Tai Chi Lineage

The lineage below is not all inclusive, but traces the lineage of our style of Tai Chi Chuan, being Guang Ping Yang. In an effort to record historical facts and information, this section of our website will provide as much information as possible about the Lineage of Yang Style Tai Chi as it pertains to Guang Ping Yang Style in particular.

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		Chang San-Feng Founder 1279-1368 AD

14 generations Tai Chi stayed in the Ch'en Family Ch'en Ch'ang-Hsing		Wang Tsung-Yueh
		Chen Ping-Wang

*Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan founder*		Yang Lu-Chan 1799-1872

		Yang Pan-Hou 1837-1892

		Wong Chao Yu Died at age 123

		Kuo Lien Ying Died at age 93

		Kwok Wong I (Kwok Wo Ngai Cantonese) (Peter Kwok)



Patrick Hanvey China Hand Kung Fu Academy Chief Instructor	Mark Gates China Hand Kung Fu Academy Chief Instructor	Randy Elia Peter Kwok's Kung Fu Academy Chief Instructor	Gary Torres Phoenix Dragon Kung Fu Academy Chief Instructor


		Dominick Ruggieri China Hand Kung Fu Academy Instructor & Senior Student

The Lineage of Tai Chi Chuan