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History
 		  
Tai Chi Chuan is an exercise practiced for health and in its more advanced forms, for self-defense. Its principles of effortless strength were developed several hundred years ago in China by a monk named Chang San-Feng. The system passed into the Chen family, and from the last member of the Chen family, Chen Chang-Hsing, to Yeung Lu Sim. Yeung Lu Sim was the first member of the Yeung family to learn the art. Tai Chi Chuan has remained in the Yeung family for the past five generations.
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In the late 1940's Grand Master Yeung Sau-Chung arrived in Hong Kong from China. During the course of his life, he taught thousands. However, he accepted only three disciples or "family students." According to the Chinese family tradition, the criteria for choosing a family student are exceeding strict, including many years of study. The first to be accepted was Ip Tai Tak, who was chosen in the late 1950's; the second, Chu Gin Soon, was accepted in the late 1970's and is presently teaching in Boston; and the third, King-Hung Chu, accepted in the early 1980's is currently teaching in London. Chu Gin Soon accepted John Conroy, Director of the Rhode Island School of Tai Chi, as a family student/disciple in 1988.

 

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