Yang Family Tai Chi is a brand of the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association. The association was created in October 1998 by Grandmasters Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun with the mission of bringing Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan practitioners together and promoting a system to share the family’s standard of practice of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan worldwide to help humankind. The association is incorporated as a non-profit entity in Washington State with its headquarters located at the Seattle/Redmond Yang Family Tai Chi Center in Redmond, WA, USA.
The first Yang Family Tai Chi Centers were created in the U.S. in 1995 by Grandmasters Yang Zhenduo and Yang Jun and their top students. Today, Yang Family Tai Chi includes over 46 Yang Family Tai Chi Centers and over 37 Yang Family Tai Chi Schools on five continents with teachers in 24 countries. It serves members living in over 45 countries, making it the largest organized group of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan practitioners outside of China.