Chen pan ling wikipedia english

The Chen Pan-ling T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a synthesis of the pre-World War II era styles of Yang, Wu, and Chen, as well as influences from the miscellaneous family styles existing at the time.

The unique beauty and practicality of the Chen Pan-ling T’ai Chi Ch’uan Form makes it stand out in the field of synthetic or combination Forms created in the last century. If T’ai Chi Ch’uan is one of China's Treasures, then the Chen Pan-ling Form is one of T’ai Chi Ch’uan's treasures.

As Robert W. Smith said (in his foreword to the 1998 English version of Chen Pan-ling’s T’ai Chi Ch’uan Textbook) ”though eclectic, it is grounded in the traditional forms and brimming with the ancient spirit.”
The Form was based on the knowledge Chen Pan-ling gained from being chairman of a committee, formed in 1941 in Chungking by the Chinese Nationalist government’s Dep