Shen Jia Zhen (1891-1972)

Discussion in 'Tai chi' started by runcai, Dec 23, 2013.

  1. runcai

    runcai Valued Member

    Is there any translation of his book on Chen Style Taijiquan 1963? In this book he wrote the first 3 chapters, and Gu Liu Xin edited the 4th and 5th chapters.
     
  2. runcai

    runcai Valued Member

    http://www.cntaijiquan.com/Item/2810.aspx

    (A Google translation with small changes)

    Shen Jiazhen

    Male (1891-1972) 10th generation descendant of Chen style Birthplace:
    Discourses: Chen Fake successor: about 0 lineal descendant

    Shen Jiazhen (1891 - 1972) is one of the "Chen Style Taijiquan," a book author, is well-known tai chi home. He loved martial arts since childhood, early to attend Xinhai Wuchang Uprising, the North and South and, in Peking (Beijing) Ping-Han Railway Bureau. Zhen Jiazhen studious, who have participated in the project design competition among the best. Represented as 1917 in the Chinese Engineering Society hosted an essay contest, and get the gold medal. Work Laocui suffering from typhoid fever but, after the illness frail, Yang Jian Hou made to learn tai chi, healthy great progress, from Taijiquan interest grows. After hard work and practice, boxing is also fine.

    When 沈家桢 to the northeast engaged in military engineering work in 1922, met with Zhang, Zhang told him to learn tai chi, deeply benefited. Peking Xuanyou back to work. At this point, Yang Jian Hou has died, his son Yangcheng Fu will immediately continue boxing, boxing management study.

    October 1928, Beijing Tong Ren Tang pharmacy owner, whose son to learn boxing, hire Henan Chen Fake chenjiagou the home to teach boxing. By the Director under an introduction 沈家桢 also learn to Chen Chen-style Taijiquan MediaTek, has for over a decade, won the subtlety of Chen style boxing. He loves martial arts, martial arts extensive contacts with people, and often subsidized martial arts activities, was elected honorary chairman of National Art Museum in Peking. The leisure after work, he read in books martial arts, boxing wide collection of data within the home, coupled with unremitting exercise and participate in the competition, so the tai chi attainments deep nerve.

    During the war, when Shen's work in Chongqing, visit some of the mainland boxing Nade, exchange ideas with each other. According to personal boxing experience, he wrote, "the essence of tai chi," Tai Chi training method put forward thrust and self-test basis. After the war, he was opposed to the civil war, resigned from the Department of Defense Engineering, Nanjing pseudo-technical work, to Zhejiang Provincial Construction Department office. On the eve of the liberation of the reactionary government wanted him to go to Taiwan, he resolutely refused. After the liberation, he was handed over to the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, Provincial Department of Construction and file all staff continue to work in Zhejiang Province, the construction company, as a consultant engineer and other staff. In socialist construction in the design of a lot of construction work

    1957 沈家桢 retirement age, in order to inherit and carry forward the legacy of martial arts, Shenlao commissioned by the Beijing People's Sports Publishing House, started writing "Chen Style Taijiquan" manuscript. His exploration of the demand source, the defendant's then Chen Fake taught routines, with more than thirty years before collecting photos of Chen Fake demonstration actions, one by one interpretation, is insufficient to be supplemented by Chen Zhao Kui (Chen Fake's son), it introduced Chen style boxing style without missing character. MediaTek is due to Chen Di Chen Changxing's great-grandson, David for their family, combined with hard training, boxing day at times up to 20 years old, dark arts high power for excellent successor Chenjiagou Taijiquan. According to Shen's a lot of very large data previously collected Fist of Chen Style Taijiquan detailed study summarizes eight characteristics listed in the first book. His rationale from the "gas line to Italy" in the home of boxing, the basis of modern medicine, tai chi they are able to explain the truth of physical illnesses. And from "a dynamic hundred move," the whole concept of starting boxing must clarify both up and down, inside and outside as one, the same table, hardness and softness. He also spiral motion starting from the analysis, elaborated on the role of tai chi good for wrapping fresh health and martial able to defeat the enemy of the truth.

    In addition, Shen also chenjiagou he collected all generations esoteric boxing tips made public, and made a part of the essence of modern boxing excerpt chenjiagou home writings to readers. So Great "Chen Style Taijiquan," a book set Taijiquan theory, very popular with readers. The book has been reprinted since its 1960 inception, has also been translated into English, Japanese and published abroad. Retired Chenjia Zhen concentrate on the popularization and promotion of tai chi, organizing various seminars, lectures illnesses and longevity of scientific truth tai chi and martial art based on their experience, write a lot of writing. Including "power lines shadow boxing", take Chen, Yang Essentials part II style tai chi into one. Shen Jiazhen think, learn first learn Yang style tai chi, Chen style to practice, be more appropriate. But generally difficult to have more time amateurs to learn to practice two style boxing, Chen Jiazhen they merged, creating both a fitness function have compiled wrapping strength and martial arts action "line power tai chi."

    Shenlao written in his later years to focus on the draft "power lines shadow boxing", awaiting finishing publication coincides with the "Cultural Revolution" began, he was persecuted, physically and mentally ravaged, passed away in 1972. However, he compose the "line of work Taijiquan 'successors, the promotion is now being finalized.
     
  3. cloudz

    cloudz Valued Member

    It's really hard to read in that form, like it was put through a search engine translator and pasted. It needs a re write in readable English. Going by the information near the top am I right in assuming this guy had no disciples or students; "no descendants", any particular interest in him Runcai ?
     
  4. ned

    ned Valued Member

    It doesnt make much sense which is a pity,as a chen student I'd be interested in this.
    Chen Zhao kui taught my sifu's master,grandmaster Konjie Gou who lives in oxford and
    has been teaching us his new frame last year.
     
  5. runcai

    runcai Valued Member

  6. runcai

    runcai Valued Member

    Thanks for reading, this article does not acknowledge the author so it not worth the trouble to correct it. But I read something similar from a book so it might be of interest just to post it. His diagram on chan si is widely used. May be I will translate a few words from his book on chan si later.
     

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