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almost anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 17:47: | |
Cheers Shmuel,
Well, I wouldn't rule a visit out, but it would be a long time down the road, due to financial constraints (still paying off my last few trips overseas, LOL). I actually have a colleague in my school who visits his sister in Israel regularly. The next time he visits I'll ask him to look you up (he is a gregarious sort of guy, anyway), and he has a pretty darn good form, to boot.
This is a favourite image of mine:
The late master Wu Ying-hua
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almost anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 18:44: | |
To be fair, here are some photos of a member of the Yang family, Yang Zhen-guo, who is a younger son of Yang Ch'eng-fu. Yang Zhen-guo teaches in China:
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almost anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 18:46: | |
And of course, the famous Wu Chien-ch'uan doing Cloud Hands:
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Shmuel Halevi
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 19:59: | |
Those images of Wu Chien Chuan are very famous and I have seen them. Still, nice to have them here. The late master Wu Ying-hua posture is named the Golden Cockerel Stands on one Leg in our style. I also like this posture very much. As for your colleague, we'll be delighted to receive him here and exchange some postures... BTW, your family name has a strong Israeli resemblance. In the Hebrew language it denotes alliance or treaty... (this is of course if I gathered correctly who you are). |
almost anonymous
| | Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 00:38: | |
Ah, yes, B'rit.
Sifu Britt is my Tai Sihing, he is Sifu Wu's #1 student in seniority.
Cheers,
A.A. |
Shmuel Halevi
| | Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 10:36: | |
Oops.. then I got it wrong. Sorry. |
almost anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 03:25: | |
Here are some pictures from the Wu Tang Shan monastery. Some are from my trip there, some are from postcards.
As I'm sure you know, Wu Tang Shan is the monastery where the founder of T'ai Chi is said to have lived in the 11th century.
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almost anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 03:27: | |
More:
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almost anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 17:30: | |
Here are some very early (approx. 1914-1918) photos:
Yang Ch'eng-fu in Single Whip:
Wu Chien-ch'uan at the end of Snake Creeps Down (some schools just call it "Downward Posture"):
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Shmuel Halevi
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 10:34: | |
Great, A.A. Lovely pictures. I wish I could visit one day in Wudang shan.
quote:Wu Chien-ch'uan at the end of Snake Creeps Down (some schools just call it "Downward Posture")
We also call it Snake Creeps Down and we have this movement twice in our hand form. We usually perform it quite deeply.
BTW, if you can shrink your photos a little more we can avoid the need to scroll of the page to the right. Try to shrink the photos to 600X800 pixels (more or less) at 72 DPI and then to 4-5- cm width. That would yield best results.
Cheers, Shmuel.
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Sidney
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 19:41: | |
Thanks for some great pictures A.A. They give one a real taste for a trip out that way. Are you familiar with Roger Jahnke's book "The Healing Promise of Qi"? He describes various magical Tai Chi and Qi-Gong moments from his trips to China in this book. A few of your pictures would have added an interesting dimension to his descriptions. Thanks again! |
almost anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 16:38: | |
Greetings.
Here are some more nice photos of the late master Wu Ying-hua:
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almost anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 16:44: | |
And her older brother, the late master Wu Kung-yi:
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