Tribute to Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang, taiji Chen, Prague, chenstyle taijiquan, 陈小旺

Chen Xiao Wang (陈小旺) was born in 1945 in Chenjiagou village, Wenxian, Heban. He is the former representative of the 7th National Peoples Congress, president of the Chen Style Taijiquan of Henan, Deputy president of the WuShu Association and the WuShu Training Center for Physical Culture and Sports of Henan. Since age 7 he followed his father, Chen ZhaoXu. Later he apprenticed to his grand-uncle Chen ZhaoPi and uncle Chen ZhaoKui. He eventually became the 11th generation inheritor of Chen Shi Taijiquan. He is well known for his mastery of Push hands and Fast Wrestling. From 1980-1982 he was three times champion in the National Tournament of WuShu and Taiji. In 1985 he placed first in the First National Tournament at Xi'an. This was the same year he traveled to Japan to teach Chen Taiji. In 1988 he won the WuShu Contribution Prize award by the WuShu Academy of the National Physical Culture and Sports Commission. He has also participated in the making of several movies. He has also authored books on Chen style especially the 38 posture method of which he is considered by some to be the leading exponent. In 1990 he migrated to Australia from which he had many instructional tours of Asia, America and Australia. In 2002 he was received by the Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He has also served as the guest professor at Yuanguan University, Korea. In 1994 he was honored as Taijiquan Boxing Master by Wexian County at the 3rd International Annual Convention. In 2004 Chen donated 1.2 million yuan for Chenjiagou's bronze statue of Chen WanTing in the Chen ancestral temple, and .2 million for a large scale album of WuShu treasures. He has also cooperated with Jiaozuo City's publication of a free Taiji book.

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