成員
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成員學校
Affiliated schools and clubs across South Africa.
Richard Boyder
武當Wudang Style
41 Kessel Street, Fairlands/Northcliff
Weekly Timetable
Private lessons available on request.
Raph Atkinson
2nd Floor, Central Square, 5 Lower Rd, Morningside, Sandton, 2057
Weekly Timetable
成員導師
Qualified instructors across the SATA community.
Instructor
Carlo leads regular Taijiquan classes at Fit Café, Ernest Ullmann Park.
Fit Café, Ernest Ullmann Park
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五家
SATA honours the major traditions of Taijiquan, each a distinct expression of the same principles.
Chenjiagou Lineage
The original style from which all others descend, developed in Chenjiagou village, Henan Province, in the 17th century. Chen combines slow, coiling "silk-reeling" energy (chán sī jìn) with sudden bursts of explosive power (fā jìn), low stances and spiralling whole-body movement.
Yang Chengfu Style
Founded by Yang Luchan in the 19th century and later standardised by his grandson Yang Chengfu, this is the world's most widely practised style — large, unhurried, evenly paced movements held at a consistent height, valued equally for health cultivation and its martial roots.
Wu Jianquan Style
Descended from the compact small-frame Yang style taught by Yang Banhou, and refined by Wu Quanyou and his son Wu Jianquan into its own tradition. Distinguished by a subtle forward-leaning posture, tight economical frames, and an emphasis on softness, sensitivity and yielding.
Hao Weizhen Style
Founded by Wu Yuxiang and refined through his nephew Li Yiyu to Hao Weizhen, this is the most compact and scholarly of the family styles — small, precise movements performed with minimal outward display, built almost entirely on internal energy circulation and exact body alignment.
Sun Lutang Style
Created in the early 20th century by Sun Lutang, already a master of Xingyiquan and Baguazhang, who wove agile, lively "opening-closing" footwork into the Tai Chi form. Higher stances and continuous, nimble stepping make it especially suited to health cultivation.
Wudang Sanfengpai
Rooted in the Taoist tradition of Wudang Mountain and traditionally credited to the immortal Zhang Sanfeng as the wellspring of all Tai Chi Chuan, Wudang practice unites martial application with breathwork and meditation — slow, continuous, circular movements that cultivate internal energy flow, balance and harmony of body and spirit.
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