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Yang Luchan
Taijiquan teacher from Yongnian, Zhili, who studied under Chen Changxing and taught in Beijing; his form came to be called Yang-style taijiquan.
On a training ground at morning, a straw target stands at the left with one person beside it, turned away and empty-handed; racks hold bows and spears at rest, an armour stand holds lamellar armour and a helmet, and a saddled horse stands by a wooden mounting block at the right.
Also known as Ming Fukui
- Roles
- Warriors
Yang Luchan (1799–1872), with the name Fukui, came from Yongnian in Zhili, in what is now Handan, Hebei. He went to Chen Village in Wen County, Henan, to study taijiquan under Chen Changxing and returned home in 1833. He later taught in Beijing, where his students were mostly princes and nobles. He eased demanding movements such as jumps in the forms, and the style he taught came to be called Yang-style taijiquan.
Life and times
- 1799Born
Qing - 1872Died