William C. C. Chen
Chinese-American martial artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Chi-Cheng Chen is a Grandmaster of Yang-style tai chi who currently lives in the US. His school is in New York City and he has hundreds of students around the world.
| William Chi-Cheng Chen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 (age 90–91) Zhejiang, China |
| Style | Yang-style tai chi |
| Website | William C.C. Chen Tai Chi Chuan |
He was born in 1933 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. A US Passport error has his year of birth as 1935. After his family moved to Taiwan, he began studying tai chi under the tutelage of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing who was a childhood friend of William C. C. Chen's father.
His skill, aptitude and language skills helped him become one of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing's favorite disciples. Not only was he an extraordinary student but he also helped as his teachers' translator. Through this he acquired a lot of knowledge from his teacher and insight from fellow students.
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