Below are excerpts from an article by Li Ya Xuan, one of the top students of Yang Jien Hou and Yang Chen Fu, on Yang family fajin.<\/p>\n
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1.\u00a0\u201cYang Lu Chan\u2019s fajin was empty, leaving the opponent not knowing what happened or how the jin was released. His jin was so perfected as to be called mysterious.\u201d<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u201cYang Ban Hou\u2019s fajin was SUDDEN, like lightning without rain, emerging from nowhere with the sounds of \u00abPa!\u00bb. One fajin would send the opponent out many zhang ( 1 zhang = 3.3 meters). His jin would leave people in pain and injured.\u201d<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u201cYang Jien Hou would use the lightest of touch, his sticking energy was so high that people could not disconnect, then they would be suddenly released like an arrow from a bow.\u201d<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u201cYang Shao Hou\u2019s jin was ever spontaneous and song to the extreme, fast beyond compare. His body skills were mysterious and treacherous like a ghost appearing and reappearing, fooling his opponents so they would have no idea what was happening or how to defend themselves until they had fallen to his jin before even knowing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0\u201cYang Chen Fu\u2019s fajin was powerful with great sudden dantien force. Before he would fa there was a deep intention; when he would fa it was like Guang Gong taking off a head with a single stroke\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0\u201cWu Hui Chuan used song elastic energy preferring to use just a little jin to send his opponents out, he did not lose face as a student of the Yang family. His students could produce long jin, both song and sunk, not bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0\u201cCui Yi Shi was skilled in fajin both song and sunk. Before he would fa he would inhale one time and use the elastic jin. His jin was song and springy, propelling his opponent away. On release the jin would cause the opponent to release a sound from the mouth as the wind was knocked from them. This is the kung fu of the qi striking the qi.\u201d<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0\u201cLi Xiang Yan in his youth studied and trained deeply in long fist, after which he followed Yang Feng Hou taijiquan and achieved great gong li. He was dedicated to study and practice and achieved jin that was full and hard, penetrating deep inside the opponent. Later he bowed to Yang Chen Fu as his teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0\u201cDong Ying Jie liked to use Rou Cou Jin, pressuring his opponent from side to side, forward and back until they fell defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0\u201cZheng Man Qing would use light touch and clean sticking energy, entering close with his body before firing the opponent out with jin. He was small but had kung fu and courage and was skilled at penetrating the defense of his opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n
11.\u00a0\u201cTian Zhao Lin\u2019s kung fu was soft and penetrating, breaking his opponents as they were knocked down, amongst other skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
12.\u00a0\u201cI myself Li Ya Xuan use many strange changes, making it difficult to follow. The jin is fast like lighting. I don\u2019t like to just play sticking and circling.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As a picture is worth a thousand words and a video worth a thousand pictures, here are some videos of past taiji masters demonstrating fajin,<\/p>\n
Wang Yong Quan\u00a0\u2013 student of Yang Jien Hou, Yang Shao Hou and Yang Chen Fu:<\/p>\n