Thank you so much for sharing! So appreciative for Dr. Yang to share so much about his life!

Thank you for this

Wonderful to hear Dr. Yang talk about his life - inspirational, too. (And I'm only a few years younger than he is.) I own a number of his books and DVDs and enjoy his pleasant manner and interesting explanations. When he talked about young people's posture from looking down at their phones and how he would sacrifice sleep in order to study and practice martial arts, I thought about my ESL students from China. I taught at a private boarding school in upstate New York, and none of my Chinese students were interested in this treasure from their own country. There was one young man who said he studied the martial arts in China, but he was studying - believe it or not - ninja skills! And my students actually did sacrifice sleep in order to pursue their passion, which was - wait for it - computer games! League of Legends, Minecraft...who knows what else. So many of us here in the west would love to have access to the Chinese martial arts masters there, and these young people from there don't think twice about it. Well, isn't that the way it always goes - jazz music was more appreciated in Europe than it was in the US, where it developed. Thanks for posting!

Great discussion Sifu Mimi! Dr Yang is such a great role model encompassing philosophy, intellect, great martial arts ability, & being able to explain things in scientific terms especially to westerners. In many ways, he's very much like Bruce Lee. Living legend much like Master Chan

Tai ho aah'!! One of our lineage teachers!! We love Dr. Yang!! :) do jeh'

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Thank you for this episode .I really mean it. Superb.

What a great interview!

Yes life is about Oxygen and health!! Deep breathing! I had less illness when I learn martial art!! When I slack off health issues surfaced!! Now inventor came up with terahertz water!! The water 100% is about OXYGEN!! We all need Tai Chi and the healthy water , Terahertz water!!

Mr. Yang is not recognized as a legitimate martial artist among Chinese martial arts societies in Taiwan, China and southeast Asia regardless his popularity in western countries where people know little about Chinese martial arts and its history. The lineage of his Tai Chi teachers is questionable. Kao, Tao and Yue, Huanzhi are not listed on the board of Yang family tree. There is little information about Yue, Huanzhi. Most Chinese articles say that Yue is a disciple of Dong, Yingjie. No records show that Yue is an indoor disciple of Yang, Chen-Fu. That is different from what stated on YMAA board. Mr. Yang claimed on his YMAA board that he learned Taijiquan from Li Mao-Ching. That is incorrect. Li is a master in northern style Shaolin, not in Taijiquan. I personally learned Shaolin from Li years ago while was also learning Tai Chi at the same time. One student asked Li what are the differences between Shaolin and Tai Chi. Li said that if you play Shaolin slowly it becomes Tai Chi. What??? Hello!!! In my trained eyes, Mr. Yang's martial art is created by mixing from different styles with the root in White Crane. I learned Tai Chi from one of Cheng Man-Ching's indoor disciples. Mr. Yang's Tai Chi has too many flaws like beginners per my trained eyes. He added too many unnecessary movements to confuse people. Never saw him demonstrating Taiji Jin anywhere. Is it all a commercial tinge lie?

Kung fu is dying fast. Parents in China don’t want their children to learn Kung fu, they want them to study in higher education or business and therefore fewer and fewer people are entering the training. Even Mimi wants to be a media star and not a Kung fu master. Sad.