Wu style

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The Wu style of Taijiquan ( Chinese  吳 式  /  吴 式 or 吳氏  /  吴氏 , wúshì or 吳家  /  吴家 , wújiā ), also called "New Wu Style", is one of the five "family styles" of the Chinese Martial art taijiquan. The style was founded by Wu Jianquan ( 吳 鑑 泉  /  吴 鉴 泉 ), the son of the imperial bodyguard Wu Quanyou ( 吳全佑  /  吴全佑 , Wu Ch'uan-yü ) at the time of the Qing . It is not to be confused with the Wu-Hao style ( 武 郝 式 or 武 郝 氏 ), also known as the "Old Wu style", which goes back to Wu Yuxiang ( 武 禹 襄 , Wu Yu-Hsiang ).

history

The Wu style began with Yang Luchan (1799–1872), who was the first outsider to learn the Chen style of Taijiquan, which has been passed on as a family tradition in the Chen family for generations . When Yang Luchan was appointed to the imperial court to train the bodyguard in 1850 , the Manchur captain Wu Quanyou (1834-1902) became one of his students. Wu Quanyou later became the official student of Yang Luchan's second son, Yang Banhou ( 楊 班 侯  /  杨 班 侯 , Yang Pan-hou , 1837-1890).

Taijiquan, which goes back to Wu Quanyou (1834–1902), was only given the name Wu ( 吳  /  吴 ) one generation later , when Wu's son Wu Jianquan (1870–1942) received the family name from the Chinese pronunciation of her Manchu name “U Hala” ( 烏佳 哈拉  /  乌 佳 哈拉 ) adjusted.

Wu Jianquan lived in Beijing in the days of the early Chinese Republic (after 1912) and taught there alongside Yang Chengfu , Yang Shaohao and Sun Lutang at the "Beijing Research Society for Physical Education" ( 北京 體育 研究 社  /  北京 体育 研究 社 , English Institute for Athletic Investigation ). During this time, the tradition of the "locked door" ( 閉門  /  闭门 ) - meaning that knowledge is only passed on to a closed, manageable circle of students, mostly family or clan members, behind closed doors - by many members of the Taijiquan families abandoned. In the course of this opening, Wu Jianquan (as well as representatives of the other families) developed a slow hand shape based on the traditional, fast forms of Taijiquan, which also made it possible for older people who had not been trained from childhood to learn Taijiquan.

In 1928, Wu Jianquan and Yang Chengfu left Beijing. Wu Jianquan went to Shanghai and founded the Jianquan Taijiquan Association there in 1935, which still represents the Wu style worldwide.

During his sons Wu Gongyi ( 吳公儀  /  吴公仪 , 1900-1970) and Wu Gongzhao ( 吳公藻  /  吴公藻 , 1903-1983) and the master student Cheng Wing Kwong and their successors the Taijiquan the Wu family in Canton , Hong Kong , Malaysia and North America spread , the husband Ma Yueliang ( 馬岳樑  /  马岳梁 , 1901–1998) and son Ma Jiangbao (* 1941, † 2016) of Wu Jianquan's daughter Wu Yinghua ( 吳英華  /  吴英华 , 1907–1996) brought the family tradition to Europe. First to Germany in Düsseldorf, then in the Netherlands to Rotterdam and later distributed to other European countries. Here in Europe, Ma Jiangbao taught from 1986 to 2016 as the third generation of the Wu family.

In the Wu style Taijiquan, an extensive collection of forms ( hand shapes , saber , lance , sword shapes ) and partner exercises are practiced to this day, all of which go back directly to the Wu family.

Character of style

The slow form of the Wu style is compact, natural and loose, slow and uninterrupted, lively, flowing, soft and balanced. The weapon shapes support these qualities, but are usually executed faster.

The execution of the Wu-style push hand is very soft and gentle, it is important to develop a feeling for the partner and to learn to neutralize forces. Once these qualities are developed, a variety of techniques can be used to throw the partner off balance. The push-hands slowly introduces the martial art and can be further developed through a lot of practice up to a free fight.

literature

  • Wu, Yinghua (Ma, Ying-Hua); Ma, Yueliang (Ma, Yueh-Liang): Wu Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan - Forms, Concepts and Applications of the Original Style . Shanghai Book Company, Ltd., Hong Kong 1988, ISBN 978-962-23910-3-1 .
  • Ma Jiangbao: Tai Chi Chuan. The essence of a traditional art. Verlag Mach: Art, Ratingen 1998, ISBN 3-932330-91-9 .
  • Nina Wagner, Werner Klüfer: Wu-style Tai Chi Chuan. Ma Jiang Bao: The long form. Verlag Mach: Art, Ratingen 1996 (2nd edition 1999), ISBN 3-932330-02-1 .
  • Nina Wagner, Werner Klüfer, Benjamin Kasenda: Wu style Tai Ji Quan. Ma Jiangbao: The slow forms. 3rd, completely revised edition. Verlag Mach: Art, Ratingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-932330-03-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wu, Yinghua; Ma, Yuehliang: Wu Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan - Forms, Concepts and Applications of the Original Style. Shanghai Book Company, Ltd., Hong Kong 1988
  2. ^ "Our History - A Classic Essay by Lu Ta-lu (1971)" - Translated by Patricia NH Leong, Sifu of the Hawaii Academy : (English) [1] In: www.wustyle.com, accessed on April 1, 2019 - online
  3. ↑ "Tai Chi Chuan goes public" - Ma Jiangbao, Rotterdam, October 16, 1999: [2] In: www.wustyle.com, accessed April 1, 2019 - online
  4. ↑ "The historical development of the Wu style Tai Chi Chuan" - Ma Jiangbao, Rotterdam, October 16, 1999: [3] In: www.wustyle.com, accessed April 1, 2019 - online
  5. ↑ “Wu-Style Tai Chi Chuan” - Ma Jiangbao, Rotterdam, October 16, 1999: [4] In: www.wustyle.com, accessed April 1, 2019 - online
  6. ↑ "Wu-style push hands" - Ma Jiangbao, Rotterdam, October 16, 1999: [5] In: www.wustyle.com, accessed April 1, 2019 - online