Background
Chen Xiaowang began his study of Chen-style taijiquan at the age of seven under his father, Chen Zhaoxu, and later with his uncles Chen Zhaopi and Chen Zhaokui.
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Chen Xiaowang
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Career
Apart from his martial arts prowess, Chen is a carpenter by trade, a calligrapher, an author of three Taijiquan books, and is known to enjoy Mao Jian Cha tea (信阳毛尖茶). Grandmaster Chen has created two condensed forms of the laojia and xinjia forms. A 38-posture form and a 19-posture form (Shi Jiu Shi – 十九式).
He told inside Kung-Fu Magazine in 1991, "I have tried to do away with all the repetitions and simplify the exceedingly difficult moves without destroying the characteristics of Chen Style Taijiquan, with special emphasis to attack/defense and the chansi technique."
Chen was also famously depicted in a March 1981 Japanese documentary on Taijiquan.
In it, he demonstrates the laojia form, fa jin, and escapes from various qinna holds.
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Nationality
People's Republic of China