Tan Tui is the first form that Master Huan Zhang learned from his father Zhang Lu Ping when he was five year old. It’s considered to be the foundational form from the The Chin Woo (Jing Wu) Athletic Association in Shang hai, established in 1910, by Chinese Martial arts Hero Hou Yuan Jia. Bruce Lee and Jet Li both played as Hou Yuan Jia in their movies. Huan also learned Ba ji from his father and get some tips/correction from Master Kai Yu.
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| Hou Yuan Jia (1868-1910) | Wang Zi Ping (1881 -1973) | Cai Hong Xiang ( 1931-2015) |
Grandmaster Zhang Lu Ping learned twelve set of Tan Tui from Great Grandmaster Cai Hong Xiang who is a honorary grandmaster in Chin Woo Club( Great Grandmaster Cai Hong Xiang is also the classmate of Magic Fist Dragon Cai Long Yun). Later, Cai introduced Grandmaster Zhang Lu Ping to Chinese Martial Arts Hero, Great Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping to get his Tan Tui form corrected. Wang Zi Ping also knows Grandmaster Zhang Lu Ping’s father from Huang Pu Military School, that’s why he taught many great details to Grandmaster Zhang Lu Ping.
In the Chinese Martial Arts dictionary, under Tan Tui. There are three masters was introduced as the representative of Tan Tui. One is Hou Yuan Jia; Second is Wang Zi Ping; Third one is Yang Hong Xiu ( Yang is Wang Zi Ping’s Teacher). Grandmaster Zhang also got tips on Ba Ji while learning Tan Tui from the Great Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping. Grace Wu ( granddaughter of Wang Zi Ping) mentioned grandmaster Zhang Lu Ping( Last Page) in her article , ” Madam Wang Jurong, A daughter’s Reminiscence of One of China’s Most Famous Kung Fu Families” in Kung Fu Magazine( June/July 1998)
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| Master Zhang and Great Grandmaster Cai Hong Xiang |
Master Huan Zhang Tan Tui form was later corrected by Great Grandmaster Cai Hong Xiang while he was in Shang Hai city learning Yang Style Tai Chi. A good friend of Grandmaster Zhang Lu Ping, Master Kai Yu ( a lineage holder of Huo Family Bajiquan ) also showed Master Huan Zhang details of Ten Letter Power, the most important power release and mother form in Ba Ji with many other Ba Ji tips.
Master Huan Zhang consider Tan Tui as the foundation of Kung Fu and Ba Ji / Gong Li Quan as Kung Fu power releasing foundation forms. He practices the twelve sets of Chin Woo Tan Tui, Gong Li Quan and Ba Ji’s Jin Gang Bashi /Eight Guardian Forms and Xiao Jia/Small Frame.