Yang-style tai chi

Yang-style tai chi

Yang Chengfu utilizing the single whip technique.
Date founded	1st half of 19th century
Country of origin	China
Founder	Yang Luchan
Current head	Zhao YouBin
Arts taught	Tai chi
Ancestor arts	Chen-style tai chi
Descendant arts	Guang Ping Yang tai chi Yangjia Michuan tai chi Wu (Hao)-style tai chi Wu-style tai chi
Practitioners	Yang Jianhou Yang Chengfu Cheng Man-ch'ing Dong Yingjie Zhang Qinlin Zhao YouBin Chu Guiting

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Yang-style tai chi (Chinese: 楊氏太极拳; pinyin: Yángshì tàijíquán) is one of the five primary families of tai chi. Including its variations, it is the most popular and widely practised style of tai chi in the world today. It is second in terms of seniority, after Chen-style tai chi.^[1][2]