Tung Ying-chieh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chinese martial artist
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Place of Birth: Hebei, China
About Tung Ying-chieh
- Tung Ying-chieh or Dong Yingjie (8 November 1898 – 1961) was an influential teacher of t'ai chi ch'uan.
- He was born in Hebei, China.
- A senior student of Yang Chengfu (1883–1936), he originally studied Wu (Hao)-style t'ai chi ch'uan as a young man.
- Tung also studied with Chengfu's older brother Yang Shao-hou (1862–1930) and was the founder of Tung Tai Chi.
- In Shao-hou's classes he was an older classmate of the Wu-style's Wu Kung-i (1900–1970) and Wu Kung-tsao (1902–1983), and the men remained close colleagues in later years.
- Following the trend of many famous t'ai chi masters who moved south during the War years, Tung moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and taught Yang style there.
- The Tung style as it eventually developed included training features researched by Tung Ying-chieh, both with Yang Chengfu and independently. He wrote a book called "T'ai chi ch'uan Explained" or "Principles of T'ai chi ch'uan" (T'ai chi ch'uan Shih I, ?????) which has recently been translated from Chinese into English.
- First published in 1948, it has been reprinted (notably in Hong Kong in 1975) and updated continuously since its first publication. Tung Ying-chieh was followed by son Tung Huling (???) who is followed by Tung Kai Ying and Dong Zeng Chen.
- The members of the Tung family teach t'ai chi ch'uan in Asia, Hawaii, North America and Europe.
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