Yang Pan-hou

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

楊班侯 Yang Pan-hou
Born	1837 (1837) Guangfu, Hebei, China
Died	1890 (aged 52–53)
Style	Yang-style taijiquan
Notable students	Yang Shaohou (杨少侯), Wu Quanyou (吴全佑), Wang Jiaoyu (王矯宇)

Yang Pan-hou
Traditional Chinese	楊班侯
Simplified Chinese	杨班侯
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Bānhóu

Yang Pan-hou or Yang Banhou (1837–1890) was an influential teacher of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) in Ch'ing dynasty China, known for his bellicose temperament.

Biography

He was the senior son of Yang Lu-ch'an to survive to adulthood. Like his father, he was retained as a martial arts instructor by the Chinese Imperial family. He eventually became the formal teacher of Wu Ch'uan-yu (Wu Quanyou), a Manchu Banner cavalry officer of the Palace Battalion. Wu Ch'uan-yu's son, Wu Chien-ch'uan (Wu Jianquan), also a Banner officer, became known as the co-founder (along with his father) of the Wu-style t'ai chi ch'uan. Yang Pan-hou's younger brother Yang Chien-hou was a well known teacher of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan as well. Yang Pan-hou's son, Yang Shao-p'eng (1875-1938) was also a t'ai chi teacher.

Yang Banhou taught Wang Jiao-Yu his father's Guang Ping Yang t'ai chi ch'uan form, Wang Jiao-Yu taught Kuo Lien Ying this original Yang style form.