Yang Chengfu

Yang Chengfu
杨澄甫
Yang Chengfu in Single Whip posture of Yang-style tai chi solo form
BornYang Zhaoqing (杨兆清)
1883
Died1936 (aged 52–53)
StyleYang-style tai chi
Notable studentsYang Shouzhong
Yang Zhenduo
Fu Zhongwen
Chen Weiming
Dong Yingjie
Cheng Man-chʻing
Zhang Qinlin
Chu Guiting
Wang Yongquan (王永泉)
Yang Chengfu
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Chéngfǔ
Wade–GilesYang2 Chʻeng2fu3
IPA[jǎŋ ʈʂʰə̌ŋfù]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYeùhng chìhng fú
JyutpingJoeng4 cing4 fu2
IPA[jœ̏ːŋ tɕʰɪ̏ŋ fǔː]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJIûⁿTêng-po͘

Yang Chengfu (1883–1936) was one of the best known teachers of Yang-style tai chi Chinese martial art. He helped develop the art into its modern form. His students would go on to found successful martial arts schools of their own and helped spread Yang-style tai chi around the world.