Seminar 1 - Handform - April 26-30 9.00-12.00 Traditional Family For five days Master Yang Jun will teach every morning the Long Form of Traditional Yangstyle (103-Form, Taijiquan sometimes also called 85-Form) and its applications, as well as the ten Essentials of Taijiquan. The focus of in- The Yang school of Chuan (Taijiquan) was TAI CHI CHUAN terest will be the points of energy, on the basis of which originally founded by . His famous grand- ______Center Germany - Berlin the visualizations of application could be integrated son Yang Chengfu developed the style, the movements into the training of the form. became slower, bigger and more open. Characteristics are the steady flow, the harmonized connection be- Seminar 2 - Handform - April 26-30 14.30-16.30 tween body and mind and a strong internal energy. Yang In form of a review class Center Directors and Certified Chengfu said, Taijiquan is an art, in which the slow and Traditional Yang Family Style Instructors every day in the afternoon will repeat tuition soft movements contain a strong internal force like a Seminars contents of the morning classes with master Yang Jun needle concealed in cotton. Traditional Yang Style – (Seminar 1). This seminar offers special opportunities strongly influenced by Yang Chengfu – is composed of to deepen what has been learned in the morning, to ask Hand-, Sword-, Saber-, Longstaff and Partner-Forms. further questions and let oneself be corrected. It is still practiced and taught by the Yangfamily. To learn directly from Master Yang Jun, beginners will have a chance to only participate in the seminar on April th th th Yang Jun 26 or April 26 and 27 . Lineage holder of 5th generation of Yang-Family Seminar 3 - Tuishou - April 26-30 17.00-19.00 Born in 1968 in and grandson of Grandmas- For five days Master Yang Jun will teach Push hands in Master Yang Jun ter Yang Zhenduo Yang Jun is the 6th generation de- the afternoon. This seminar is only permitted for Asso- scendant of the creator of Yang Style Taijiquan. Since ciation members who also participate in the Handform Berlin Seminar 2011, April 26-30 July 2009 he is nominated a Grandmaster and lineage seminar (seminar 1). holder of the 5th Yangfamily Taijiquan generation. Like For payment and prerequisites for the seminar please his grandfather he practices Taijiquan according to the see the registration form on the reverse. In case of fur- movements and postures of Yang Chengfu. ther questions and registration please contact: Since 1982 he used to travel with his grandfather Yang Chengfu Center Germany Berlin whenever Yang Zhenduo has been teaching abroad. Fon: 030-34787871 Today Yang Jun is conducting these seminars world- Taijiquan · Handform / Tuishou · Pushhands Fax: 030-36407017 wide on his own initiative. He is the President of the E-Mail: [email protected] Inter­national Yang Family former:( Yang Style) • Instructions for advanced participants Homepage: www.yangstil-taiji.de Tai Chi Chuan Association which was created by • Special days of instructions for beginners him and his grandfather in 1998. Together with his wife For further information about the International Yang Fang Hong he moved to Seattle, Washington in 1999. Style Tai Chi Chuan Association see: Yang Jun represents the first member of the Yang family www.yangfamilytaichi.com to live outside . His skill is unquestioned. His forms seamlessly com- The Berlin Taijiquan school is headed by Johannes Mergner. Ac- bine softness with hardness, precision with deep under- International knowledged representative of Yang-Family the school is called Yang Chengfu Tai Chi Chuan Center Germany. standing, and restraint with expression. Yangfamily Tai Chi Chuan Association Another YCF-Center is located in Cologne. The Berlin www.yangfamilytaichi.com Center received its official certificate in October 2005 by During the seminars in Germany Master Yang Jun will teach in Eng- International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association lish. The theoretical introduction and demonstration of the energies www.yangstil-taiji.de founded by Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun as well as complex background informations will be translated. Berlin Seminars with Master Yang Jun April 2011 REGISTRATION FORM

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Seminar 1 09.00-12.00 a.m Yang Style Taijiquan-103 Forms For five days Master Yang Jun teaches the handform in the morning

Seminar 2 02.30-04.30 p.m. Yang Style Taijiquan-103 Forms (Review class) Repetitions, Training, and Corrections with Center Directors and Certified Instructors

Seminar 3 05.00-07.00 p.m Tuishou - Push Hands for participants of handform seminar and members of the Association exclusively Please select only one seminar or combination:

Seminar 1 Seminar 1+2 (only 1 or 2 days) for Beginners Handform 26.-30. April 2011 nonmembers members Handform 26. oder 26./27. April 2011 nonmembers members O only morning class with MasterYang Jun 280 € 250 € O 26. April morning and afternoon 85 € 75 € O 26. /27. April morning and afternoon 170 € 150 €

Seminar 1+2 Seminar 1(+2)+3 (members only) Handform 26.-30. April 2011 nonmembers members Handform + (Handform/Review) + Tuishou members O morning and afternoon 400 € 360 € O Sem. 1+2: 26.-30. April: Hand (morn.) + Review (aftern.) 560 € * only valid for registration until Okt 31, 2010 355*€ 320*€ + Sem. 3: 26.-30. April: Tuishou / Pushhands (aftern.) ** only valid for registration until Jan 31, 2011 370* € 335* € * only valid for registration until Okt 31, 2010 520*€ ** only valid for registration until Jan 31, 2011 535* € --- Errors and changes expected --- O Sem. 1+3: 26.-30. April: Hand (morn.) + Tuishou (aftern.) 450 €

- Advance payment at registration (secures participation) € + 15,- € = € - Payment of balance until April 19, 2011 - When canceling before March 08, 2011 seminar fees will be refunded 100%, Seminar Fee + Registration Fee = Total - When canceling before April 12, 2011 seminar fees will be refunded 50%, - When canceling after April 12, 2011 no fees will be refunded at all. Advance payment: € - No refunding of registration fee in general at cancellation (Half Seminar Fee plus Registration Fee) - Payments will be forwarded to the Inter­national Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association (organizer of the seminar) and do not include added value tax.

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