Yang_Banhou

Yang Banhou

Yang Banhou

Chinese tai chi martial artist

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

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]

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Biography

He was the senior 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

  1. [1]
    Wile, Douglas (1983). Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Sweet Ch'i Press. ISBN 978-0-912059-01-3.
  2. [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.
  3. [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.
  4. [4]
    Chu, Vincent; Liu, Xiwen (December 2008). "The Story of Yang Shaohou". T'ai Chi. Vol. 32, no. 6. Wayfarer Publications. ISSN 0730-1049.

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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