Yang Banhou

Yang Banhou
楊班侯
Eldest son of Grandmaster Yang Luchan
Born1837 (1837)
Guangfu, Yongnian, Hebei, China
Died1890 (aged 52–53)
StyleYang-style tai chi
Other information
Notable studentsYang Shaohou
Wu Quanyou
Wang Jiaoyu (王矯宇)
Yang Banhou
Traditional Chinese楊班侯
Simplified Chinese杨班侯
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Bānhóu
Wade–GilesYang Pan-hou

Yang Banhou (Yang Pan-hou; 1837–1890) was an influential teacher of tai chi in Qing dynasty China, known for his bellicose temperament.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Yang Luchan to survive to adulthood. Like his father, he was retained as a martial arts instructor by the Manchu imperial family. His disciple Wu Quanyou, a Manchu banner cavalry officer of the Palace Battalion, and Wu Quanyou's son Wu Jianquan, also a banner officer, became co-founders of Wu-style tai chi.

Yang Banhou's younger brother Yang Jianhou was a well known teacher of Yang-style tai chi as well. Banhou adopted Jianhou's eldest son, Yang Shaohou, and put him through rigorous training. Yang Banhou's son Yang Shaopeng (1875–1938) was also a tai chi teacher.

Yang Banhou taught Wang Jiaoyu his father's Guang Ping Yang tai chi form, and Wang taught Kuo Lien-ying this original Yang style form.[citation needed]

Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus

References

  1. ↑ Wile, Douglas (1983). Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Sweet Ch'i Press. ISBN 978-0-912059-01-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8.
  3. 1 2 3 Yip, Y. L. (Autumn 1998). "A Perspective on the Development of Taijiquan – Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness Vol. 8 No. 3". Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness. Insight Graphics Publishers. ISSN 1056-4004.
  4. ↑ Chu, Vincent; Liu, Xiwen (December 2008). "The Story of Yang Shaohou". T'ai Chi. Vol. 32, no. 6. Wayfarer Publications. ISSN 0730-1049.

Video: 5th Generation Master Jia Anshu (贾安树 1954– ) performing the Yang Yang Banhou Middle Frame, Large Frame, Fast Frame, 30 Cannon Fist, + 4 Cannon Fist + Liaokua Eight Trigrams Palm, and 30 Dao (saber) forms on YouTube