DW171-05 Chinese Kungfu - 108 Wu Style ( Tai Chi ) Sword Routines by Wu Xiaofeng MP4

Wu-style Taiji Sword is also named Qiankun Sword, taking quietness, lightness, slowness, cut and permanence as the keys of sword. It is one of auxiliary routines of Wu-style Taiji. It boasts sword skill of 13 postures such as stroke, bring, lift, parry, beat, poke, point, block, stir, wash, press, cut and hack which are the principles. It is also a mixing the dynamic with the static and a smart and agile sword skill.

Traditional Wu-style Taiji Sword has small frame, proper tightness, exquisite sword skill, continuous sword posture, ingenious skills, with various, continuous and lingering usage and gentle and natural features. The movements are arranged rationally, as Yin and Yang are separated at starting form and closed at closing form while the empty and the actual are clear and related with each other in each movement. It contains connotation of varying attack and defense every where and is an agile and delicate attacking skill. When practiced, it is flexible and easy to master, mixing the dynamic and the static with each other, suitable in length and easy to be learned, giving you a new sense. 

• Lecturer: Wu Xiaofeng
• Format: MP4
• Language Speaking: Chinese 
• Subtitle: English/Chinese 
• Length of time: 162'20"

Grandmaster Wang Guangyu

Sifu Eddie Wu demonstrating at a tournament, 1998

　
Eddie Wu Kuang-yu (also spelled as Wu Kwong Yu, Wu Guangyu, Ng Kwong Yu, 吳光宇, born 1946) is a Chinese-Canadian T'ai Chi Ch'uan teacher. He is the eldest son of the late Wu Ta-k'uei and senior instructor of the Wu family and "Gatekeeper" of the Wu style as taught in the Wu's T'ai Chi Ch'uan Academies internationally since the passing of his uncle, the late Wu Ta-hsin, in January 2005. Eddie Wu is the great-grandson of the late Wu Chien-ch'uan, and grandson of the late Wu Kung-i. His two sons, Austin Wu Chung Him (吳仲謙) and Edward Wu Chung Wai (吳仲偉) are also teachers in their family's school.

Eddie Wu started learning Tai Chi at the age of 6 from his grandfather Wu Kung-i, with whom he lived till age 12. Thereafter, Eddie Wu moved back to live with his father Wu Ta-k'uei and continued learning till he left for university. He later graduated and worked as an Engineer for several years.

In 1975, master Wu Ta-ch'i (Wu Daqi) started the first western hemisphere Wu family school in Toronto, Canada. Shortly afterwards, he invited his nephew, then Sifu Eddie Wu Kuang-yu to take over the school at the age of 30. Eddie Wu has promoted Wu style T'ai Chi Ch'uan in Asia, North America and Europe, with schools that recognise his supervision in Toronto, Fredericton, Ann Arbor, New Jersey, Hawaii, London (England), Hong Kong, Singapore , Greece and Malaysia.