Yang Zhenduo

杨振铎 Yang Zhenduo
Yang-style taijiquan Grandmaster Yang Zhenduo performing Golden Rooster Stands On One Leg (右金鸡独立)
Born	1926 (age 90–91) Beijing, China
Style	Yang-style taijiquan
Notable students	Yang Jun (杨军)
Website	International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association

Yang Zhenduo (born 1926), a native of Yongnian Hsien County, Hebei, was born in Beijing, China, into the famous Yang family of martial artists. A son of Yang Cheng Fu and a great-grandson of Yang Lu Chan (the creator of the Yang style of t'ai chi ch'uan), Yang Zhenduo is a fourth-generation descendant of the Yang Family of t'ai chi ch'uan, and is the fourth lineage-holder of the style.

Yang Zhenduo began studying the soft style martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) at age 6 with his father, and continued studying with his elder brothers Yang Zhen Ming (Shou Zhong), Yang Zhen Ji, and his younger brother Yang Zhen Guo after his father died. Studious, patient, modest and unassuming like his father, he possesses a consummate martial arts skill. He has the deep admiration and esteem of t'ai chi ch'uan enthusiasts worldwide. Yang Zhenduo carries on the aspirations of his ancestors and has dedicated his life to the spread and popularization of the style. He has promoted Yang style t'ai chi ch'uan in order to expand the ties of friendship between the citizens of China and the rest of the world.

He has lived in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, since 1960, teaching the large frame of the Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, and has been invited many times to teach and hold seminars in many countries around the world.

He served as Vice-President of the Shanxi Wushu Association since 1980. In 1982 he founded and served as President of the Shanxi Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Association, and is now its Honorary Lifetime President. This Association has now grown to over 30,000 members throughout the Province and is the largest martial arts organization of its kind in China. In October 1998 Yang Zhenduo founded the International Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Association, serving as its Chairman of the Board. Under his leadership, the Association has now grown to 28 centers in 12 countries with more than 2000 members worldwide.