S1 E10 - Taijiquan in the imperial capital

With Yang Luchan, his version of the boxing art of the Chen village reached the imperial Manchu capital of Beijing. There he trained two of his sons, Yang Banhou and Yang Jianhou, as well as several imperial guards, including Quan You and his son, Wu Jianquan. For the imperial elites he had to develop a more soft version of the training, suited for people outside the martial circles. Here we see again the traditional divide between "Wen", the cultivation side, and "Wu", the martial side.