A few notes about the classes at the YMCA and Taiji in general. And a small movie note…

The YMT classes at the West Side YMCA are Saturday mornings beginning at 9:00 AM. We are teaching basic exercises and the 13 postures in the beginner’s class. In the Intermediate class, which runs from 10:00 to 10:45, we are doing the First Duan, part three of the 13 postures, introducing the Second Duan and also introducing the Fan form. We have added a beginner’s class on Tuesdays from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, beginning in April of 2024. It’s a lot and, with the strange weather, we won’t be going outside after the second class. Currently we are alternating Second Duan and Fan each week.

There will be no class on Labor Day Weekend.

I’ve been asked about Yangjia Michuan videos and other learning materials. For learning and to document history I will continue to post images, links and text about Yangjia Michuan on this site. Unlike when we began in the early 1990’s with Robert’s first class at the YMCA, there is now a great deal of information about our Taiji School on the web. You can search any or all of the following for useful links that teachers and students have posted for the benefit of all: Wang Yen-nien, Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan, Yang Family Hidden Tradition, Yen-nien fan form, etc. You’ll find a wealth of text, video, images etc.

Lastly, I have just finished a film I shot in 2006 about the The Movie Place, a fixture of the video and DVD rental community on the Upper West Side. It took a while to get to – feel free to check it out at this link: Watch Movie Place Film.