Xue Sheng
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OK, I am shocked and the next guy…. Ok probably more so… the next guy probably couldn’t care less…. but I have come to the conclusion that after 12 years of studying Yang style that I was not studying Yang style, or at least not according to the Yang family and Tung/Dong family
But wait it gets more confusing.
My teacher did call it Yang Style and he not wrong, from his perspective. His teacher was Tung Ying Cheih and as far as I know master Tung taught Yang style and never said anything to the contrary.
But now the Yang family has declared that those taught via Tung Ying Cheih are not learning Yang style but Tung style. (This by the way is the same thing as Dong Style)
And the Tung/Dong family teaches its family form called… you guessed it… Dong style.
Now after much video viewing of Old Yang style guys and Yang Jun and then comparing them to what I do and what I saw Tung Ying Chieh do in an old film. I am doing Dong Style.
Yang and Dong are very similar but have some obvious differences. Could be because prior to studying with Yang Chengfu, Tung Ying Chieh studied Wu style, I believe Wu/Hao style to be honest. Also there was some speculation. Although not proven as far as I am concerned that Master Tung studied Yang style with Yang Shaohou until Shaohou's death and then studied with Yang Chengfu.
So now I have to go and buy Tung Ying Cheih’s book to see what the heck I was suppose to be doing, since it is not Yang style and I have based everything on the fact I did Yang style…which I apparently do not.
This does not change the fact I am returning to Chen style, but it does mean…. Well to be honest I am not sure what it means.
But wait it gets more confusing.
My teacher did call it Yang Style and he not wrong, from his perspective. His teacher was Tung Ying Cheih and as far as I know master Tung taught Yang style and never said anything to the contrary.
But now the Yang family has declared that those taught via Tung Ying Cheih are not learning Yang style but Tung style. (This by the way is the same thing as Dong Style)
And the Tung/Dong family teaches its family form called… you guessed it… Dong style.
Now after much video viewing of Old Yang style guys and Yang Jun and then comparing them to what I do and what I saw Tung Ying Chieh do in an old film. I am doing Dong Style.
Yang and Dong are very similar but have some obvious differences. Could be because prior to studying with Yang Chengfu, Tung Ying Chieh studied Wu style, I believe Wu/Hao style to be honest. Also there was some speculation. Although not proven as far as I am concerned that Master Tung studied Yang style with Yang Shaohou until Shaohou's death and then studied with Yang Chengfu.
So now I have to go and buy Tung Ying Cheih’s book to see what the heck I was suppose to be doing, since it is not Yang style and I have based everything on the fact I did Yang style…which I apparently do not.
This does not change the fact I am returning to Chen style, but it does mean…. Well to be honest I am not sure what it means.