[Martial Arts] My Tai Chi Master Shan Ying Zongshi

Author: Jeffi Chao Hui Wu

Time: June 28, 2025, Saturday, 7:39 AM

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[Martial Arts] My Tai Chi Master Shan Ying

Shan Ying, male, Han nationality, born in 1956, from Jiaohe City, Jilin Province. He is the 11th generation inheritor of Chen-style Tai Chi and the 5th generation inheritor of Wu-style Tai Chi, and a member of the Chinese Wushu Association. He has served as the Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Supervisor of the Beijing Wu-style Tai Chi Research Association, a specially invited researcher in Tai Chi culture at the China Strategic Development Research Society, and a visiting professor at the International Students Institute of Sun Yat-sen University and the Pearl River Cultural Tai Chi Academy in Guangzhou. He has been invited to teach Tai Chi at various universities, institutions, and enterprises; he is a specially invited Tai Chi expert judge for CCTV's "Martial Arts Conference"; and he has been a guest speaker on Tai Chi programs on the Economic Channel of Guangzhou TV.

In his youth, Mr. Shan was fond of literature and martial arts, studying drunken boxing, fanzi boxing, praying mantis boxing, tongbei boxing, and various weapons under teachers such as Li Zhenxi. In 1987, due to work, he became acquainted with the legendary Tai Chi master Li Jingwu, deeply impressed by his profound skills. From then on, he followed him to learn Tai Chi, and after three years, in 1989, he was accepted as a disciple by Li Jingwu, systematically practicing Chen-style and Wu-style Tai Chi traditional routines, weapons, push hands, and internal skills for several decades, honing his skills.

In the 1990s, he moved from Hebei to Lingnan, enthusiastically promoting Jingwu Tai Chi, and has many students. The list of his disciples in Lingnan Jingwu Tai Chi includes numerous students (Li Jingwu's discipleship table).

Master Shan Ying has a profound understanding of Tai Chi theory. Combining decades of Tai Chi practice insights and teaching experience, he has summarized the theory of "Four Ones": Tai Chi is "a very comprehensive sport, a very classic culture, a very practical cultivation, and a very profound realm." He proposed that practicing Tai Chi should restore its "original appearance," namely "taking routines as the body, using push hands as the application, using weapons as the supplement, taking uprightness as the foundation, taking breath regulation as the essence, taking theoretical study as the cultivation, and taking enlightenment as the return." He co-authored "A Thousand Questions about Tai Chi" (2005, China Customs Press) with Gao Zhuangfei, "Revealing the Internal Family Boxing Techniques" (2007, China Customs Press) with Zuo Zhiqiang, and "One Punch, One World" (2014, Lingnan Cultural and Artistic Press); participated in compiling and publishing "Li Jingwu's Traditional Chen and Wu Tai Chi Weapons" and "30 Tai Chi Offensive and Defensive Techniques" tutorial; published papers such as "Seven Days of Tai Chi," "Tai Chi Guide Manual," "Tai Chi Studies," and "On the Understanding of Tai Chi"; and compiled teaching materials like "Tai Chi Five Elements Skill," "Five Elements Linked Stance," and "Seven Days of Tai Chi," which have had a wide impact in academia.

Mr. Shan has been invited multiple times to Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas to participate in Tai Chi cultural academic exchange activities, leading teams to achieve good results in related competitions. In May 2018, at the Second Overseas Wu-style Tai Chi Disciples Reunion and Exchange Conference held in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, he was awarded the "Special Contribution Award." Actively promoting Tai Chi culture, he recorded the "Tai Chi Five Elements Skill" program for Guangzhou TV, bringing Tai Chi wellness into thousands of households. Since moving to Lingnan from Hebei in the 1990s, he has been enthusiastic about spreading Jingwu Tai Chi, having over a hundred disciples to date.

From left: Jeffi Chao Hui Wu, Master Shan Ying

On October 25, 2024, Master Shan Ying (direct disciple of Master Li Jingwu) officially accepted Jeffi Chao Hui Wu as an inner disciple and presented him with "Li Jingwu's Collection of Chen and Wu Tai Chi" and "The Great Way Revealed and Hidden."

Master Shan Ying presented the calligraphy work "Tai Chi Morning Glow" to Mr. Jeffi Chao Hui Wu, photographed at the "International Tai Chi Day" celebration on October 12, 2024.

On October 25, 2024, Jeffi Chao Hui Wu formally became a disciple of Master Shan Ying in Guangzhou.

Master Shan Ying (left) presented the work "One Punch, One World" to Jeffi Chao Hui Wu on October 12, 2024.

Acrostic poem "Tai Chi Morning Glow" presented to Jeffi Chao Hui Wu.

Calligraphy by Zheng Derun, a Wenzhou native, a student of the 56th generation descendant of Wang Xizhi, practicing "Five Shapes Calligraphy" (this calligraphy integrates with wellness).

Above: Master Shan Ying teaching boxing techniques and mental methods to Jeffi Chao Hui Wu.

List of Master Shan Ying's disciples:
Wang Hailong, Wu Yuemin, Hong Haijian, Chen Jian, Wu Xianzeng, Lin Zhibin, Guo Yuwei
He Wendi, Qiu Chunfa, Zhan Bailin, Lin Qiushuo, Yang Zhenzhou, He Tao, Deng Shunying
Wang Xiang, Lin Xiao, Huang Mingqi, Chen Weitian, Gu Renhe, Guan Xiaomei, Wu Zhixiong
Tan Weiyan, Mo Rucao, Zhong Zehui, Hou Guowang, Zhang Xiujiang, Feng Xuesong, Liu Yang
Guo Changsheng, Zhao Zhongqi, Ren Xianzhong, Gu Renli, Li Chuanjian, Huang Jiangping, Luo Zichang
Li Bing, Lin Jianming, Deng Weixin, Jian Xiwe, Feng Bingchao, Gong Guozhong, An Runmin
Shi Baofeng, Hu Xusheng, Gu Ping, Liu Quan, Li Guoquan, Liu Shuxing, Liu Yongming
Gong Renjie, Wang Hongzhi, Wang Gaofeng, Li Weimin, Cheng Wang, Su Yaoyong, Zhu Weihua
Lai Jiandong, Zuo Quan, Wu Jingxi, Zhang Yanqiang, Zhang Yanhai, Zhang Junxu, Ma Weiquan
Deng Qingwei, Guan Shuma, Zeng Yubai, Wang Kaijun, Zhao Zhongmin, Qin Jianyi, Ye Yu
Wang Xiang, Xu Junbin, Yang Jinzhou, Zhao Guangming, Cai Wenyuan, Yang Yiping, Huang Weidong
Liu Di, Jiang Shan, Wu Xiangcai, Zeng Lihua, Long Fuchun, He Huan, Zhao Size
Zhao Sirun, Jeffi Chao Hui Wu,
Huang Xiaozhou (initiated by Shan Ying, studied under Li Jingwu's disciple Lü Dehe)
Wu Jintian (initiated by Shan Ying, studied under Li Jingwu's disciple Mei Mosheng)
Hou Weimin, Xu Jian (studied under Li Jingwu's disciple Li Fengjun)
Chen Shengbiao (initiated by Li Shujun, studied under Shan Ying)
Jeffi Chao Hui Wu (initiated by Lin Wenhui, studied under Shan Ying)
Wu Jintian—Ding Shuguang, Chen Zexiang
Hou Weimin—Tang Yunkuan, Zhao Xuejun, Yang Xijiang, Li Xilü, Qiu Jin
Chen Jian—Xu Wei, Mao Bin, Chen Wuhan, Ma Yue, He Quansheng, Ruan Yuanbin, Liu Yiwu
Tan Weiyan—Wu Debin, Lao Chuangda
Wu Zhixiong—Zhou Zhinian, Zhang Xiangrong, Liang Hongying, Yu Shunhua, Li Hanhua, Shi Longsheng, Huang Shusen
Luo Zichang—Wu Rongtian, Huang Yanrong, Yu Qiao Huan
Guo Changsheng—Zhao Ping, Li Shuge
Zhao Zhongqi—Wang Mingjun, Zuo Zhenbao, Ma Junfeng, Kong Lingjun, Fan Guozhi
Ren Xianzhong—Qi Chuanshu, Xu Jianguo, Wang Shumin, Jiang Xixian, Tang Shuxia, Zhou Xu
Shi Baofeng—Xu Lixin, Meng Lanbo
Hu Xusheng—Zhang Longlin, Li Peiliang, Wu Liming, Zou Jicheng
He Tao—Zhang Wei
Zhang Xiujiang—Zhang Shuai
Gu Ping—Xin Guowei, Liu Peng, Ben De (De)
Zhao Zhongmin—Zhao Biqian, Zhao Yuhua, Su Yongchang, Jialin

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