Wang Maozhai & Yang Yuting

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(Wang Maozhai was one of Wu Quanyou's (founder of Wu-style tai chi) three primary disciples. When Wu Quanyou's son, Wu Jianquan, moved from Beijing to Shanghai in 1928, Wang remained to lead the Wu-style Beijing group. He was the founder of the Beijing Tai Miao tai chi Research Centre.)

 

Wang Maozhai - Born: 1862 ~ Died: 1940   Wikipedia 

Wang Maozhai and Students

 

Wang Maozhai formed the famous Taijiquan organization Beiping Taimiao Taijiquan Association (北平太庙太极拳研究会) in 1930. Taimiao was the temple where emperor’s family performed sacrificial ceremony to their ancestors. It became a public park after the Republic Revolution. 

 

On any given day, at least one hundred people, sometime more than three hundred, would practice at Taimiao. This was the biggest Taijiquan organization in northern China at that time. Wang Maozhai’s senior disciple, Yang Yuting, taught most public classes, and Wang taught more advanced students. 

 

Wang Maozhai became very famous during that time. Many people learned with him, and many people came to challenge him. Wang, his disciples and grand disciples never lost a fight in the twenty years they were at Taimiao (they moved out in 1951). 

 

From Ying Chen Gong Fa Website.