Chen Fake
17th Generation Grandmaster
Chinese 17th-generation Chen family grandmaster who introduced Chen Style Tai Chi to Beijing in 1928.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth1887
Date of Death1957
Era20th century
Country of Origin
China
ChinaRank / TitleParamount 20th Century Chen Taiji Master
Active Years1910–1957
Biography
Chen Fake was the 17th generation standard-bearer of Chen Taijiquan. Moving to Beijing in 1928, he demonstrated explosive internal power (Fajin) and formulated the New Frame (Xin Jia).
Associated Martial Arts
Chen Style Tai ChiMaster→
The oldest documented branch of tai chi, from which all other family styles derive. It alternates slow passages with fajin releases and contains stamps and jumps.
Tai ChiMaster→The Chinese internal art documented from the seventeenth century. Its founder is Chen Wangting; Zhang Sanfeng is a nineteenth-century legend.