Tung Ying-chieh
Dong Yingjie (Chinese董英杰, Pinyin dǒng Jie Ying, Tung Ying Chieh W.-G. ) ( born November 8, 1898 Ren county of Hebei province, China, † 1961) was an influential teacher of Taijiquan.
In his youth, Dong Yingjie was characterized by high intelligence. His health was weak. He was interested in his youth for martial arts. Compared with Liu Ying Zhou, a friend of the famous Taijiquan master Lao Yang Zhen from Canton, he replied to the question of his life goals: "I want to be a master of Taijiquan to strengthen my health and me being able to defend themselves. If I have success with it, I want to spread the martial arts world. " Liu Ying Zhou admired these ambitions and declared Dong Yingjie therefore some basic exercises. Due to its age of over 70 years, however, he was not able to even pretend the exercises. Zeng Li Kui, a student of Yang Lao, instructed a few months later Dong Yingjie in the 13 basic techniques of Taijiquan.
A year later, Master Liu took the young Dong Yingjie on a journey to the master of the Wu / Hao - style ( "Old Wu style " ) Li Xiang Yuan. This took Dong Yingjie as his student. Several years of daily practice were Dong Yingjie be strong and he enjoyed good health. Upon returning home, Dong Yingjie learned further and built good relationships with many martial artists from all corners of the country to which he invited to himself and well entertained.
Because he admired the Taijiquan of Yang family, Dong Yingjie made on to Beijing. The assertion that Mr. Yang Taijiquan weitergäbe be only within the family, would not let him give up. He replied: " Determination can move heaven and earth. " So Dong Yingjie was a master student of Yang Cheng Fu (1883-1936) and accompanied him for three years around the clock and on all his travels.
In a new encounter with Master Li Kui Zeng presented this note that Dong Yingjie too little inner strength / energy (Chinese内劲, Pinyin Nei Jing ) possessed, and therefore remained for a year in Suzhou and helped Dong Yingjie, great inner strength to develop and refine its applications.
Followed in 1931 by Dong Yingjie his Master Yang Cheng Fu to Canton. Until then, he had already learned from him more than ten years. Because of its serious efforts Yang Cheng Fu decided to completely instruct Dong Yingjie in the Yang style. Together with Yang Shou Zhong, the oldest son Yang Chengfus, Dong Yingjie later joined to the legacy of the Yang family. He remained in Canton to fulfill his dream and his teacher by teaching Taijiquan there and throughout Southeast Asia and made known.
While Hong Kong fell into the hands of foreign invaders, Dong Yingjie lived a reclusive life in Macau and took a liking to Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Dong Huling (董虎岭), the son of Dong Yingjies, was famous for his skill in the martial arts. Teach two of his sons, Tung Kaiying (董继英), and Dong Zengchen (董增辰) and inspire today worldwide student of Taijiquan.