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Wu Ch'uan-yü (吳全佑, 1834- 1902) started studying T'ai Chi Ch'üan in his capacity as an officer cadet of the Palace Battalion of the Ch'ing dynasty's Imperial Guards under Yang Lu-ch'an in 1850. He eventually became a disciple of Yang's son, Yang Pan-hou , and was given permission by the Yangs to teach his own students in 1870. Wu Ch'uan-yü's son, Wu Chien-ch'üan (吳鑑泉, 1870-1942), and grandchildren: grandsons Wu Kung-yi (吳公儀, 1900-1970) and Wu Kung-tsao (吳公藻, 1902-1983) as well as granddaughter Wu Ying-hua (吳英華, 1906-1996) were well known teachers. Wu Chien-ch'üan became the most widely known teacher in his family, and is therefore considered the co-founder of the Wu style. He taught large numbers of people and his refinements to the art more clearly distinguish Wu style from Yang style training. Wu Chien-ch'üan moved his family south to Shanghai in 1928. Wu Kung-yi then moved the family headquarters to Hong Kong in 1948, his younger sister Wu Ying-hua and her husband, Ma Yueh-liang (馬岳樑, 1901-1999), staying behind to manage the original Shanghai school. Between 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu and her passing in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan Wu Ying-hua was the highest ranked instructor in the Wu family system. Her sons continue teaching and today manage the Shanghai school as well as schools in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se. Wu Kung-yi's children were also full time T'ai Chi teachers: Wu Ta-kuei (吳大揆, 1923-1970) was active in the resistance to the Japanese invasion of China, yet he later taught T'ai Chi in JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh after the war. His younger brother, Wu Ta-chi (吳大齊, 1926-1993), supervised the family's Hong Kong and southeast Asian schools for many years and opened the family's first Western school in Toronto, CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe in 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped. Wu Kung-yi's daughter, Wu Yan-hsia (吳雁霞, 1930-2001), was the senior instructor of the Wu family for five years after the passing of Wu Ying-hua, and was known as an expert with the T'ai Chi jianJian ( Pinyin jian (jian4), Wade-Giles chien4 Cantonese gim Korean kim Japanese ken is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. Historical one-handed versions have blades varying from 0. 8 meter in length. The weight of an ( sword).
Wu Chien-ch'üan's descendants continue to teach in Asia, North America and Europe.
Wu style emphasises parallel footwork training with the feet relatively closer together than the modern Yang or Ch'en styles, small circle hand techniques (although large circle techniques are trained as well) and differs from the other T'ai Chi family styles martially with Wu style's initial focus on grappling, throws, wrestling and other groundfighting technique; tumbling, jumping, footsweeps, pressure point leverage and joint locks and breaks, which are trained in addition to more conventional T'ai Chi sparring and fencing.