Yang Shouzhong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

杨守中 Yang Shou-chung
Born	Yang Zhenming (杨振铭) 1910 (1910) China
Died	1985 (aged 74–75)
Style	Yang-style taijiquan
Notable students	Ip Tai Tak, Chu Gin Soon, Chu King Hung

Yang Shou-chung
Traditional Chinese	楊守中
Simplified Chinese	杨守中
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Shǒuzhōng

Yang Zhenming
Traditional Chinese	楊振銘
Simplified Chinese	杨振铭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Zhènmíng

Yang Shou-chung or Yang Shouzhong, birth name Yang Zhenming, (1910–1985) was the eldest son of Yang Chengfu.

Biography

Yang Shou-chung began training in his family's style of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) 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 Shou-chung is survived by his three daughters: Tai Yee, Ma Lee and Yee Li who currently also reside in Hong Kong.

External links

• Ip Tai Tak's (1st Disciple of Yang Shou-chung) disciple, Bob Boyd
• Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation, USA: Gin-Soon Chu, 2nd Disciple of Yang Shou-Chung
• H. Won Tai Chi Institute: H. Won Gim, 2nd Disciple of Gin-Soon Chu
• Master Chu King Hung International Tai Chi Chuan Association 3rd Disciple's website
• Exhaustive Yang family tree with info on Yang Shou-chung's descendants
• John Ding International Academy of Tai Chi Chuan