Heffalump wrote:, he travels round China beating off all challengers
charles wrote:May I respectfully suggest you think about something a little more productive to obtaining skill in the art you practice? Surely, there must be some aspect of the practice of the art that you have not perfected and to which you can apply your critical reasoning skills.
Fantasizing about what may or may not have happened several hundred years ago doesn't do anything for anyone since none of it can be proven or disproven.
charles wrote:Just go practice.
Heffalump wrote:This second version is the one related to me by a Wu(Hao) stylist and seems to make much more sense. I just havent seen anything in writing to confirm this, even Jou Tsung Hwa, who was unaffiliated to any one style and spoke a lot of good about Hao style subscribed to the first version. Any scholars out there got a different opinion on this?
Daniel wrote:
As far as I remember - but I hope someone who is more precise in their knowledge of Taiji history will step in on this thread - Yang Luchan trained nine years first, then another nine after that. If he had great innate skill and the Chen training was something simple, he would not have needed that long before he left.
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