Kwongping Province Taijiquan
During the early 1990s after being hired by the Utah Governor to teach at a maximum security prison, Master Zhen spent several hours every day for several years developing the Tai Chi programs of Shaolin Chi Mantis. He purchased every book he could find on Tai Chi. He ordered and rented every video he could find on Tai Chi. Master Zhen's students loaned him all their videos.
Because Master Zhen was researching Praying Mantis and Shaolin Kung Fu for the Mantis and Shaolin programs of Tai Chi Youth, he also studied all the books and videos he could obtain on those martial arts also. Many of these tapes and books were valuable to the Tai Chi program as self-defense moves were learned that associated with each of the Tai Chi movements. This led to the QIN NA DIRECTORY of Shaolin Chi Mantis which contains all the self-defense application of Tai Chi, Shaolin Kung Fu, and Northern Praying Mantis.
As students of Shaolin Chi Mantis progressed, more self-defense moves were required until each student could demonstrate three applications for each of the sixteen sections of the Yang Style Taijiquan Short Form of Shaolin Chi Mantis.
With their Push Hands skills, Qin Na, and self-defense applications, the Tai Chi students of Shaolin Chi Mantis were seen as "Shaolin Tai Chi," because it was so powerful and aggressive. This reputation was proven by the Shaolin Chi Mantis students as they accelled in sports, school, and handling dangerous situations. Master Zhen chuckles, "We're not a fighting school, and we don't even spar, but none of my students has ever lost a fight."
