Because his upper class students were mostly older and lacked the determination to train hard, Yang taught a softer, gentler version of the style, eliminating difficult movements and changing the purpose from a martial art to a healthy exercise.
王府中的貴人，多半年歲不小，學拳也沒有苦練的決心，因此楊露禪重編太極拳，捨棄了高腿、蹦、跳等較難的動作，改走柔軟路線。