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Anyone can study Tai Chi Chuan, movements of the form are purely natural.

Long-term perseverance brings profound benefits.
The first part of a text that is an absolute gift from the ancestors.

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The Preparative Posture
預備勢
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October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
An actinic Thursday evening class.
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Correct positioning in the forms is memorized in a sectional sequence.
To relax and stretch open the body, movements should be slow and gentle with full extension and contraction.

“Correct positioning” in Wu family Tai Chi Chuan is as follows:
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Last night at sundown.
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A Great Egret gliding in to land at a small pond. I haven't seen any of the big birds (Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons) catch big fish at this spot, but there is plenty of panfish, crayfish, and water beetles to eat.
September 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sifu Stephen Britt, 1987.
September 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ready for tonight's lecture.
September 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
September 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Spring winds transform the rains...
March 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy New Year!
January 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) that looked to be having a good time hopping about in the snow.
January 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Eddie Wu Kwong-yu laoshi demonstrates the Wu family's 5th generation 108 posture long form.

This "guanjie quan" sectional form is designed to take every joint in the human body the a complete, natural range of motion.

Performed well, the health benefits are profound...

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吳光宇師傅-吳式太極拳108式(字幕)
YouTube video by Andrew Chow
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January 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The senior instructor of the Wu family, Eddie Wu Kwong-yu laoshi. He is Wu Jianquan's great-grandson.
December 6, 2024 at 1:55 AM
The teacher whose name is on our door: Wu Jianquan (Wu Chien-ch'uan, 1870-1942).

He opened the first Wu's Academy in 1935.
December 6, 2024 at 1:26 AM
December 6, 2024 at 1:17 AM