After leaving the Chen Jia Gou village, Yang Lu Chan went to Beijing and began to perfect his Tai Chi Chuan skills. After years of continuous training and self-research, he achieved a high level of martial art skill that he defeated all challenges from masters of other kung fu styles through out China and be known as Yang Wu Di (Yang the Invincible).

Yang Ban Hou (1837-1892) Was the Second child of Yang Lu Chan and had started training Tai Chi from a very young age. Under the strict and watchful eyes of his father, Yang Ban Hou would achieve a very high level of skill and be also known as Yang Wu Di. Although Ban Hou was of an upright character, he was somewhat short tempered and therefore had very few disciples. Like his father he would accept and defeat all challenges with other martial art masters.

As a young boy, Yang Ban Hou was exceptionally talented in martial arts with outstanding natural abilities. However, he hated the tough training that was forced upon him by his father, Yang Lu-Chan, and would often run away from home. Each time his father would find him and bring him home.

Although Ban Hou hated his daily training, his natural abilities helped him, and his martial arts improved very rapidly. In a few short years his martial arts abilities were unequalled. Thus, his name became very well known throughout the China.

Yang Ban Hou taught the Yang family Tai Chi fighting secrets to his nephews Yang Shou Hou and Yang Cheng Fu, sons of Yang Jian Hou.

Yang Jian Hou (1839-1917), also known as Jing Pu, was Yang Lu Chan's third son. Jian Hou possessed a highly developed martial art skill and was agile in his Tai Chi form. His Tai Chi Chuan was a harmonious blend of hard and soft. He was especially talented at issuing internal energy. He also had a profound knowledge of the Tai Chi straight sword, sabre, and spear.

Jian Hou's eye and body coordination was superb his movements were very fast. He was once among a crowd of spectators in an opera theatre in Beijing, watching an actor perform with a sword. The actor suddenly lost control of the weapon and it flew out of his hands in Yang Jian Hou's direction. So quick was Jian Hou's reaction that he not only managed to ward off the sword, but also caused it to be flung back onto the stage.
His character was very warm-hearted. Whenever Yang Jian Hou competed and trained with others, he never looked light heartedly upon anyone; therefore, he too was never defeated. Unlike his elder brother, Ban Hou , he was loved and respected by his many students because he was a gentle and patient teacher.
Yang Jian Hou had three sons Yang Sau Hou, Yang Zou Yuan and Yang Cheng Fu .

Yang Cheng-Fu (1883-1936) was the grandson to Yang Lu Chan the founder of the Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan. It was Cheng-Fu who finalized this style into the present day form that is so popular all over the world. Learning Tai Chi Chuan from his father since early childhood, Yang Cheng-Fu showed great talent and learned very quickly, especially the "middle frame" of Yang style passed on by his grandfather to his father and uncle Yang Ban Hou , both of whom had taught martial arts and enjoyed a great reputation in Beijing.

As an adult, Yang Cheng-Fu was invited by the Beijing Sports Society to teach martial arts in the city and afterward he travelled to Wuhan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou to teach the Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan. Because of his modesty, gentleness and eagerness for perfection, Yang Cheng-Fu was loved by all his disciples, who were scattered all over the country.

During his stay in Wuhan, he accepted a challenge by a local kung fu master versed in swordsmanship. Wielding a mere makeshift sword of bamboo; Yang easily defeated his well armed opponent and apologized profusely for having hurt his wrist unintentionally during the fight.
 

By Erle Montaigue (1949 - )
"Chang Yiu-chun was my main teacher in the internal arts. I met him down by the docks in Sydney when I was a chauffer and would see this old man practicing something that looked like Taiji.
Eventually, I plucked up enough courage to get out of the limo and watch, he would not even acknowledge that I was there, not even when I did my own Taiji form in my chauffeur's outfit would he even look.  After many months I was able to gain his attention by performing some faster forms and this aroused the ego that was still left in him.
I then discovered that he was one of only three students of the Grandson of the founder of the Yang style Taiji, Yang Shou-hou, the style that was never changed from what Yang Lu-ch'an had invented way back then.
Whoever learns this form or even sees it performed looks on in awe at such a beautifully powerful and still set of movements, rolling by in complete harmony with nature and the internal flow of Qi (energy), with the occasional explosive energy, (fa-jing) movement representing the Great River and its  mostly flowing softly but often violent actions.
This form of Taijiquan is why we have the lofty name of "Supreme Ultimate Boxing" (Taijiquan), because it was and is the highest form of Taijiquan, the very pinnacle of the Internal Martial/Healing Arts."