Yang Lu-ch'an

The Chinese Luchan Yang (Chinese杨 露 禅/杨 露 禅, W.-G. Yang Lu - ch'an ) (* 1799, † 1872), also known as Yang Fukui (Chinese杨福魁/杨福魁, W.-G. Yang Fu - k ' ui) is the founder of Yang style of internal martial art Taijiquan.

He was taught by Chen Changxing Chen - style, which had been passed by then only to family members. He spent his childhood and youth for many years in his home and family. Later, Yang Luchan taught himself, and some of his students and their students developed other classic family Taijiquan styles.

After Yang Luchan had perfected his Taijiquan and a master himself had become, he moved around for 13 years in China. It is said that he had at this time visiting various Daoist monasteries and worked in various professions. During this time he developed what has been learned to the Yang style Taijiquan. On his travels he was attacked repeatedly from the ambush, but he was bouncing off every opponent with a small movement of itself.

There are numerous stories of such encounters and often can be found in the attacker on a tree or house roof again. So he ran ahead of his legendary reputation and he had to be more frequently present challenges. The name " Yang the Invincible " he acquired, because every fight ended in the first contact with the defeat of the uninjured opponent. Yang Luchan was appointed in 1850 by the Chinese Imperial family to the top bodyguards of the emperor, the instructor of the imperial bodyguard and teacher of the emperor and the princes. He held this position until his death.