陈炳老师入室弟子概况之白承哲

白承哲（BOSCO BAEK)，韩国人，旅居美国，1978年生。自幼喜爱武术，对中国传统陈氏太极拳尤其喜爱，自2000年5月起开始跟随陈炳老师学习陈氏太极拳，2002至2005年间，每年都到陈家沟学习深造，2005年12月25日正式拜入陈炳老师门下，成为陈氏太极拳第十三代传人。师门排行第10。

http://www.chenjiagou.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=11611&extra=page%3D6

2015 Chen Bing Taiji Academy (New Version)

2015 Chen Bing Taiji Academy - Master Chen Bing & Master Bosco Baek

Lineage of Chen Family Taijiquan

Lineage of Chen Family Taijiquan

The Seven Dragons of the 20^th generation of the Chen Family

1.   First Dragon, Chen Bing (1971 – present)

Only son of Chen Yonghe (older brother of Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing)

2.    Second Dragon, Chen Jun (1972 – present)

Eldest son of Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang

3.    Third Dragon, Chen Yingjun (1976 – present)

Second son of Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang

4.    Fourth Dragon, Chen Ziqiang (1977 – present)

Eldest son of Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing

5.    Fifth Dragon, Chen Zijun (1980 – present)

Youngest son of Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing

6.    Sixth Dragon, Chen Pengfei (1988 - present)

Youngest son of Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing

7.    Seventh Dragon, Chen Shiwu (1994 – present)

Only son of Master Chen Yu

From the left side, a chart of the direct descendants shows the 19rh generation master Chen Yu, 20th generation master Chen Bing, Chen Jun, Chen Yinjun, Chen Ziqiang, Chen Zijun, Chen Pengfei and Chen Shiwu. They are direct descendants of the lineage of “Chen Fake – Chen Zhaoxu” and showing outstanding abilities for the future of Chen family Taijiquan.

1^st generation, Chen Bu (1368 – N/A)

Chen Bu who lived in the beginning of Ming Dynasty (Hongwu Emperor) was considered the first progenitor of Chen family as a great martial artist. After he migrated from Shanxi to Henan province, he left “Usage and control of Yin and Yang in the body” and “Digestion of food” to his sons, which his descendants could develop and create Taijiquan based upon his theories. When he was alive, he was given the name of “the almighty martial artist of the present generation” and defeated banditti of Qingfengling (Green-Wind mountain).

9th generation, Chen Wangting (1600-1680)

Chen Wangting invented Chen Taijiquan systems from his vast knowledge of past generations, other Chinese gongfu and heritage. He is considered the founder of Taijiquan that is the oldest form.

14th generation, Chen Changxing (1771-1853)

Chen Changxing who wrote three books of Taijiquan- “Ten Disciplines of Taijiquan”, “Usage and Poems of Taijiquan”, “Taijiquan Fighting”- is considered a founder of modern Taijiquan because he recreated his ancestors’ knowledge. He modified Chen Wang Ting’s curriculums in clear routines as known as Laojia Yilu and Erlu(old frame frist road and second road.) Chen Changxing is the first Chen master who taught an outsider, Yang Luchan. Yang Luchan is the founder of Yang Taijiquan.

16th generation, Chen Xin (1849-1929)

To explain his family’s knowledge to the world, Chen Xin spent 12 years to write “Explanatory Diagram of Chen Taijiquan” which consists of 4 books. By this work, Chen Taijiquan’s secret and training experiences were shown clearly. In this work, Chen Xin explains Chen Taijiquan based on “Silk Reeling Energy” by meridian pathways and a paradox. This work became one of the most important materials of Chen Taijiquan theory and he also wrote “Chen Family Genealogy” and “Three-three-six fist arts.”

17th generation, Chen Fake (1887-1957)

Chen Fake was the official representative of the 17th generation. He is called a “Quan Shen (Martial Saint).” He went to Beijing to teach Chen Taijiquan because of his newphew, Chen Zhaopei’s request. He taught Chen Taijiquan in Beijing during 1929-1957. His teaching rendered great service to Chen Taijiquan's development and spread. He had famous disciples such as Gu Liuxin, Liu Ruizhan, Tang Hao, Li Jinwu, Li Mumin, Hong Junsheng, Feng Zhiqiang, Chen Zhaokui and Tian Xiuchen. He had two sons and one daughter- Chen Zhaoxu, Chen Zhaokui and Chen Yuxia. In his old age, he changed some elements and taught 83 forms as known as Xinjia Yilu and Erlu (new frame first road and second road.) All Chen Taijiquan forms that now we practice were from him including Laojia and Xinjia. 

18th generation, Chen Zaopei (1893-1972)

Chen Zhaopei learned Laojia from Chen Fake and devoted his life to teaching and preserving the Chen’s art. He taught Laojia and Chen’s weapons to the Four Buddha’s warriors : Chen Xiaowang, Wang Xian, Zhu Tiancai and Chen Zhenglei. He wrote “Origin of Chen Taijiquan.” He is considered the most devoted master who could continue the Chen family's tradition in Chenjiagou.

18th generation Chen Zhaoxu, (1911-1960)

Chen Zhaoxu was the eldest son of grandmaster Chen Fake. He was a father of Chen Yonghe, Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing. He was known the most skillful person of his generation in Chenjiagou. He inherited Chen Fake’s all skills and taught people in the village. Although he really tried to keep the Chen’s tradition, he was killed when the Chinese Cultural Revolution occurred.

18th generation, Chen Zhaokui (1928-1981)

As the youngest son of Chen Fake, he inherited his father’s skills, especially Xinjia. Chen Zhaokui devoted his life to teaching the Chen’s art in Beijing, Shanghai, ZhengZhou, JiaoZuo, ShijiaZhuang, and ChenJiaGou. He taught his gongfu to Chen Xiaowang, Wang Xian, Zhu Tiancai, Chen Zhenglei, Ma Hong, Chen Lizhou, Zhang Maozhen and Zhang Qilin. His son, Chen Yu, teaches his gongfu in Beijing.

19th generation, Chen Xiaowang (1945-present)

Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is the second son of Chen Zhaoxu. He is the representative of Chen family and Honorary Presidentof Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. He is also a president of Chen Xiaowang World Chen Taijiquan Association. He learned his family art from Chen Fake, Chen Zhaopei and Chen Zhaokui. Now he travels all over the world to teach the classical Taijiquan.

19th generation, Chen Xiaoxing (1952-present)

Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing is the youngest son of Chen Zhaoxu and a younger brother of Chen Xiaowang. He is a president of Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. He keeps the family tradition and teaches in Chenjiagou. Recently, he visited S. Korea and USA to teach Chen Taijiquan.

19th generation, Chen Yu (1962-present)

 Master Chen Yu is the only son of Chen Zhaokui. Master Chen inherited Chen Zhaokui's all knowledge and traveled with him until he died. He teaches the Chen family art in Beijing.

20th generation Chen Bing (1971-present)

Master Chen Bing is known as the most skillful and knowledgable of a 20th generation in the Chen family. He is the only son of Chen Yinghe who was the eldest son of Chen Zhaoxu and who was the eldest brother of Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing. He has three famous uncles of the Chen family- Chen Xiaowang, Chen Xiaoxing and Chen Yu. He started to learn Chen Taijiquan from Chen Xiaowang at age 6. He is a vice mayor of Chenjiagou and vice president of Chen jiagou Taijiquan School. He travels Korea, Japan and USA to teach Chen Taijiquan every year.

History of Chen Family Taijiquan

History of Chen Family Taijiquan

The progenitor of the Chen family was Chen Bu. He had a lot of knowledge of martial arts and other weapons. He was respected because his personality was very generous. Because of weakness of topography, the village had to be moved more secure place to avoid a flood of the Yellow River (the Hwang Ho.) A new town had a ditch that had two divides (to North and South), and people called “Chenjiagou” as translated "Chen family ditch" after the Chen family had an increase in population.

Now there are not many historical documents about the Chen family. However, we can see some documents from a 9th generation, Chen Wang Ting (1600-1680). There is a saying of Chen family’s context; “Chen Wang Ting was a warrior and a scholar who lived in the late Ming Dynasty. He was a grandmaster of martial arts and studied hard to develop his researches in his entire life. After he mastered the principles of martial arts, his knowledge was continued by generations. This made a unique heritage of the Chen family.”

Chen Wangting invented Taijiquan based upon his ancestors' knowledge and his own after a lifetime of researching, developing, and experiencing martial arts. Chen Changxing (1771-1853), the 14th generation Chen Patriarch, was the first to teach Chen Taijiquan to an outsider, Yang Luchan (1799-1872). Vowing to his master to never teach Taijiquan to the public or use its name, Yang was finally taught the Chen family martial art.  He later traveled to Beijing and became known as "Yang the Invincible." True to his oath, Yang formulated his own Taijiquan form based upon Chen family Taijiquan's first form (Laojia Yilu) and became the founder of Yang Taijiquan. Another possible reason for Yang Luchan to formulate his own Taijiquan form might be due to the fact that during those days, the Yang family was employed by the Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty to manage the practice and teaching of war.  As Manchus were considered the oppressive foreign rulers by the people in their sovereighty (i.e. the Han people), the Yang family probably decided to teach the Manchus only the boxing form, but not the boxing methods nor its applications. Manchus were taught to be soft as cotton so they would not use Taijiquan to attack or kill. Direct Yang family members and close disciples, on the other hand, were secretly taught both the hard and soft aspects of Taijiquan.  

Yet, the soft form started to gain its popularity and gradually Taijiquan was recognized and associated with the soft form while people in Chen Village continued to practice both the soft and the hard forms. The name Taijiquan was given later possibly because this unique martial arts system was created based upon the principles and theory of Taiji (yin and yang: the cosmic dual forces), "Grand Ultimate or Extreme" - yin and yang reaching the ultimate balance and regenerating from each other.

Chen Changxing invented Taijiquan based upon the essence of Taoism’s breathing, meridian pathways of Chinese medicine and theory of Yin and Yang (the cosmic dual forces.) Finally, Chen Wangting created five Taijiquan routines, a Changquan (Long Boxing) routine consisting of one hundred and eight forms, a Paocui (Cannon Fist) routine, double push hands, broadsword, straight sword, spear long spear push hand and so forth. These are the origin of Taijiquan styles.

Today there are basically two empty-hand Chen Taijiquan forms. The first form is soft and slow, also known as Yilu (First Road) whereas the second form is powerful and fast, also known as Erlu (Second Road) or Pao Chui (Cannon Fist). 

The Secrets of Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) - The 25 Key Disciplines of Chen Family Taijiquan

I am sick and tired of seeing inauthentic and wrong information of Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan).  People call it 'Tai Chi' which is not correct.  It is a phonetic notation of Taijiquan which sounds 'Tai-Ji-Chuan' in Chinese Pinyin system.  This might be my last blog thing to write because it is enough to give this kind of information to the public.

Let us see a standard of Taijiquan in this world.  So many people practice Taijiquan which seems very slow and soft.  Then they think and believe what it is and how it is as is.  Is Taijiquan just slow and soft?

What if someone does a slow motion?  Would it be called Taijiquan?  No, it is not.  It can never be.

The famous slowness and softness in Taijiquan is a great tool to maximize one's sensitivity and feeling of energy in motions.  It is not everything.  They are just part of Taijiquan disciplines.

As a Chen Family Taijiquan teacher and disciple of shifu Chen Bing, it has been very hard to teach the authentic Taijiquan because a standard in this world is very low due to lack of information and authentic teachers.

Here are the secrets of Taijiquan which Yang Lu Chan (the founder of Yang Taijiquan) deeply studied to acquire from the Chen family.  These are only taught to indoor students.

Studying Taijiquan is not about to master an external form.  It is to deepen the internal disciplines that make external postures an internal practice.  After Yang Lu Chan truly acquired these internal key disciplines from his teacher 'Chen Chang Xing', he could modify external forms into his own understanding.  So did other Taijiquan style founders.

There are lot of Taijiquan books, but I have never seen and read books that explain the key disciplines of Taijiquan.  Therefore, I published the 25 key disciplines to reveal the secrets of Taijquan.

http://www.amazon.com/Chen-Family-Taijiquan-Disciplines-English/dp/1495927016/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400103987&sr=1-1

They are considered the top secrets of Taijiquan study in the Chen family.  I teach those to my practitioners because someone has to maintain the genuine and to make them as fine Taiijquan practitioners.

I am here to provide 'The 25 Key Disciplines of Chen Family Taijiquan' in English, Chinese and Korean.  These are direct translation from original Chinese sentences.  So it might be hard to understand them unless one can learn from the authentic lineage holders.

Please share these with your Taijiquan friends and teachers.  Again, Taijiquan is not just slow and soft.  

If you are doing a slow motion and believing that it is Taiijquan, it would be better to learn something else.

Chen Family Taijiquan 25 Key Disciplines

The Law of Body

1. Make the neck empty and be energy in the crown of the head. 

2. Loosen up the shoulder and immerge the elbow. 

3. Incubate the chest and suspend the lowerback.

4. Bend the knee and relax the hip.

5. Hang the buttocks and circle the groin.

6. Be comfortable and solid under a tray.

7. The body stands up in the center correctly.

8. The upper is empty and the lower is full, the empty and the full is clearly split.

9. Support in eight sides.

The Law of Mind

10. Relax the whole body deeply.

11. Go down the energy of mind to the low.

12. Protect dantian (elixir field) with intention, Sink energy into dantian

13. Feel and take exhalation and inhalation.

14. Penetrate energy far through the body.

15. Not to be lost and greatly.

The Law of Reeling Silk

16. According to the waist as an axis.

17. The chest and waist incurvates and folds.

18. Dantian rotates and moves.

19. Pass and penetrate through joint by joint.

20. Intention reaches and then energy reaches, energy reaches and then shape reaches.

21. Combine in and out mutually, The body becomes evenly a one house.

The Four Major Characteristics

22. Harmonize and help the hard and soft mutually, The fast and slow are mixed mutually.

23. Cultivating and discharging mutually change.

24. Be relaxed, alive, elastic and vibrating.

25. It goes a circular line in an external form, The internal force rotates in a spiral line.

陳氏太極拳 二十五 練拳要訣

身法            Shēn Fǎ                                 

虛領頂勁      Xū Lǐng Dǐng Jìn

鬆肩沈肘      Sōng Jiān Chěn Zhǒu

含胸塌腰      Hán Xiōng Tā Yāo,       尾閭中正  Wěi Lǘ Zhōng Zhèng

屈膝鬆胯      Qū Xī Sōng Kuà

垂臀圓襠      Chuí Tún Yuán Dāng

下盘稳固      Xià Pán Wěn Gù

立身中正      Lì Shēn Zhōng Zhèng

上虛下實      Shàng Xū Xià Shí,       虛實分明    Xū Shí Fēn Míng

八面支撑      Bā Miàn Zhī Chēng

心法              Xīn Fǎ                

全身放鬆      Quán Shēn Fàng Sōng

心氣下降      Xīn Qì Xià Jiàng

意守丹田      Yì Shǒu Dān Tián,        氣沈丹田   Qì Chén Dān Tián

感受呼吸      Gǎn Shòu Hū Xī

氣貫周身      Qì Guàn Zhōu Shēn

不丢不頂      Bù Diū Bù Dǐng

纏絲法           Chán Sī Fǎ

以腰爲軸       Yǐ Yāo Wéi Zhóu

胸腰折疊       Xiōng Yāo Zhé Dié

丹田運轉       Dān Tián Yùn Zhuǎn

節節貫串       Jié Jié Guàn Chuàn

意到氣到       Yì Dào Qì Dào,             氣到形到   Qì Dào Xíng Dào

內外相合       Nèi Wài Xiāng Hé,        周身一家   Zhōu Shēn Yì Jiā

四大特點        Sì Dà Tè Diǎn                    

剛柔幷(相)濟 Gāng Róu Bīng(Xiàng) Jǐ,  快慢相間 Kuài Màn Xiàng Jiàn

蓄發相變        Xù Fā Xiāng Biàn

鬆活彈抖        Sōng Huó Tán Dǒu

外形走弧線    Wài Xíng Zǒu Hú Xiàn,     內勁走螺旋 Nèi Jìn Zǒu Luó Xuán

진씨태극권 25 연권요결 (陳氏太極拳 二十五 練拳要訣)

身法            신법

虛領頂勁      허령정경

鬆肩沈肘      송견침주

含胸塌腰      함흉탑요,     尾閭中正 미려중정

屈膝鬆胯      굴슬송과

垂臀圓襠      수둔원당

下盘稳固      하반온고

立身中正      입신중정

上虛下實      상허하실,     虛實分明 허실분명

八面支撑      팔면지탱

心法            심법

全身放鬆      전신방송

心氣下降      심기하강

意守丹田      의수단전,      氣沈丹田 기침단전

感受呼吸      감수호흡

氣貫周身      기관주신

不丢不頂      부주부정

纏絲法          전사법

以腰爲軸      이요위축

胸腰折疊      흉요절첩

丹田運轉      단전운전

節節貫串      절절관관

意到氣到      의도기도,       氣到形到 기도형도

內外相合      내외상합,       周身一家 주신일가

四大特點        4대특점

剛柔幷(相)濟 강유병(상)제, 快慢相間  쾌만상간

蓄發相變        축발상변

鬆活彈抖        송활탄두

外形走弧線    외형주호선,   內勁走螺旋 내경주나선

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All I have learned is from my wonderful Taijiquan teacher, Chen Bing (陈炳).