Guang Ping Yang t'ai chi ch'uan

Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan, which has become known as the "lost" Yang-style tai chi chuan form, combines all the positive aspects of Yang Style with qualities that added strength and versatility. Guang Ping's stances are lower and wider than Yang style but not as pronounced as Chen style. A stronger, more balanced foundation gives the student more power and greater flexibility. Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan also combines Xingyiquan and Baguazhang energies, which can be seen in Guang Ping's spiral force energy and projecting force energy theories.

Kuo Lien Ying is credited with bringing Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Ch’uan to the United States.

There appears to be controversy on whether this is a "notable and even distinct" style of t'ai chi ch'uan, and its adherents have battled this perception for many years. Thanks to the efforts of Grandmaster Henry Look, the first president of the Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Association, Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan has been acknowledged and listed as a separate t'ai chi ch'uan category in many competitions and tournaments across the country, such as the Kuosho International Martial Arts Tournaments and the UC Berkeley Chinese Wushu Tournaments.

"Sifu always remembered and appreciated the purity of his teacher's (Wang Chiao-Yu) transmission. Grand Master Wang passed on the original, traditional form of Tai-Chi Chuan with exactly 64 movements. Sifu (Kuo) followed his teacher's example and made no changes. In this way the form has remained connected to its true roots in the traditional philosophy of China, as first embodied in the 64 hexagrams of the ancient Book of Changes."

Based on unsubstantiated legends, the fighting system of T'ai chi ch'uan was created by Zhang Sanfeng in approximately 1270 AD. Legend has it that Zhang Sanfeng was inspired by watching combat between a snake and a crane, observing the grace and flow of these creatures. When the snake would strike, the crane would gracefully retreat. When the crane attacked, the snake would recoil. In this contest the principles of yin and yang, where the soft overcomes the hard, became evident.

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