Bao wrote:RobP3 wrote:amor wrote:The Yang style that developed from Chen laojia has a pace that is relatively even and slow, without stopping, unlike the alternating of fast and slow in Chen style, or the change between storing and issuing. The movements of Yang style are simple and straightforward; its movement of energy is like the slow circular rotations of drawing silk, different from the windings, twists, and turns (chanrao zhuan zhe) of Chen style, where the movement of energy is distinctly spiral, or screw-like.
But that only describes one particular Yang form, the YCF medium frame
Pretty good description of any standard Yang, any frame or version, imho:
"The movements of Yang style are simple and straightforward; its movement of energy is like the slow circular rotations of drawing silk"
Yep, of the standard YCF. But not so much of the small frame / fast forms / "old" forms