• 1962-

• Teachers: Chen Li-Xian (father), Chen Li-Qing (aunt)

Master Chen Peishan 陳沛山 (20th Generation of the Chen Family, 12th Generation Lineage Messenger of Chen Family Taijiquan)

Master Chen Peishan was born in 1962 in the lineage of Taijiquan founders, and his native place is Chenjiagou Village Wenxian County Henan Province. He is the 20th generation representative of Chen Family Taijiquan, Chairman of the International Society of Chen Taijiquan (ISCT), Chairman of Japan Chen Family Taijiquan Association (JCTA), and Dr.Eng. Professor teaching mechanics and structural engineering in the Graduate School of Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.

Since early childhood, Chen Peishan studied Chen Family Taijiquan with his father, Chen Lixian (19th generation, awarded as the National Instructor of Martial Art by the Chinese government), and his aunt, Chen Liqing (19th generation, famous grandmaster). His repertoire includes the first and second routines (yilu/erlu) of Chen Family Taijiquan, push hands (tuishou), joint locking and grappling (qinna), and weaponry such as sword (jian), broadsword (dan dao), staff (gun), pole (gun), double mace (shuang jian), and spring-autumn big broadsword (chunjiu dadao), etc. He is especially interested in application and theoretical research on the Chen Family Taijiquan and its culture.

Before 1988, Master Chen Peishan has taught Taijiquan throughout the Henan and Shanxi provinces in China. Since then, he has been teaching in other Asian countries, such as Japan and Korea, and also in Europe and the USA. He is dedicated to bridging the international communities of people from different cultures, races, and languages with Taijiquan for harmony, health, and peace.

Master Chen Peishan’s main publications are: Taijiquan’s Inner Power for a Stronger Body (Gakken, 2005); Elementary Taijiquan as Taught by 20th Generation Chen Peishan (BAB Japan, 2012), Traditional Chen Style Taijiquan (VHS, 1990), Traditional Chen-Family Taijiquan (VHS, 1999), Elementary Taijiquan Taught by 20th Generation Chen Peishan (DVD, 2014), Complete Illustration of Chen Family Taijiquan(Nichibou, 2016) and New Version- Complete Illustration of Chen Family Taijiquan(Nichibou, 2020), and more.