Our TaiChi Lineage
我哋嘅傳承 Our Lineage
本門源自吳鑑泉宗師入室弟子趙仲博。趙師傅被吳圖南宗師確認為吳鑑泉首位弟子（見1931年《科學的太極拳》，商務印書館。
吳鑑泉宗師畢生弟子眾多，拳藝不斷演進。我哋現今所習嘅體系，經由吳大揆、楊華彪、趙仲博三位先師傳授予龔師父（師公）。
當中趙仲博師傅跟隨吳鑑泉最久，盡得最精深技法，影響最深遠。因此，龔師父傳落嘅，除咗常見嘅方架、圓架，仲有進階嘅低架同雙貫串架。
Our tradition traces directly to Wu Jianquan’s inner disciple, Zhao Zhongbo (趙仲博) who is recognised by Wu Tunan as Wu Jianquan’s first disciple.
(See Scientific Tai Chi Chuan, Commercial Press in 1931; English translation by Paul Brennan available here.)
Throughout his lifetime, Wu Jianquan taught many disciples, and his art continued to evolve. The system we practice today was transmitted to our sigong, Gong Xiahui, through his teachers Wu Dakui, Young Wabu, and Zhao Zhongbo.
Of these lineages, Zhao Zhongbo’s influence was most profound as he stayed by Wu Jianquan’s side the longest and inherited his most refined methods. Therefore, what Gong Sifu has passed to us, in addition to the commonly practised square and round frames, are the advanced forms of the low and double‑round frames.
關於我哋嘅套路 About Our Frames
趙仲博嘅傳承與影響
Zhao Zhongbo’s Influence
趙仲博係一位造詣極深嘅太極拳大師，但由於任職政府官員，當年並未公開收授大量學生。
喺吳圖南《太極拳全書》（理論與應用）嘅序言入面，鄭曼青提到趙仲博係一位備受尊敬嘅同儕。雖然兩位宗師之間嘅確切關係而家已經難以考究，但可以肯定嘅係，趙師傅喺當時嘅武術界備受尊崇
Although Zhao Zhongbo (趙仲博) was a highly accomplished Taijiquan master, he did not publicly teach many students due to his career as a government official. He is mentioned by Cheng Man Ching in the preface to Wu Tunan’s The Complete Book of Taijiquan: Theory and Application as a respected colleague. Although the exact relationship between the two is now lost to us, it’s clear that Zhao was a highly respected martial artist by his contemporaries.
呢段雙圈架由龔師父親身演示，當中所展現嘅技法，正正係當年趙仲博師傅跟隨吳鑑泉宗師修練多年，所沉澱提煉而成嘅精髓。
Gong Sifu demonstrating a section of the Double Round Frame, which was refined by 趙仲博 Zhao Zhongbo’s tutelage.
龔夏輝師父嘅太極傳承
Master Gong Xiahui
龔師父最初經由吳大揆同楊華布繼承吳鑑泉太極拳，其後跟隨趙仲博深造，專研趙師傅所傳嘅低架同雙圈進階技法。
作為香港武術界德高望重嘅前輩，龔師父喺八十年代創立拳社，推動太極拳教學規範化，並擔任香港國術龍獅總會永遠名譽顧問，為吳式太極喺香港紮下穩健嘅傳承根基。
趣聞一則： 龔師父嘅太拳經常被指同香港流行嘅吳式太極與別不同。有人問佢點解唔創立「龔家太極」，師父笑笑口話：「我教嘅都係吳家拳，只係比較深入嘅玩法。」
Master Gong Xiahui first inherited Wu Jianquan's Taichi through Wu Dakui and Young Wabu, later refining his practice under Zhao Zhongbo, who emphasised the advanced Low Frame and Double Round methods.
A highly respected figure in Hong Kong's martial arts community, Gong Sifu founded his school in the 1980s, helped formalise Taijiquan instruction, and served as a lifelong honorary advisor to the Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Dance Association — anchoring a credible, Hong Kong‑rooted Wu style lineage.
Fun fact: Gong Sifu's Taichi is often noted for being distinct from the commonly practised Wu Style in Hong Kong. When asked why he didn't establish a "Gong Style Taichi," he laughed and replied, "What I teach is still Wu Style — just the more advanced expression."
2001年，73歲嘅龔夏輝師父演示快架，輕靈沉穩，盡顯數十年功力。
In this 2001 footage, 73-year-old Master Gong Xiahui demonstrates the Fast Frame
關於快架：難得一見嘅高級套路
快架係我哋傳承中最進階嘅套路，技術定理論層次最高，因此向來少見。
快架嘅主題係體現，重點在於詮釋，唔係模仿。學得快架嘅學生已經超越模仿階段，呢個唔係動作，而係將理解化為身體語言。透過調整速度、輕重同節奏，每次演示外形都會唔同。就好似爵士樂，要嘅係表達、反應同動態，唔係劃一。
學習快架之前，學生必須先熟習108式圓架、低架同雙貫串架。想學我哋套路，需要達到一定力量、靈活性同理論門檻。如果你本身熟悉吳式或楊式太極拳傳統套路，會有幫助。
About the Fast Frame: A Rarely Seen Advanced Form
The Fast Frame is our lineage's most advanced form, highest in both technique and theory. That is why it is rarely taught or seen.
Its theme is embodiment. Not copying, but interpreting. Fast Frame students have moved beyond imitation. It is not just movement. It is understanding made physical. By adjusting tempo, emphasis, and rhythm, it should look different every time. Like jazz, it is expressive, reactive, and dynamic. Not uniform.
Before learning the Fast Frame, students must be familiar with the 108 Round, Low, and Double Round frames. Students need prerequisite strength, mobility, and theory understanding. Familiarity with Wu or Yang Style long form helps.
Yeung Yatfan Sifu performing the Fast Frame, 2025
We welcome new students, but …
Be prepared that our Wu Style frames are advanced.
They require a good level of mobility, mental agility, endurance and critical thinking to master.
Whether you have existing experience in Wu Style or not, the progression of the frames is usually Square, Round, Low, Double Round and finally Fast Frame.
At the same time, there are Push Hand techniques, traditional weapon forms and applications to practice: all tools to further the comprehension of Taichi techniques.
This system isn’t a walk in the park, it’s not Kung Fu for Fun, and not something to be mastered in a year or two—but if you’re willing to learn, we’re willing to teach!
Wu Jianquan, 吳鑑泉
Gong Xiahui, 龔夏輝
Chen Youcai, 陳有才
Yeung Yat Fan, 楊一帆
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes and no. What 趙仲博 Zhao Zhongbo passed down was advanced frames of taichi. Advanced in the sense that practitioners must be adept already at the 108 Round Frame in order to learn the Low Frame which itself is a prequisite to the Advanced Round Frame and Fast Frame.
We don’t see it as closed knowledge, just advanced.
We welcome existing practitioners of Wu Style and Yang Style to learn from us too.