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A New Year’s Taiji Update
To get the the Year of the Dog going here are some recent – and vintage – photographs… From top left, in clockwise order: 1) The last NYC YMT class of 2017, 2) A classic art movement man, 3) A Saturday class … Continue reading
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Some articles about Taiji and Health
Two of our students sent a link to a recent article in the New York Times about Balance and Taiji. This continues a consistent series of positive studies demonstrating the relationship between exercise (and taiji in particular) and health. Below … Continue reading
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Wang Yen-nien and Cheng Man Ching
An interview with Wang Yen-nien By Thomas W. Campbell This is an excerpt from the talk I had with Master Wang in Madison, Wisconsin in 2002. It refers to his relationship to Master Cheng Man Ching, probably the most famous … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheng Man Ching, taiji, Wang Yen-nien, Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan, Zhang Qinlin
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2000 – Wang Yen-nien, Fifty Years of Teaching
In 2000 I wrote an editorial for AYMTA (American Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Association) on the occasion of Master Wang Yen-nien’s fiftieth year of teaching Taiji. The article is reprinted below. In 1996 the New York School of Yangjia Michuan were the hosts of his first … Continue reading
A Small Selection of Books on Taijiquan
Early in our studies Robert Politzer, who founded the New York Yangjia Michuan Taiji School in 1993 and is the head teacher, gave us a book list. It contained a number of essential taiji texts and represented the beginning of … Continue reading
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Tagged Da Liu, Taiji Books, Wang Yen-nien, William C. C. Chen
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Taiji in Strasbourg – 1995
In the summer of 1995 a large group of the original members of the New York City YMT group traveled to Strasbourg, France to participate in an international gathering of Yangjia Michuan students and teachers. Wang Yen-nien, fourth generation master of … Continue reading
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Wang Yen-nien interview
An interview with Wang Yen-nien, fourth generation master of the Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan lineage, by Thomas W. Campbell. Our talk took place on July 13, 2002 in Madison, Wisconsin and Julia Fairchild provided the translation. The workshop was produced by Don … Continue reading
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Tagged Madison Wisconsin, Tai Chi, taiji, Wang Yen-nien, Wang Yen-nien interview
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Yangjia Michuan Taiji and Music
If you have studied with Robert Politzer, our teacher and Fifth Generation Yangjia Michuan practitioner, you have heard him discuss the relationship of Taiji and Music, sometimes comparing the classical form that we study with the structure and dynamics of … Continue reading
Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Study Aids
Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Study Aids Here is a link to a document that could be helpful for students who are learning and practicing the 13 postures of the Yang Family Hidden Tradition: 13 postures YMT Introduction . And a link to … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 postures, Taiji Study, Wang Yen-nien, Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan
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2002 – Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan; Internal Martial Arts Magazine
When Robert Politzer began the Taiji Class at the Y in 1994 it was the first time that our school, The Yang Family Hidden Tradition (Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan), was taught in New York City. We all owe him a lot … Continue reading
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