楊氏太極拳第五代傳人趙幼斌先生簡介 : 大師風采

    趙幼斌先生一九五零年生於西安市，祖籍河北省永年縣廣府鎮，中國著名太極拳家。 現為中國武術協會會員，任西安市武術協會委員、西安永年楊氏太極拳學會會長。

    楊氏太極拳為河北省永年縣廣府鎮人楊祿禪所創，歷經三代精研和傳播，由楊祿禪之孫楊澄甫定型。 楊氏太極拳不僅獨具奧妙的攻防技藝，又以“舒展大方，柔和緩慢，圓活連貫，老幼皆宜”的運動特點及在袪病延年方面的奇特功效，使楊氏太極拳成為全世界最為廣泛的一種太極拳流派。

    趙幼斌先生的父親趙斌先師（1906-1999），是楊澄甫宗師的侄外孫，自幼受其外祖父親傳。他早年畢業於黃埔軍校六期，五十年代起在西安專事太極拳傳授工作，創辦了西安永年楊氏太極拳學會，桃李滿天下，是中國楊氏太極拳一代名宿。

    趙幼斌先生七歲起就隨其父練習楊氏太極拳各種套路。四十年來，演練不輟，繼承了楊氏太極拳、劍、刀、桿、推手等技藝，功架純正。 十六歲開始教拳，長年在西安、深圳、香港、泰國等地授拳進學，經驗豐富，學生眾多，成績斐然，是中國楊氏太極拳傳人中優秀代表之一。 著有《楊氏太極拳真傳》、《楊氏37式太極拳》、《楊氏28式太極拳》、《楊氏51式太極劍》等系列著作和配套的教學光碟。（由北京體育大學出版社出版發行）另有論文多篇發表在國內外有較大影嚮的刊物上。

    趙幼斌先生現在兼任西安市武術協會教練，及西安交通大學、西安建築科技大學、天津南開大學、香港中文大學、香港趙幼斌楊氏太極拳推廣協會、深圳太極拳研究會及許多省市太極組織的名譽會長或顧問，還兼任中國永年國際太極拳聯誼會理事會副秘書長，中國武當拳法研究會顧問，以及泰國、新加坡、日本等國太極拳組織的榮譽主席和教練。

聯絡地址：深圳市圓嶺新村88棟4單元208室（郵編：518028）
EMAIL： zhaoyoubin@yahoo.com

A brief introduction of Master Zhao Youbin:

    Master Zhao Youbin, whose ancestors came from Yongnian County, Heibei Province, was born in 1950. Now he is the committee member of the Shanxi Wushu Association and Xi'an Wushu Association, president of  Xi'an Yongnian Yang's Taichiquan Association as well.

    Yang's Taichi, founded by Great Master Yang Luchan of Yongnian County, Hebei Province, was perfected and finalized by Grand Master Yang Chengfu, grandson of Luchan, on the basis of study and practice by the three Yang'sgenerations. Yang's Taichi has long been renowned not only for its unique skills of offence and defence, but also for its miraculous effects on the improvement of health, owing to the movements "smooth and easy, soft and slow circular and continuous, good for both the old and young". Therefore it has become one of the most popular traditional chinese martial arts in the world.

    Master Zhao Youbin's father, Grand Master Zhao Bin(1906-1999) is the fourth generation of the Yang's Taichi. His maternal grandfather Yang Chengfu, who is the shaper of Yang's Taichi, had taught and passed on the essentials of Taichi to him since his childhood. Zhao Bin graduated from the Famous Huangpu Military School as a student of the 6th training period. He had taught Taichi since 1950s in Xi'an and founded the Xi'an Youngnian Yang's Taichi Association. His students are now all over the country. Zhao Bin is a well- acknowledged super master of Taichi in China.

    Master Zhao Youbin set out to study various Taichi techniques from his father when he was seven, and therefore has an overall command of a series of traditional skills and tricks of the Yang's Taichiquan, Taichi sword, Taichi Broadsword, Taichi spear, and Taichi sparring,. More than 40 years of continuous study and practice has enabled him to be very much accomplished in Yang's Taichi. Master Zhao Youbin began to teach Taichi at the age of 16. He teaches all over the country and overseas in Xi'an, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Thailand etc. He has a great number of students and makes great success. He is one of the best representatives of Yang's Taichi. He also devotes himself to research and writing books in the field of Taichi theory. He has published many books, including The Course of Yang's Taichi,, Yang'sTaichi 37 forms, Yang's Taichi 28 forms, Yang's Taichi Sword 51forms and the teaching VCDs as well. His articles, The theory of 18 "Zai and How to practice Taichi, have been published in the many professional magazines. which are famous across the country and overseas.

    Master Zhao Youbin is the coach of the Xi'an Wushu Association. He is also the honorary president or consultant of Xi'an Jiaotong Untiversity, Xi'an Construction Science and technology University, Tianjing Nankai University, Hong Kong Chinese University, Shenzhe Taichi Researching Association and many other taichi associations in quite a few provinces and cities. Meanwhile, he is also entitled as the deputy secretary general of China Yongnian International Taichi Sodality Council, consultant of China Wudangquan Research Associantion, and honorary president and coach of Taichi organizatins in countries such as Thailand, Singapore and Japan.