In August of 1996, by the personal invitation of Christopher Pei, the Chinese Wushu Association sent four of their top Taiji Masters to the U.S. for a special seminar and performance.

Posing for the picture are, from left to right:

Yang Zheng Ji, in Yang Style's "Lift hand and step forward" posture, 4th generation successor of Yang Family Style Taijiquan, 2nd son of Yang Cheng Fu. At the age of 77, he performed the first section of Yang Style Taijiquan.

Li Zi Li, professor of the Beijing Sports University, a leading university in training and producing the future generation of Wushu coaches. He performed Sun Style and Wu (Yu Xiang) Style Taijiquan. Most of our taiji principles came from the first two generation of the Wu stylists.

Christopher Pei, in Yang Style's "Right Separation" posture, president of the United States Wushu Academy, performed Traditional Yang Style Sword, after he received the blessing of and corrections from Yang Zheng Ji.

Chen Zheng Lei, 19th generation Chen Style Family Taijiquan successor, performed Chen Style Broadsword, Sword and a combined routine of the First and Second form.

And finally, Huai Hai Mu, 4th generation successor of the Wu (Jiang Quan) Style Taijiquan, performed Wu Style Taijiquan.

This event was video taped live. You can purchase this rare video tape from the USWA.
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