A BRIEF HISTORY OF YANG STYLE TAIJI QUAN
SCHOOL OF CENTRAL EQUILIBRIUM

The early development of Taiji Quan is vague. Most people credit Chang Shan Fon as the originator of Taiji in the thirteenth century. It was not until the middle of the eighteenth century that its history becomes clearer. It was then that Chen Chang Shen was teaching Taiji to some family members and a select number of outsiders in Huo Nan province. It was during this time that Yang Lu Shann (1780-1873) became a student of Chen Chang Shen for many years.

Eventually Yang Lu Shann left his teacher and Hua Nan province for Peking. He then began teaching his three sons and a number of other students. His second son Yang Pan Huo (1837-1890) went on to teach a number of people including Wu Chun Yu, Wu Chun Yu then taught his son Wu Chien Chun who modified the style and created Wu Style Taiji. Yang Lu Shann's third son Yang Chien Huo (1842-1916) went on to teach his son Yang Cheng Fu who created Yang Style Taiji Quan. Grandmaster Cheng Man Ching studied with Yang Chen Fu for nearly a decade and then went on to help spread Yang Style Taiji Quan throughout the world.

HUANG SHEN SHYAN (1910 – 1992)

Master Huang Shen Shyan started training in Fujian White Crane at the age of fourteen. Originally famed as "Young Hero" for his martial skill in the art of White Crane in his home province of Fujian, China. Following the Communist take over of mainland China, Master Huang immigrated to Taiwan. There he met and knelt before Grandmaster Cheng Man Ching an outstanding exponent of Taiji Quan. For seven years he devoted himself to being a disciple of Grandmaster Ching, before moving to Singapore in 1958 and later Malaysia, where he founded the Singapore Taiji Association, which has over thirty schools throughout South East Asia.

HEAD INSTRUCTOR – MR WEE KEE JIN

Mr Wee Kee Jin is the Head Instructor for the School of Central Equilibrium. It is estimated that Master Huang Shen Shyan had more than 10,000 students study at his schools. Mr Wee Kee Jin lived and studied full time with Master Huang from 1983-1988 and was one of only four students to have had this opportunity, becoming one of his inner disciples. A Gold medallist in the 1989 World Cup Martial Arts Championships, he immigrated to New Zealand in 1991. As a teacher Mr Wee Kee Jin is known for his ability, depth of knowledge and is renowned for his clarity and open approach to teaching.