tai chi chesterfield - yinghua wu style tai chi quan
Yinghua Tai Chi Chuan school was founded by Master Jin Ye in honour of her
grandmother Wu Yinghua, which is the origin of the name of our school. Wu
Yinghua taught the theory and practise of the art to her granddaughter Jin Ye
who has now taught Tai Chi Quan for well over 35 years, originally in her home
city of Shanghai and to date has taught countless students across the world.
Master Jin Ye is a teacher unique to the UK as she is the only practitioner to
have direct lineage within the Wu family, who are credited with the creation of
the Wu-style of Tai Chi taught across the world today. Jin Ye started practising
Tai Chi at the age of ten and began studying Tai Chi theory under the tutelage
of her grandmother Wu Yinghua. Jin Ye began to teach students from the age of 22
and has brought her knowledge and experience to the UK, having founded the
school in 1991. The complete Wu family Tai Chi syllabus has been taught by Jin
Ye including the weaponry forms such as the sabre and spear, as well as unarmed
forms such as Qi Gong, pushing hands and slow forms. These were taught to her by
her late grandparents Master Wu Yinghua & Master Ma Yueliang and has continued
to teach these to her students retaining the authenticity and tradition in which
the style was founded.
