Yangho performing Yang style Taijiquan

Above is a video, shot in 1977, of the Tai Chi form of Xiong Yangho who was a student of Yang Shau-Hou, the (much) older brother of Yang Cheng Fu. Born in 1862 he was effective of a different generation than his brother Yang Cheng-Fu who was born in 1883, which is 21 years later. You can see that the form follows the same pattern as the Yang Cheng-Fu version but has a few unique characteristics. Again, this hints that there were different ways of doing the form before Yang Cheng-fu standardised it into “Yang style”. The description reads:
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