Wang Shu-Jin was born in mainland China in 1903. He began training with Master Zhang Zhao Dong at the age of 18. Wang Shu-Jin moved to Taiwan in 1949 as a result of the revolutionary turmoil on mainland China. Many of China’s great martial artists moved out of China at this time to other countries including Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Wang Shujin demonstrating Taiji as learned from Chen Panling, Xingyi as learned from Chung Chunkui, and techniques.

Wang Shujin leads a class in Japan. Wang Shujin studied and taught the three major "internal" martial arts: Hsing I, Bagua, and Taiji. He was quite famous in Taiwan and later Japan. To read more about Wang Shujin click this link: http://www.emptyflower.com/xingyiquan/crossing/wangshujin.html

The Tai Chi Chuan form taught in the Cheng Ming martial arts system is derived from the “Orthodox Style” developed in 1929, which is a complete sequence developed from the five major families of Tai Chi Chuan.

A key goal in developing the “Orthodox Style” was to preserve the essence of Tai Chi Chuan. It focused on removing extraneous and inefficient movements or techniques as the sequence was developed. The resulting form was developed with the intent that every movement, transition and posture possesses a usable martial application as well as a health benefit.

The final Orthodox form was presented to the various Tai Chi Masters and their families for them to add to as they saw fit and to preserve the form with as many people as possible.

The founder of Cheng Ming, Great-Grandmaster Wang Shu Jin was also presented with the completed form, and he changed and enhanced it by blending in techniques from Hsing-I Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang.

Wang Shunjin demonstrating his Bagua, and Liao Wuchang demonstrating his monkey boxing. This video was an extract of Robert W. Smiths personal video collection when we was in Taiwan during the 1950's. The first man punching Wang Shujin's stomach is Mr. Smith himself.