Chen Wangting

Chen Wang Ting (Chinese陈王廷/陈王廷, Pinyin Chén Wangting; * 1597, † 1664) was the founder of the Chen style of internal martial art Taijiquan. Whether it is so, as evidenced by the source researchers and Tang Hao Gu Liuxin, the founder of Taijiquan in itself, is still doubted by some pages.

Chen Wang Ting was a highly respected General during the Ming Dynasty. As this was overthrown in 1644, he was to some extent unemployed and retired back to his village. Due to the loss of his honors and his status he realized the worthlessness of worldly fame and turned to the Taoist philosophy. So he practiced the Dao Yin and Tuna exercises and engaged in a classic alchemy, the Huang Ting Jing. These findings, he combined with the martial arts of his time, he had tried for so many years on the battlefield. He probably reasoned they largely due to Qi Jiguangs 32 forms of boxing from the 16th century.

Supposedly he fought his depression by creating new Boxformen. In particular, he created seven forms which were henceforth passed under the name of Taijiquan in the family, including a form of " long boxes" of 108 characters and a form Paochui " Cannon Fist ". Furthermore, he developed the exercises of the " sliding ends of hands," the Tuishou, and the " Adhesive spears ".