Re: Wu (Hao) style Taijiquan
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:36 am
This time Wu (Hao) style stick. It doesn't really belong to the classical curriculum, and master Zhai Weichuan is not teaching it himself, but his son does. As I was told, it was Hao Weizhen who started developing this form, but he didn't complete the work, then his student Li Shengduan passed the sketch of the form to Chen Gu'an in Xingtai. It was Chen Gu'an, known as a creator of so called xinjia (new frame) of Wu (Hao) style, who is author of the present version of stick form. Some disciples of master Zhai Weichuan learned this form and are teaching this. Zhai Weichuan's son Zhai Shizong shortened and modified it a bit. Here is his variant: