2010 Yang Style Tai Chi Retreat
The Annual Yang Family Retreat in Mexico was just completed.
Once again, Grandmaster Yang Jun visited the Mexico City Yang Chengfu Tai Chi Chuan Center to give a seminar on the authentic Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan.
Master Yang Jun is a direct descendant of Yang Luchan, the creator of both the Yang Style of Tai Chi Chuan, and the term “Tai Chi Chuan”. It is for this reason that Yang Luchan is considered to be the creator of Tai Chi, as before his appearance, this martial art was known by other names and practices involving other types of movements. Because of this, the concept of “Tai Chi Chuan” is credited to the Yang family.
The Yang Chengfu Tai Chi Chuan Center in Mexico City is located within the premises of the Mexico Shaolin Temple, and is the place Yang Jun has officially appointed to preserve and continue the practice of the Yang Style.
Once a year, Yang Jun visits the Yang Chengfu Center, where people from around the country and abroad come together to receive the teachings of the Yang Family firsthand. This time, Master Yang taught the 49 Movement Hand Form and the Saber Form. The way Master Yang explained the movements and how to perform them was very nice for the people, since it is always interesting to understand the exact origin of the movements you can find in 90% of the Tai Chi forms that exist today, and how they were originally used and applied in martial arts.
The event was attended by people from all across the country, from East to West and North to South. Some of the participants came from places as far away as Venezuela and Kentucky.
It is a truly unique opportunity to be able to train with people of the importance of Yang Jun and get to know a country as beautiful as Mexico, even if it is only once a year. To hear about a greatly popular Tai Chi style from its very creators is something that just ten years ago seemed like a dream in our country.
To close the event, during the diploma awarding ceremony, Master Daniel Corona gave Master Yang Jun a very special gift on behalf of the Yang Chengfu Tai Chi Chuan Center Mexico. It was a Yang style saber made by artisans from Oaxaca in forged steel, using the old method, engraved with the words: “For Master Yang Jun, a treasure of Tai Chi Chan”.
Master Yang’s next visit is already scheduled for March 2011, in which Master Yang will present the origins and foundations of the entire Yang Style through the original long form that gave birth to the Tai Chi we know today.
I practive both Tai-Chi and meditation on my spare time. It is really good for general health…: