Category Archives: Instructional
The Fifteen Tuishou (Push Hands) Exercises in the Yangjia Michuan Taiji School
We have begun to explore the Yangjia Michuan Taiji Tuishou (Push Hands) exercises in our Saturday intermediate class. Wang Yen-nien taught the complete set of 15 exercises at the NYCYMT sponsored 1996 Workshop, which took place at the West Side … Continue reading
A Year of Virtual Taiji (April 2020 to May 2021)
April 26, 2026Here 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 postures, … Continue reading
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
Yangjia Michuan Taiji: Taipei Notes and Commentaries on Tuishou by Mark A. Linett
This page has links to all four of the excerpts from Mark Linett’s Tuishou notes from his time learning and practicing with Master Wang Yen-nien in Taipei during the early 1980’s, including part four which was recently published. We are … Continue reading
Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Applications – Internal Martial Arts Magazine – 2002
In the summer of 2002 a group of New York City Yangjia Michuan Taiji students, led by Robert Politzer, went to Madison, Wisconsin to participate in a workshop taught by Wang Yen-nien. When Robert began the Taiji Class at the … Continue reading
1996 – Wang Yen-nien Lecture (Three Parts)
In 1996 Master Wang Yen-nien and Julia Fairchild visited New York City for an extensive workshop that covered The First Duan, Meditation, and The 15 Basic Tuishou exercises.On Friday evening, the day before the start of the workshops, Master Wang … Continue reading
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
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
2006 – Central Park Class
Robert Politzer teaching Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan to a class in Central Park, August 2006. He demonstrates Roll Back / Lu and Ward Off / Peng, among other aspects of the form.
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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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