Yang Shouzhong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Shouzhong 杨守中
Born	Yang Zhenming (杨振铭) 1910 (1910) China
Died	1985 (aged 74–75)
Style	Yang-style taijiquan
Notable students	Ip Tai Tak, Chu Gin Soon, Chu King Hung

Yang Shouzhong
Traditional Chinese	楊守中
Simplified Chinese	杨守中
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Shǒuzhōng Wade–Giles Yang Shou-chung Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Joeng4 Sau2 Zung1

Yang Zhenming
Traditional Chinese	楊振銘
Simplified Chinese	杨振铭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Zhènmíng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Joeng4 Zan3 Ming4

Yang Shouzhong, born Yang Zhenming, (1910–1985) was the eldest son of Yang Chengfu and a teacher of his family's Yang style of tai chi. He is also known by the Cantonese pronunciation of his name, Yeung Sau Chung, or Yang Sau Chung.

Biography

Yang Shouzhong began training in the Yang style of tai chi at age 8. By age 14, he had begun to work with his father as a teaching assistant and at age 19 he was already teaching tai chi to government officials around China. In 1949 he fled to Hong Kong where he stayed for the remainder of his life teaching privately mostly out of his home on Lockhart Road on Hong Kong Island. He appointed three disciples: Ip Tai Tak (1st and Chief Disciple (Hong Kong), Gin Soon Chu (2nd Disciple, U.S.), Chu King Hung (3rd Disciple, Europe). Yang Shouzhong is survived by his three daughters: Tai Yee, Ma Lee and Yee Li who currently also reside in Hong Kong.

External links

• Ip Tai Tak's (1st Disciple of Yang Shouzhong) disciple Bob Boyd
• Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation, USA: Gin-Soon Chu, 2nd Disciple of Yang Shouzhong
• H. Won Tai Chi Institute: H. Won Gim, 2nd Disciple of Gin-Soon Chu
• Master Chu King Hung International Tai Chi Chuan Association 3rd Disciple's website
• Exhaustive Yang family tree with info on Yang Shouzhong's descendants
• Master Ding Academy Traditional Tai Chi Chuan (Master Ding is 1st Disciple of Ip Tai Tak