YMAA was founded October 1, 1982. YMAA Publication Center ® was founded in 1984 to publish in-depth instructional health and martial arts books and videos by dozens of authors, and supply high quality traditional training tools, tai chi balls, and more.
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is an acclaimed author and teacher of Kung Fu, Tai Chi Chuan and Chin Na grappling, Qigong (Chi Kung), and the founder of YMAA Publication Center.
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming was born on August 11th, 1946, in Xinzhu Xian, Taiwan, Republic of China. He started his Kung Fu training at the age of fifteen under Master Cheng, Gin-Gsao. In thirteen years of study under Master Cheng, Dr. Yang became an expert in the White Crane Style of Chinese martial arts.
At the age of sixteen, Dr. Yang began the study of Yang Style Taijiquan under Master Kao Tao. Dr. Yang has mastered the Taiji barehand sequence, pushing hands and Taiji Qigong.
At age eighteen Dr. Yang entered Tamkang University in Taipei to study physics. Dr. Yang came to the United States in 1974 to study Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he earned his Ph.D.
Yang's Martial Arts Association was established in Boston, MA in 1982. With the intent of preserving traditional Chinese Kung Fu and Qigong , Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming began training students in the rigors of Shaolin Long Fist and White Crane Gongfu as well as Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Dr. Yang also undertook his life-long dream of teaching and researching the Chinese arts and introducing them to the West through many books, videos and DVDs.
YMAA Publication Center was founded on January 1, 1984 with the goal of producing superior books and instructional videotapes on Qigong and Chinese martial arts. YMAA was also an early pioneer in the DVD industry, producing in-depth, extended-play DVDs with hours of instructional content. In 2020, YMAA launched a complete library of streaming titles on ymaa.com/videos .
YMAA Publication Center is a pioneer in the cultural exchange between the East and West. While the West has successfully developed the material sciences, the East is celebrated for its levels of spiritual cultivation. During this ongoing period of exchange, the building of bridges is critical for the successful integration of the achievements of both societies.
Dr. Yang has published over thirty books and fifty videos on the martial arts and Qigong. His work has been translated into many foreign languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian and Russian.
For over 30 years, Dr. Yang travelled to teach at YMAA International Branch and Provisional schools and in seminars worldwide.. He also frequently travels within America and around the world presenting lectures and seminars on Chinese martial arts and Qigong.
Dr. Yang has a dream. "I want to lead Chinese martial artists in the West back to their roots and help them to regain their original high level of skill and public respect. I also wish to bring Qigong training to the Western world and have it accepted by the Western medical society once and for all."
Dr. Yang was named by Inside Kung Fu Magazine as one of the people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." He was also named Man of the Year 2007.
In January 2008, Dr. Yang's youngest son, Nicholas Yang, became the new President of YMAA International and head of the YMAA Boston school. In March, 2008, Dr. Yang moved to Northern CA, and the 10-year training program began at the YMAA Retreat Center in September 2008. Students graduated after participating in this intensive 10-year training program in June 2018.
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YMAA Publication Center today
Presently, YMAA Publication Center has published over 100 books and 100 DVDs by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, Master Liang Shou-Yu, Helen Liang, Chenhan Yang, David-Dorian Ross, Lisa B O’Shea, Lee Holden, Rory Miller, Ren GuangYi, Zhou, XuanYun, George A. Katchmer, Jr., Qingshan Liu, Walton Lee, Norman Track, Tai Ngo, Michael Gilman, Robert Chuckrow, Frank Thiboutot, Hong-Chao Zhang, Michael Rosenbaum, Xu Xiangcai, Ramel Rones, David Silver, Yanling Lee Johnson and Tom Seabourne. YMAA also manufactures high quality Tai chi apparel, wood Tai chi Balls, and imports a line of Classical Chinese Music from Wind Records in Taiwan.
YMAA Publication Center accepts manuscripts for publication consideration. Please review our submission guidelines. Submissions should address some aspect of Chinese or asian Culture—Martial Arts, Qigong, Philosophy. No children's stories, please.
YMAA will continue to grow, research, and share the essence of traditional arts with the world.
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