Kuang P' ai chi ch'uan was brought to the United States by master Guo Lianying. This is a unique style that may be the bridge between the ancient form and the old Yang style.
Millions of people around the world benefit from the unique form of low-intensity exercise known as "ai-chi ch". T' ai chi ch uan is Kung Fu's "internal system" for improving health, lowering blood pressure, improving balance and coordination. As long as you follow the classic principles, there are many styles of things that are good. All of these are the artistic evolution of primitive art, which is a taste, so it is called art. As said, "There is no dispute on the taste issue."
The unique style that affects our system is the style of the master Guo Lianying's drama [also known as Guangping].
After studying art and yoga for a few years, I was fortunate to have studied with Master Guo in 1970. I didn't know how lucky I was at the time. One of my martial arts friends introduced me to Guo. Guo and his wife teach in San Francisco Chinatown opposite Portsmouth Park. Kuo signed with me and arranged a private meeting. I was also learning Chinese at the time, which gave me the opportunity to practice. His group meeting started in the park before dawn and agreed at about 10 PM in his studio, when he locked it.
Initially my lesson was in the morning, then I found out that before 10 o'clock in the evening I got Kuo's best answer and impromptu instructions. At that time he was more open. I remember he looked at me and practiced and said "Numbah One" with a thumbs up. This is a positive statement that he said he liked what he saw.
He likes to teach in short private lessons, but does group training in the early morning. This is a magical moment of learning.
At that time, Guo was a 20-year-old wife and a young son in his 70s. His family lives behind the training hall, kwoon. He is full of energy, thanks to his Tai Chi practice, although I suspect that his active lifestyle throughout his life has contributed to it.
He believes that Tai Chi can extend life and quality of life. Guo and his friends who died in the late 1990s, Tchoung Ta-tchen in the late 1980s and Liang Zongcai who died at the age of 103, are good proof of the health benefits. t' ai chi.
Ku, like his friends Tchoung and Liang, expressed gratitude to the true ai chi masters who taught in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. They are the last generation, the "real deal."
Although many people call themselves masters today, they rarely show the skills and knowledge of Kuo, Tchoung and Liang. I am proud to think that they are considering my key teacher. Although I am currently teaching Tchoung Ta-tchen's courses, I am greatly influenced by Guo Heliang; I think they are all my Sifu. They are real deals.
Guo practiced collectively in the park at dawn and kept his studio open until 10 pm. I train for 3 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the evening, or 7 days a week, and 6 hours a day. I found that he stayed closed until 10 pm and was usually the only student at the time, and I was able to get extra personal guidance and corrections from him. That was when I received the most valuable course. I can also learn some of the pa-kua and Tam Tui [elastic leg lines] exercises he has taught. For example, one night, Professor Guo told me what he called "the camel step" and the lion's palm posture that I later discovered.
I was told that when Kuo returned to China, he was a cultural treasure because of his skills, so he was a cultural treasure, and it was pa-kua chang and Shaolin.
This is a small world, because Tchoung Ta-tchen is also a practicing partner and good friend of Guo, both of whom are friends of TT Liang. I studied Liang in Boston and Amherst. I think these three masters are my most important mentor.
Many years later, my pa-kua chang [bagua zhang] lecturer, Zhang Jie from Beijing told me more about Guo's story. Guo is very famous in China's Baku world.
Today, Guo's form is most often referred to as the madness [Guangping] style. Some people call it Ch' en style, some call it the "secret" Yang style. From the appearance, it is a bridge between the modern style of Yang style and the old style of Ch' en. After reading my form, Pa-kua teacher Andrew Dell said that some actions reminded him of Paco. The form has short movements and small circles, as well as movement and expansion movements. It also has some quick kicks, jump shots and some quick hits.
Formal movements are usually done at a faster pace than most modern Yang styles. When making the form, the body is completely upright and the back is straight. Keep your hands in a specific palm position, with your fingers open, your wrists bent and your fingers stretched. The posture is relatively high, and the typical bow and arrow posture of the modern Yang style is not used. The body is similar to some versions of the Ch' en style and can be called the back posture. The kick is done directly on the knees and toes so that the heel finishes on a separate leg and there is also a jump kick in form.
Master Guo told me that he repeated some and shortened the original form. Later, others claimed that the form he taught was the original form, which is doubtful.
This form has almost no resemblance to the various forms of the "traditional Yang style" taught by Yang Chengfu and his followers of the students, or the form of Professor Guo's friend Tchoung Ta-tchen. Liang Zongcai, although the Tchoung form contains some movements similar to Kuang P style techniques.
Yang Panhou's bloodline:
It is said that the form of Guo can be traced back to Yang Panhou, the son of Yang Luzhen. Yang Lan called it "unparalleled Yang" because he never fights, which is the originator of what we now call the Yang family style. There are several versions of the Yang family form today, and I have found that some people have no similarities to other forms.
Yang Panhou is the official teacher of the court. He is the court of the Manchu. Chinese citizens were conquered by the Manchus and hated them. Yang is Chinese, so many t ai chi historians claim that he teaches Manchurians a desalinated water and teaches his family and chooses the true art of the students. The Yang family lived in Zhangping Town [also known as Guangping, which has nothing to do with Guanyin]. This is the source of the name of the form. At least this is a story. There is no way to know if this is true, because even among family members there is a disagreement about the true history of Yang. One of Yang Panhou's outstanding students is Huang Jiaoyu, a native Chinese Han Chinese who is also one of the stables of the royal family.
Yang Jianhou's alternative style:
Side note: Yang Panhou's younger brother, the famous Yang Jianhou, also taught the old version of Yang's form. Our Tchoung symmetrical long form [240] and our San Shou [double] form [sections 7 and 8] go directly to him and his son Yang Shaohou and his students Tain Shaolin and Hsiung Yang-Hao. It is said that Tian Zhaolin is a student of Yang Jianhou in a historical version. In another version, Yang Shaohou's student, Yang Panhou is in another version. Tian is even placed in Yang Chengyu's lineage chart and is considered to be Yang Chengfu's number one student. Tian may have studied with each Yang and only went with the family teacher at the time. We are now studying this issue.
Some people teach the so-called "old form", "secret form", etc., but especially similar, if any. Some people may speculate that most of the "secret style" is developed on their own.
Kuo studied Kung Fu from an early age and is a master of the Muslim version of the Shaolin Juniors in the North. He went to various parts of China to challenge the masters of kung fu to "test" the game. If he finds someone who can beat him, he will study with him. This is considered a bad form today, and today's world could have allowed him to be arrested, or at least regarded as a mob, especially since most people make love for health rather than health. Guo comes from a different world. He even challenged boxing legend Joe Louis in 1951, and in 1972 he still claimed, "I could have abandoned him." [San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 1972].
Wong Jiao-yu connection:
He met Wang Jiaoyu, who is older, and he is more than 112 years old, but he is healthy and agile. Wong easily bypassed the 30-year-old Guo. Guo asked to be his dilemma and then had to pass some body tests. He is one of the few disciples of Huang. Wong allegedly died at the age of 121. Guo later became the main teacher of this special form. Today is the way his students and their students continue this style.
Mao Zedong fled China after taking over:
Guo is the general under Chiang Kai-shek. After the Communists took over, Guo fled to Taiwan like many other masters, where he and he had tried art. When he fled Mao Zedong, Guo left his four wives and eight children in China. He became a member of parliament in Taiwan and later moved to San Francisco.
Many masters who fled to Taiwan are absolutely beneficial to the martial arts world, because in the near future, like the "get rid of the old" part of the "Chinese Communist Party", traditional martial arts such as t'ai chi ch&u; This reduces the level of traditional Chinese art. Later in China, these forms became politically correct, aerobics...
Orignal From: Guangping is also known as 匡P Tai Chi Chuan historical style
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