Yang Shouzhong
杨守中
BornYang Zhenming (杨振铭)
1910 (1910)
China
Died1985 (aged 74–75)
StyleYang-style taijiquan
Notable studentsIp Tai Tak,
Chu Gin Soon,
Chu King Hung
Yang Shouzhong
Traditional Chinese楊守中
Simplified Chinese杨守中
Yang Zhenming
Traditional Chinese楊振銘
Simplified Chinese杨振铭

Yang Shouzhong, born Yang Zhenming, (1910–1985) was the eldest son of Yang Chengfu. He is also known by the Cantonese pronunciation of his name, Yeung Sau Chung, or Yang Sau Chung.

Biography

Yang Shouzhong began training in his family's style of tai chi at age 8. By age 14 he had begun to work with his father as a teaching assistant and at age 19 he was already teaching government officials around China. In 1949 he fled to Hong Kong where he stayed for the remainder of his life teaching privately mostly out of his home on Lockhart Road on Hong Kong Island. He appointed three disciples: Ip Tai Tak (1st and Chief Disciple (Hong Kong), Gin Soon Chu (2nd Disciple, U.S.), Chu King Hung (3rd Disciple, Europe). Yang Shouzhong is survived by his three daughters: Tai Yee, Ma Lee and Yee Li who currently also reside in Hong Kong.

Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus, click the "show" button below


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