Chen Zhenglei
Chen Zhenglie is one of the four Buddha Warriors of Chen Village. He lost his parents as did Chen Xiaowang in the early part of the revolution. He was noticed first nationally as a Champion Lion Dancer, then he began to be noticed as a martial artist.
As Chen Xiaowang immigrated, Chen Zhenglei stayed in China in the earlier years and became the number one Chen Tai Chi teacher in China. He is the cousin of Chen Xiaowang and five years younger. Chen Zhenglei is a great athlete and is one of the more graceful when watching his form. He promotes both the Old Frame and the New Frame Chen Tai Chi. He came to South Florida once for a seminar and taught a variety of things.
From Left: Gaofei Yan, Chen Zhenglei, James Cravens and Frank Pomeranz. Chen Zhenglei presents a banner to the American Chen Tai Chi Associaiton.
Chen Zhenglei visited us in South Florida and he went over a variety of things in Chen Tai Chi.
In one of his demonstrations he had asked for a long pole when we had a break. Several participants brought back a long pole for him to use. I thought he would choose the most flexible but he chosen one that did not seem to have much give. Then he started whipping it with power using facing and it was quite impressive how much he could bend the Long Pole.