Hun Yuan T'ai Chi Academy, LLC
Lineage and Philosophy
Master
Zhang’s training in Chen style T'ai Chi began with Master Tien Xiu Chen.
During the same period, Master Zhang began studying a variety of Wu Shu
styles and forms as well as their cultural and philosophical
underpinnings. His expertise is vast. He is an expert in Xingyi Quan
(Hsing I Chuan), Tongbei Quan (Tong Bei Chuan), Tui Shou (Push Hands),
and Qin Na (joint locking techniques). Master Zhang studied with such
renowned Wu Shu masters of China Master as Liu De An (Pao Chuai Quan)
and Master Cheng Fung Yun (Bagua Zhang).
In 1990, under the tutelage of Grand Master Feng, Master Zhang won the All-China T'ai Chi Chuan competition, performing the newly developed Hun yuan Tai Chi Chuan 48 posture form for the first time in competition.
As a result, Grand Master Feng invited Master Zhang to be his live-in student - a special and rare honor accorded to only those who showed special talent and dedication to the practice of Hun yuan T'ai Chi Chuan.
Since then, Master Zhang has worked closely with Grand Master Feng to refine and advance the techniques and promote greater understanding of Hun yuan T'ai Chi. During this period, he won many top prizes at national and international level competitions in China; including taking the highest prizes in Short Weapons and Fist.
In 2001, Master Zhang immigrated to the United States as an outstanding scholar in Chinese martial arts. Now he resides in the state of Connecticut and devotes his life to promoting Hun yuan Tai Chi Chuan and other forms of martial arts, as well as Chinese culture.
