| Yang Chengfu 杨澄甫 | |
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.jpg) Yang Chengfu in Single Whip posture of Yang-style tai chi solo form | |
| Born | Yang Zhaoqing (杨兆清) 1883 |
| Died | 1936 (aged 52–53) |
| Style | Yang-style tai chi |
| Notable students | Yang Shouzhong Yang Zhenduo Fu Zhongwen Chen Weiming Dong Yingjie Cheng Man-chʻing Zhang Qinlin Chu Guiting Wang Yongquan (王永泉) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 楊澄甫 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨澄甫 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.