There has been a lot written about the history of this art, and most of it is uncertain at best. There are plenty of other sources of information available on the various details and stories. I’m only sharing the most certain elements of its history here.
Yáng Lùchán (杨露禅, 1799-1872), whose birth name was Yáng Fúkuí (杨福魁), was born in Guăngpíng. During his life, he studied a number of martial arts. For part of his life, he worked in the Chén household and learned a version of the Chén Family Fist. He may also have studied in Zhàobăo village.
When he was older, he returned to his home province and developed what is now known as the Yáng Family Fist, or Yáng Style Tàijíquán. From the number of styles related to the Yáng family, we can gather that his teaching method and forms changed gradually over the years he taught and that his students all added their own approach.
He passed the art on to two of his sons: Yáng Bānhóu (杨班侯, 1837-1890) and Yáng Jiànhóu (杨剑侯, 1839-1917). Yáng Jiànhóu passed the art on to two of his sons: Yáng Chéngfŭ (杨澄甫, 1883-1936) and Yáng Shàohóu (杨少侯), 1862-1930).
Yáng Lùchán’s grandson, Yáng Chéngfŭ, is responsible for publicly spreading the practice of his version of the large frame, properly referred to as the Public Form but usually referred to as the “Long Form”.
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