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Madison, Wisconsin Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan Workshop with Wang Yen-nien – 2002
Some of the New York Contingent takes a break with Master Wang Yen-nien Front Row: Illana, Master Wang. Back Row: Charlotte, Robert, Unknown, John, Henry, Tom, Gretchen, George.
May 7 YMT Teacher’s Gathering in NYC
It was my birthday, which nicely coincided with a chance to gather with senior students and teachers for a lovely mini banquet. Banquet Bob already has plans for an early June banquet for the Taiji Group so looking forward to … Continue reading
YMT classes at the Y
Updated May, 2026 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 were founded by Robert Politzer in 1994 and currently take place … Continue reading
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Taiji Fan at the Westside Y – December 2004
Robert Politzer taught the Yangjia Michuan Taiji Fan Form a number of times in class. Here are some images from a session on December 29, 2004. You can click through them using the arrows on the side of the images.
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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World Taiji Day in NYC, Central Park – April, 2004
For a number of years Robert Politzer’s West Side Y Taiji class joined other Taiji schools and classes in a celebration of World Taiji Day, the idea being that people were practicing at the same time around the world. There … 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
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
Three Yangjia Michuan Amigos
Arnold C. Baker II, Robert Politzer, Thomas W. Campbell
From the pages of AYMTA
I found the color image of the cover of the 2004 journal celebrating 20 years of the Taiji Organization. The characters on the fan are Master Wang Yen-nien’s name and also mean “long life”.
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