Journal
History, lineage, and practice of Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan, written by the Academy in Hong Kong.
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September 23, 2026
Why one Wu family long form counts as 108, 89, 84 or 83 — per-posture vs merged charts, the northern square frame, and fast form 94 vs 108 Fast Form.
By Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy, Hong Kong
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Chen Wang Ting's silk-reeling power evolved through Yang Lu Chan into Wu Chien Chuan's softening frame. A fact-based comparison of jin, posture, forms, and spread.
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Ma Hailong (1934–c.2022), grandson of Wu Chien Chuan, led the Shanghai Chien Chuan association for sixteen years, created the university 16-form, and edited the Wu Style Detailed Explanations.
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Ma Yueh Liang (1901–1998), Peking Union Medical College bacteriologist and son-in-law of Wu Chien Chuan, led Shanghai's Chien Chuan Association for half a century.
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Song, Chuan Zi Bu, and Xie Zhong Yu Zheng are the three fundamentals of Wu Style Tai Chi. Definitions from Wu Tu Nan's Song Gong Lun and the competition form, with mechanics and beginner drills.
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The stories of Wang Mao Zhai's three foremost disciples: the son whose push hands felt like Mount Tai, the bookkeeper who mastered Grasp Bird's Tail, and the Baguazhang convert.
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Sons of Wu Chien Chuan, Wu Kung Yi (1901–1970) and Wu Kung Cho (1900–1985) taught in Whampoa and Hunan before 1937 Hong Kong — then the 1954 Macau charity contest made their family art a sensation.
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