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Old Frame One (Grandmaster Zhu Tian Cai) 8 - Yang Standardized 8 - Chen Standardized 9 - Chen Old Frame (Master Liu Yong) 10 - Yang 12 - Yang 13... Silk reeling (pinyin chánsīgōng, Wade-Giles chan2 ssu1 kung1 纏絲功) refers to a set of qigong exercises frequently used by the Chen style and some other styles of Tai Chi Chuan. ... // 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...

References

• Wu Kung-tsao. Wu Family T'ai Chi Ch'uan (吳家太極拳), Hong Kong, 1980, Toronto 2006, ISBN 0-9780499-0-X
• Y.L. Yip in Qi - The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness Volume 12 No. 3, Autumn 2002, Insight Graphics Publishers, Anaheim Hills, CA.
• Journal of Asian Martial Arts Volume 15, No. 1, 2006. Via Media Publishing, Erie Pennsylvania USA. ISSN 1057-8358

External links

Info and Organizations

• http://www.wustyle.com/ International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation website
• http://www.wustyledetroit.com/ Detroit, Michigan Wu style website
• http://www.SanDiegoTaiChi.com/links.html SanDiegoTaiChi.com - Links to many Wu Style websites
• http://www.wu-taichi.org EWTC European Association for Traditional Wu Tai Chi Chuan (in German)
• http://www.wutaiji.co.uk/ Northern Wu Style Taiji Society
• http://www.wu-taiji.de Wu Taiji Forum Bayern/Germany

Video Examples

• Wu Ying-hua video of long form
• Wu Fast Form - Ma Yueh Liang
• Wu Sword Form - Ma Yueh Liang
• Spear Form - Ma Yueh Liang
• Spear 13 Form - Ma Yueh Liang
• Push Hands - Ma Yueh Liang