About Us

Welcome to Yang Family Tai Chi

Yang Family Tai Chi is an association of centers, schools, instructors, and members who practice the art of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan. It offers one of the most complete training systems in Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan and is organized to include a teacher academy, instructor registry, judge registry, and ranking system. This allows members to progress from beginner level to advanced level or to become a highly qualified instructor of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan, depending on their goals.

Yang Family Tai Chi is the brand name of the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association. The association was created in October 1998 by Grandmasters Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun with the mission of bringing Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan practitioners together and promoting a system to share the family’s standard of practice of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan worldwide to help humankind. The association is incorporated as a non-profit entity in Washington State with its headquarters located at the Seattle/Redmond Yang Family Tai Chi Center in Redmond, WA, USA.

The first Yang Family Tai Chi Centers were created in the U.S. in 1995 by Grandmasters Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun and their top students. Today, Yang Family Tai Chi includes over 46 Yang Family Tai Chi Centers and over 37 Yang Family Tai Chi Schools on five continents with teachers in 24 countries. It serves members living in over 45 countries, making it the largest organized group of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan practitioners outside of China.

 

Yang Family Tai Chi’s objectives include:

  • Improving people’s health through the practice of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan;
  • Carrying on, developing and improving Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan;
  • Facilitating the spreading and improving of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan;
  • Developing new Yang Family Tai Chi Centers and Yang Family Tai Chi Schools;
  • Increasing the membership of Yang Family Tai Chi;
  • Developing the Tai Chi Chuan Teacher Academy;
  • Establishing and delivering the ranking system of Yang Family Tai Chi;
  • Training, assessing, and certifying instructors of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan;
  • Training judges and organizing teams of judges trained in Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan;
  • Creating Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan instructional and study materials;
  • Providing products for use by tai chi chuan practitioners that support training in Yang Family Tai Chi’s centers and schools;
  • Conducting seminars, special events, competitions, training events, judges training, and ranking events;
  • Promoting interaction with other martial arts organizations;
  • Contributing to the advancement of martial arts in the world;
  • Encouraging cultural exchange and education with like-interest organizations;
  • Developing good relations between people of all countries.