About Sifu Mark Chen

Mark Chen is a 20th-generation lineage holder in Chen Family Taijiquan, and a formal, rumen disciple of 19th-generation Grandmaster Chen Qingzhou of Xulü Village, Henan Province, China. Mark has been teaching Taijiquan for nineteen years. He holds an instructor's credential (Quan Shi rank) from the certification board of the Wen Xian International Taijiquan Conference, the official accreditation body for Chen Family Taijiquan instructors in China. He is also a certified senior instructor in the Chen Qingzhou Martial Arts Association (accredited by China's Ministry of Education) and the public relations director for the National Neigong Research Society (NNRS).

Mark began training Shaolin in 1973 under Grandmaster Kuo Lien Ying of San Francisco. In 1979 he progressed to Yang Style Taijiquan under Master Bill Gee, and in 1996 began studies in Chen Style Taijiquan with Master Zhang Xue Xin (preferring the more vigorous, martial orientation of the Chen system). The following year, he met Grandmaster Chen Qingzhou, a disciple of the great 18th-generation Grandmaster Chen Zhaopei. Mark has been a student of Grandmaster Chen since that time, and was granted disciple status in 1999.

Mark is the author of Old Frame Chen Family Taijiquan, published by North Atlantic Books.