Yang Ban Hou, who was Yan Lu Chan's second son, was all the while following Wu Yu Xiang to learn Wu Form Tai Chi Chuan. And later, he finished learning and also amended the Wu Form Tai Chi Chuan to Yang Form Xiao-jia Tai Chi Chuan. Some years later, he taught it to Quan You who was manchu, and Quan You taught it to his son Jian Quan, and Jian Quan renamed to Woo Jian Quan. Woo Jian Quan also amended the Tai Chi Chuan he learned and formated to Woo Tai Chi Chun.

Sun Lu Tang is creator of Sun Form Tai Chi Chuan. He was very accomplished in Eight Diagrams Palm and Xin Yi Chuan early, and so he was famous in Kung Fu group. He loved Tai Chi Chuan and wanted to learn it, but no one was willing to teach him. One year in early 1910s, he met Hao Wei Zheng, Wu Form Tai Chi Chuan master who was ill then. Sun took care of Hao Wei Zheng generously. When Hao Wei Zheng recovered, he taught the Wu Form Tai Chi Chuan to Sun Lu Tang. Later, Sun Lu Tang created Sun Tai Chi Chuan from The Eight Diagrams Palm , Xin Yi Chuan and Tai Chi Chuan.

In 1949, PRC (The People's Republic Of China) was founded. For helping all people to learn Tai Chi Chuan and enhancing fighting and keeping health, the government formatted the standard 88 form Tai Chi Chuan, 48 form Tai Chi Chuan, 42 form Tai Chi Chuan, 24 form Tai Chi Chuan, 12 form Tai Chi Chuan, 8 form Tai Chi Chuan, 4 form Tai Chi Chuan etc.

Today, Tai Chi Chuan is very polular all over the world for its tonic effects and as an aid to improved Physical fitness.

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