Dr. Yang Yang is a traditionally trained and internationally recognized master Taiji/Qigong teacher and author. He trained under several of the 18th generation grandmasters of the Chen style, and his book Taijiquan: The Art of Nurturing, the Science of Power has been acclaimed an instant classic by experts in Chinese martial and healing arts. Most recently, in 2006 Yang was honored as “Qigong Master of the Year” at the 9th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
To understand the power and mechanics of Taiji and Qigong beyond traditional explanatory frameworks, Master Yang also completed a doctorate degree in kinesiology at the University of Illinois, where he remains as an adjunct faculty. His research focuses directly on the mechanisms and benefits of traditional Taiji/Qigong, and he has published several scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Yang’s detailed study of Taiji/Qigong from these commanding points of view - as a master practitioner and as a scientific researcher -enable him to clarify and/or demystify what are often obscure points of theory and practice. His traditional training also allowed him to distill the essence of various aspects of traditional Taiji training (which includes much more than form choreography) into an evidence based program suitable for persons of all ages and physical abilities.
