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Zhaobao Taijiquan

One of the reasons for the relative unknown nature of Zhaobao was due to thenamelessness of the style. In fact it is only in the last century that the title Zhaobaotaijiquan was given. In the past it was Taijiquan and the various followers of leading

masters then named the style after their teachers such as Wu tyle or !ulei tyleor !e tyle or !ao tyle and un tyle" but in essence they are all branches ofZhaobao Taijiquan.

With the multi#frame to frameless nature of Zhaobao Taijiquan" the variations of thestyle are many. It is said that great masters such as Zhang $an" Zhang $ingchangand %hen &ingping would teach different frames in accordance to their disciplessuitability. This resulted in a few variations and also that many of the branchesspecialised in a particular frame rather than the range that may have beenunderstood by forefathers. Inevitably since all becomes or is frameless this is oflittle importance e'cepting for the understanding of differences and branches" since

in the end they are part of Zhaobao Taijiquan practice.

He Style Taijiquan

!e Zhaoyuan (" )*)+#)*,+-" one of the key students of %hen&ingping" specialising in aimaijia" which is central level frame. /s aresult the style is rela'ed and flowing and movements are of astandard. It is !e tyle Taijiquan which introduced Zhao 0aoTaijiquan to outsiders of Zhao 0ao village and therefore instrumentalin its development.

ome of the masters included !e &in'i" !e 1ue'in" !e hiying" Zhao !ong'i and2uo hikui.

Hou Style Taijiquan(Zhaobao %hengjia anheyi Taijiquan-

!ou %hun'iu ( " ),+3#),*4-" was originally from Zhaobaotown in Wen %ounty and became a disciple of Zhang 5ing6hi movedto 1iangyang" han'i in the late ),7+8s. /s a descendant of Zhang$ingchang" they practice the older frames methods of Zhaobao"

emphasising the principles of Three combine into one" which meansthat the forms practice" push hands and combat are all equivocal"that is from forms practice to push hands to combat the movementsare not modified.

ome of the known recent masters descendent from !ou %hun'iu8s teachings ofthis style include his sons !ou Zhanguo" !ou Zhuanyun" daughter !ou $u8e andson in law Wang 1iyuan. isciples included 9iu !ongyi" Wang e'in" Zhao :ong"

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Zhou $u'iang and Zhao 5ianying.

Zhaobao Large Frame Taijiquan (Zheng Boying's)

Zheng 0oying ("),+;#),;)-" also known as Zheng 1ijue" wasone of the famous two Zheng8s that are descendant from !e tyleTaijijquan (disciple of !e &in'i-. Zheng 0oying taught a larger frame(9ower stance and larger body frame- consisting of )+*

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style became known as one of the 4 key forms of Taijiquan in %hina (along withun " %hen " $ang and Wu . This is of the Wu ( -. The style ispracticed in a very small frame upright manner and is really formless in itsinterpretation.

Wu $u'iang was a scholar and had orignally studied with $ang 9uchan" who laterintroduced him to %hen &Ingping. !e had few students of which the most wellknown was 9i $iyu ( " )*7?#)*,?- who became instrumental in thedevelopment of the theories and practice of the style having written many treatisesregarding Taijiquan.

Hao Style Taijiquan

!ao Wei6hen ( " )*,3#),?+-" from $ongnian %ounty" !ebei