paulchou.gif (138000 bytes) Wenpei Paul Chou, started Chen Style Taichi in 1980 with Master Pan,Wing -Chow.
1996 North West Taichi Association Southern California Taichi Chuan Championship, Chen TaiChi form 1st place.

1996 USA WKF National and International Invitational Tournament, Official Ranking Internal Chen Taiji Gold Medal.

2000 Berkeley Taichi Chuan Championship, TaiChi Push Hand Gold Medal.
How I started my Taichi Journey

When I was 23 years old I met Master Pan. He was demonstrating Chen Style Tai Chi, and I volunteered to challenge him. He easily threw me aside. I was amazed at his power and impressed with his elegance. He was 75 years old, and I was young and strong. How could he defeat me so effortlessly?! I asked Master Pan if he would teach me.
The good time that I have spent with my teacher

I visited and practiced with my teacher every day. His wife fixed lunch for us. She always urged me to eat a lot, saying that a young man should eat as much as he can. This was the year before I went to college in the US.

After three years, I returned to Taipei to a live just several blocks from my teacher's house. Every morning before work, I would practice with him. He showed me different forms. He would ask for my comments, but how could I give any? He showed me ''pushing hands''. He challenged me to figure out what skills he was using.

Every Sunday, at a kindergarten school playground, he held his school. Each student performed their form in front of him, and he gave comments and corrections. When we were not performing, we practiced pushing hands at the side. We would bring Master Pan questions from our pushing hands practice. He always showed us the right moves, repeating them until we understood.

Master Pan told us whenever he closed his eyes he could see his teacher, Chen Fa-Ke. He missed his teacher very much. I understand how he feels now, and I send him my best wishes always.
My progress in Searching in TaiChi

1. Learn the movements
2. Develop agility in steps, clearly demonstrate Yin and Yang.
3. Integrate entire body within movements
4. Maintain accurate joint alignment in every instant of motion.
5. Achieve harmony of movement at different speeds and intensities.
6. Into the sensitivity of fluctuation of Yin and Yang. Learn to synchronize my Chi with it.
7. Be able to sense and direct opponent's energy in a very delicate way so that no brutal force or energy will be required.
My Taichi practice today, and for tomorrow

I know the direction to go to continue to improve myself. I practice what my teacher has shown me, every day . . . to be aligned exactly, to adjust my body to neutralize the opponent's ''issuing'' and to issue energy in the same instance. I sense the energy flow around me, I measure the incoming trend so I adjust myself accordingly. This is how I started learning Tai Chi and this is how I continue. There is no graduation.
Why I want to put up this site

In appreciation of all Master Pan has given me, I want to share with others what he taught me. I am dedicated to presenting Chen Style Tai Chi in a way that can reach the most people by using the capabilities of the Internet. I want to present this art in a clear and obvious manner, and to demonstrate and explain what I have learned, from the very basic form to the deeper subtleties of the practice.