Fist of Will of Great Perfection: Teaching Demonstration

Gao Chen is a third generation Yiquan master. The style lineage looks like this: Wang Xiangzhai (1885 - 1963) - Zhang Engui (1907 - 2005) - Gao Chen (b. 1971). Gao Chen’s teacher Zhang Engui is a major figure in the history of Yiquan. He was a famous student of Wang Xiangzhai, the closest friend and associate of Zhao Daoxin and Zhang Entong. In addition, he was a master of Hebei xingyiquan, having mastered it under the guidance of Zhang Hongqing, a student of Li Cunyi. Another teacher of Gao Chen was the famous Yiquan expert Yang Hongchen (b. 1946), who studied with many of Wang Xiangzhai’s students. Master Yang Hongchen is the author of one of the best books on Yiquan style called “The Science of Wang Xiangzhai’s Boxing“ Zhang Engui’s Yiquan lineage, introduced by Gao Chen, is little known in Europe and Russia, but highly respected in China. It is somewhat different from the most common line of this style, Yao Chengguang. For example, the fall force release looks more furi