Master Chen Xiao Xing
Grandmaster of Chenjiagou Tai Chi School
Grandmaster Chen Xiao Xing is the Executive Principal of Chenjiagou Tai Chi School (or Chen Village Taiji Academy), the 19th generation descendant of Chenjiagou Chen Style Tai Chi, the President of Chenjiagou Chen Style Tai Chi Association.
Grandmaster Chen Xiao Xing was born in Chenjiagou in 1952. He practiced Tai Chi with his father since he was young, and his boxing skills became more and more sophisticated. From 1979 to 1982, he won seven championships in Tai Chi, Tai Chi push hands, swordsmanship and other equipment in the national martial arts championships. With the further development of China’s reform and opening up, the support and continued development of Chenjiagou, the “birthplace of Tai Chi”, a world-famous ancient village, fell on the shoulders of Grandmaster Chen. In the past forty years, Grandmaster Chen has trained batches of Tai Chi elites for Chenjiagou, and overcame various difficulties to lead his students and disciples to participate in major international, national, provincial and municipal martial arts competitions many times, with outstanding results and fruitful results. He has attracted much attention and has become a leader in the competition.
Grandmaster Chen's Experience
Since 1985, Grandmaster Chen has been invited to visit many countries and regions such as the United States, Germany, Britain, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Switzerland, Israel, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as a direct descendant of Chen-style Tai Chi to promote Tai Chi. Many overseas martial arts enthusiasts have come to him to learn martial arts. Many overseas media and China Central Television have interviewed and reported on him in programs such as “Traveling Around China”, “The World Together”, “Sports World”, and “Martial Arts Conference”.
Since the 1990s, Grandmaster Chen has served as the executive principal of Chenjiagou Tai Chi School (or Chen Style Tai Chi Academy). He has trained batches of Tai Chi coaches for Chenjiagou and laid a solid foundation for Chenjiagou, the birthplace of Tai Chi, to go global. Among the new generation of Chen Tai Chi disciples today, Chen Bing, Chen Jun, Chen Ying Jun, Chen Zi Qiang, Chen Zi Jun, etc. have all received professional training from Grandmaster Chen.
In 1996, the Henan Provincial Wushu Management Center awarded Grandmaster Chen the ‘Contribution Award’ for the delivery of martial arts talents.
In 2000, the Chenjiagou Chen Tai Chi Association was established in Chenjiagou, the birthplace of Tai Chi, with Grandmaster Chen as the president. In the same year, teaching CDs and books on Lao Jia Yi Lu Chen-style Tai Chi and Xin Jia Yi Lu Chen-style Tai Chi were published.
In 2019, Grandmaster Chen was named ‘The Most Influential Person in Chinese Tai Chi’ by the China Sports General Administration.
In 2021, Grandmaster Chen was awarded the ‘Special Contribution Award’ by the Wen County Government for his outstanding performance in the inclusion of Tai Chi in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
