Yang Zhenhe
Lineage & School of Heritage
Yang Zhenhe studied from 1967 under Zhai Wenzhang and Yang Zhenduo, fourth-generation transmitters of Yang-style Taijiquan, and is a fifth-generation inheritor of Yang-style Taijiquan.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1953, a native of Yongnian, Hebei. The Taijiquan of Yang Zhenhe is characterized by being soft and slow, circular and continuous, rigorously structured and even in pace, with an upright posture, clear distinction between emptiness and fullness, the combination of inner and outer, the coordination of upper and lower body, a needle concealed within cotton, and hardness latent within softness; it is relaxed and natural, open and generous, and suitable for both old and young. It has been called sturdy grass in a fierce wind and a living sculpture. Yang Zhenhe has several hundred formally initiated disciples within China, more than a thousand people who have inherited the art from him, and several hundred disciples in Germany as well.
Honors & Recognition
A representative bearer of Taijiquan (Yang-style Taijiquan), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Yang Zhenhe and his students have repeatedly won major awards in martial arts competitions at home and abroad. In 1998 he was awarded the title of Taiji Master at the International Taijiquan Exchange Association; in May 2004 he was specially appointed chairman of the Taijiquan association by the European Yongnian Taijiquan Association; and he has published articles on many occasions in periodicals such as the Yongnian Taiji Magazine.
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