A Lasting Legacy

School Founder - Grandmaster Aiping Cheng

Grandmaster Aiping Cheng was born in 1955 in Hangzhou China. She dedicated her whole life to practicing and teach Chinese Martial Arts since the age of 15, when she was selected to join the Zhejiang Province professional Wushu Team.

Grandmaster Cheng is one of the few Chinese martial artists trained at an elite level in both contemporary wushu and traditional Tai Chi.  With her exceptional abilities in Tai Chi, she was sent to train intensively with traditional Tai Chi masters - Grandmaster Li Tianji and Fu Zhongwen in Yang Style; Grandmaster Sun Jianyun in Sun style; and Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei in Chen style.

She was also a member of the prestigious 16-member committee of experts that established the first Tai Chi competition standards.

In 1974, the young Aiping was selected and joined the National Wushu Team for a historic world tour, demonstrating before world leaders, such as Queen Elizabeth II and President Richard Nixon.

In 1999, with 50 years of experience of training, competing, coaching, judging International competition, and teaching Chinese Martial Arts at the highest levels, Grandmaster Cheng was awarded Top Level by the International Wushu Association, reserved for martial arts masters with at least 30 years of outstanding experience.

In 2008, Grandmaster Cheng was recognized by the International Wushu Sanshou Dao Association for her exceptional skill, knowledge, and teaching. 

Between 1996 and 2021, Grandmaster Aiping Cheng taught Tai Chi in the U.S. and established two Tai Chi schools in Orange, Connecticut and Austin, Texas. Both schools are now managed by her disciples and still actively teaching Tai Chi to the community.

When she retired from teaching in 2021, Grandmaster Aiping Cheng left a legacy behind her. Her dedications to Tai Chi have resulted in great accomplishments, especially in promoting Tai Chi as a heathy way of living in the modern world.