William C. C. Chen Tai Chi Chuan info?

[KubanLink]

Does anyone know about William C. C. Chen Tai Chi Chuan? http://www.williamccchen.com/

[Repulsive Monkey]

Was the youngest of Cheng Man-ching's Taiwanese disciples. Is a good fighter and studied hard with Cheng and his Taiji brother's. Not the best of Cheng's disciples but then I'm sure no one would declare that when their alleigance, lineage-wise, is to another disciple from Cheng's Taiwanese big 20.
Still he is a genuine Matser of his art, and from what I hear is art is a very high level.

[Cody]

Very high level in his art, with a gentle and "fine" energy that can turn on a dime and become hard as steel. Has immense control over his output, as should be the case in someone of that level, or even below it. Is human like everyone else.
He used to teach most of his classes himself, but from what I read on his website when I looked at it a while back, that is changing.

Cody

[Water Dragon]

My first martial art was William CC Chen's Tai Chi. Do you want to learn to fight? He can teach you.

[KubanLink]

Yes, I do want to learn the taiji boxing? Will he teach me? Please, tell me about your experience there.

[Water Dragon]

Well, I studied for 5 years under soome of his Senior Students here in the mid-west. I got to work with Master Chen about 2-3 times a year for those 5 years. I also got a chance to work with George Blank, who I understand teaches most of the classes while Master Chen is on the road.

One of the things I like about the school is that they have fighters being competetive in the San Shou scene. Check the FYIsection of his site.

What specifically do you want to know?

[KubanLink]

Maybe I'll go check it out and get back to you on any questions I have. Thanks.

[Josh Vogel]

Hi,
I've seen a couple of Mr. Chen's students fighting in tournaments over the last few years and was impressed with what I saw. They all seemed like skilled fighters and definitely did very well amongst some tough san shou fighters from the Praying mantis and Hung Gar schools. Thanks
Josh

[KubanLink]

I visited and was very impressed in every way. Master Chen took the time to talk to me for quite a while. Unfortunately, I found it to be very expensive.

[YongChun]

I visited Master William C.C. Chen in New York in about 1988. My background was Karate, Hung style, Yang style Tai Chi and Wing Chun. He was very nice and spent a long time with me to explain about his Tai Chi. Then he demonstrated a few Tai Chi postures and their hitting impact. No matter what posture he sent me flying across the room with the impact feeling like a truck had just hit me. However he had lots of control so that I felt the impact but was not hurt. There was little sign of external movement. His movement went from very soft to very hard. In the mean time his class had on the boxing gloves and were practicing some freestyle Tai Chi fighting. At the end he gave me a couple of articles on body mechanics. He attributed everything to refined body mechanics as opposed to Qi (Chi) power. It was definitely a pleasure to meet Master Chen.