Who are the famous Tai Chi Masters teaching in America?
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Grandmaster Cheng Jin Cai, president of the US Chen Tai Chi Federation, 19th generation grandmaster of Chen Tai Chi, is a familiar name to people in Houston through his teaching at the International Chen Style Tai Chi Development Center. His fame extends to other areas of the United States and to China through his community and professional service, his participation in national and international martial arts and tournaments, and his publications.
Born in 1953, Cheng Jin Cai grew up in Wen Xian county, He Nan province, China. As a child, he learned, at home, the basics of Chen-style Tai Chi Chuan from his older brother. At seventeen, he became a student of Chen Tu Yuan, 19th generation master of Chen-style Tai Chi Chuan Small Frame. From 1970, he learned Old-Frame first routine, second routine, and weapons under Grandmaster Wang Xian. In the same year, he had an opportunity to study more Old-Frame under the tutelage of 18th generation Grandmaster Chen MauTsang. Three years later, in 1973, he went to Grandmaster Wang Xian to study New-Frame first and second routines under Grandmaster Chen Zhaokui. He became Grandmaster Chen Zhaokui¡¯s teaching assistant from 1973 through 1981. In North America, Master Cheng Jin Cai is the only successor of the 18th generation Grand Master Chen Zhaokui.
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M$Rev.Bergstrom holds a 10th Dan - Shihan grade in Bujinkan Budotaijutsu, awarded by Hatsumi Soke in October of 2008
and his Shidoshi License, (current for 2009), in Bujinkan Budotaijutsu. This is a quote off of the page linked below.
http://www.bubishi.com/yamamizu/affiliations.html
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Here is a link explaining budotaijutsu a little bit.
http://www.n-i-n.com/Budo_Taijutsu.html
The links in my oroginal answer would take you to a master that can no longer be ranked in this country, who teaches chinese medicine as well as many martial arts. Tai Chi Chuan is one of them. Maybe a little bakground on Hatsumi would be good, just google him.
What is Bujinkan Budotaijutsu style? Was this style developed for the Samurai for empty hand fighting?
Will you post Grandmaster Cheng Jin Cai performing a Chen Tai Chi form?
What is the difference between Chen Style and Yang Style Tai Chi?