William Chi-Cheng Chen is a Grandmaster of Yang-style tai chi who currently lives in the US. His school is in New York City and he has hundreds of students around the world.

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• Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus
• Notes
• References

He was born in 1933 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. A US Passport error has his year of birth as 1935. After his family moved to Taiwan, he began studying tai chi under the tutelage of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing who was a childhood friend of William C. C. Chen's father.

His skill, aptitude and language skills helped him become one of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing's favorite disciples. Not only was he an extraordinary student but he also helped as his teachers' translator. Through this he acquired a lot of knowledge from his teacher and insight from fellow students.

Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus

Notes

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• William C. C. Chen (1985). Body Mechanics of Tai Chi Chuan: For the Art of Self-defense. William C.C. Chen.

References

• Chen, William C.C.,An Autobiography of William C.C. Chen, https://www.williamccchen.com/gm-chen.html April 2010
• Robinson, Ronnie, Grandmaster William C.C. Chen Interview, http://www.taichiunion.com/magazine/wccc.html

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