Editing Yang Chengfu (section)

==Biography==
Yang Chengfu was born into the famous Yang family of tai chi practitioners, the son of [[Yang Jianhou]] and grandson of [[Yang Luchan]]. With his older brother [[Yang Shaohou]] and colleagues [[Wu Jianquan]] and [[Sun Lutang]], he was among the first teachers to offer tai chi instruction to the general public at the [[Beijing]] Physical Culture Research Institute from 1914 until 1928. He moved to [[Shanghai]] in 1928.

Chengfu is known for having "smoothed" out the somewhat more vigorous training routine he learned from his family as well as emphasising a "large frame" ({{lang-zh|c=大架|p=dà jià|labels=no}}) with expansive movements in stepping and using large circular motions with the arms. His smooth, evenly paced large-frame form, along with its hundreds of offshoots, has been the standard for [[Yang-style tai chi]] (and overwhelmingly in the public imagination for tai chi in general) ever since.

Chengfu is the official author of two books on the style, ''Application Methods of Tai Chi'', published in 1931, and ''Essence and Applications of Tai Chi'', published in 1934.<ref>{{Citation|title=Taijiquan Shiyongfa (Application methods of Taijiquan)|author=Yang Chengfu|year=1931}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Taijiquan Tiyong Quanshu (Complete Book of the Essence and Applications of Taijiquan)|author=Yang Chengfu|year=1934}}</ref> His second book was translated into English in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|author=Yang Chengfu and Louis Swaim, tr.|title=The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan|year=2005|publisher=North Atlantic Books|isbn=978-1-55643-545-4}}</ref>