Yang Banhou (Yang Pan-hou; 1837–1890) was an influential teacher of

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, known for his bellicose temperament.

Biography

He was the eldest son of

Yang Luchan Yang Luchan ( zh, c=杨露禅, w=Yang Lu-ch'an, p=Yáng Lùchán), also known as Yang Fukui (1799–1872), was an influential Chinese practitioner and teacher of the internal style tai chi martial art. He is known as the founder of Yang-styl ...

to survive to adulthood. Like his father, he was retained as a martial arts instructor by the Manchu imperial family. His disciple

Wu Quanyou Wu Quanyou ( zh, c=吴全佑, w=Wu Ch‘üan-yu; 1834–1902) was an influential teacher of the tai chi martial art in late Imperial China. His son is credited as the founder of the Wu-style tai chi. As he was of Manchu descent, and would hav ...

, a Manchu

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cavalry officer of the Palace Battalion, and Wu Quanyou's son

Wu Jianquan Wu Jianquan ( zh, c=吴鉴泉, w=Wu Chien-ch‘üan, p=Wú Jiànquán; 1870–1942) was a famous teacher and founder of the ''neijia'' martial art of Wu-style tai chi in late Imperial and early Republican China. Biography Wu Jianquan was ta ...

, also a banner officer, became co-founders of

Wu-style tai chi Wu-style tai chi ( zh, c=吳氏太极拳, p=Wúshì tàijíquán) is one of the five main styles of tai chi. It is second in popularity after Yang-style, and the fourth-oldest of the five major tai chi styles. It was developed by Wu Quanyou an ...

. Yang Banhou's younger brother Yang Jianhou was a well known teacher of

Yang-style tai chi Yang-style tai chi ( zh, s=楊氏太极拳, p=Yángshì tàijíquán) is one of the five primary families of tai chi. Including its variations, it is the most popular and widely practised style of tai chi in the world today. It is second in term ...

as well. Banhou adopted Jianhou's eldest son,

Yang Shaohou Yang Shaohou (; 1862–1930) was a Chinese martial arts master who, along with Yang Chengfu (楊澄甫; 1883–1936), represents the third generation of Yang-style tai chi. Grandmaster of his generation and known for his compact "small-frame" ...

, and put him through rigorous training. Yang Banhou's son Yang Shaopeng (1875–1938) was also a tai chi teacher. Yang Banhou taught

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his father's Guang Ping Yang tai chi form, and Wang taught

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this original Yang style form.

Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus

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