Category Archives: Instructional

Pages with information, video, text and links about learning and practicing Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan.

Yangjia Michuan Taiji: Taipei Notes and Commentaries on Tuishou by Mark A. Linett – Third Installment

This is the third installment of the notes that Mark Linett, one of the original Western students of Master Wang Yen-nien, has put together, with commentary. Mark began his studies with Master Wang in Taipei in 1982. We are honored … Continue reading

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Yangjia Michuan Taiji: Taipei Notes and Commentaries on Tuishou by Mark A. Linett – Second Installment

This is the second installment of the notes that Mark Linett, one of the original Western students of Master Wang Yen-nien, has put together, with commentary. Mark began his studies with Master Wang in Taipei in 1982. We are honored … Continue reading

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YMT Study Aids – Part Two

    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 a … Continue reading

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Yangjia Michuan Taiji: Taipei Notes and Commentaries on Tuishou by Mark A. Linett  

Wang Yen-nien, Ward Off (Peng). This is the first installment of the notes that Mark Linett, one of the original Western students of Master Wang Yen-nien, has put together, with commentary. We are honored that he is allowing the NYC … Continue reading

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A Link To Our May 2021 Virtual Taiji Class

You can click on the image to go the Virtual Class page to view and practice Basic Exercises, the Thirteen Postures and Part One (The First Duan) of the Long Form. There may be a visit by Saphire, the lovely … Continue reading

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An Excerpt from the Winter 2001 AYMTA Journal

AYMTA (The American Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Association) was founded in 1992 to help pass along and keep alive the teaching of Master Wang Yen-nien and Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan. I was involved with the organization and the journal for a number … Continue reading

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Some Learning Links for Students and Teachers of Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan – Thirteen Postures and First Duan

On this and other pages I will be updating and adding links to videos and other material that will help as you study and learn Yang Family Hidden Tradition Taiji. Also useful for those who teach and wish to review … Continue reading

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A Year of Virtual Taiji (April 2020 to May 2021)

May 8, 2021. Here is the video of our last official virtual class together. The date on the video is wrong – it is May 8, 2021. It does not include leg massages. It does include Intros, Basic Exercises, 13 … Continue reading

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1995 Article – Yangjia Michuan Taiji Quan, Wang Yen-nien, and the 1995 YMT World Festival

Here is an article I wrote after returning from the First International YMT Festival in Strasbourg, France in the summer of 1995. Included are some photos from the festival and a couple of moments from the NYC Taiji Group having … Continue reading

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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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