Press & Media Archive
Newspaper features, magazine profiles, radio and podcast interviews, martial arts journalism, and historical coverage of Master Chen Huixian.
A historical archive
This archive brings together original publications, historical newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, audio interviews, and Examiner.com features documenting Master Chen Huixian's teaching in the United States.
Major newspaper coverage
Local instructor traces her lineage back 400 years to the martial art's founder.
James A. Fussell profiled Chen Huixian for World Tai Chi Day, introducing Kansas City readers to her Chen-family lineage, early training, arrival in the Midwest, and traditional Chen Taijiquan.
By James A. Fussell · Photography by Todd Feeback / The Kansas City Star
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A prominent FYI feature on Chen Huixian, the Chen family tradition, her life in Kansas City, and the academy in Johnson County, Kansas.
By Anne Kniggendorf · Photography by Susan Pfannmuller / Special to The Star
Read the article & view both page scans →Magazine & professional publications
Tai Chi: the strengthening exercise worth playing
Carolyn Glade Dvorak's two-page Health & Fitness feature profiles Chen Huixian, Chen-family Taijiquan, local students, and Taiji practice for fitness, balance, stress reduction, and chronic-health support.
Story by Carolyn Glade Dvorak · Photography by Tim Andersen
A major martial arts feature covering Huixian's upbringing in Chenjiagou, her teachers and training, competition and coaching history, arrival in the United States, and instruction in Ba Fa, Push Hands, Silk Reeling, and the Chen 18 Form.
The issue promotes “Chen Village's Phoenix” on its cover; supplied scans of the feature are available with the readable article text.
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By Jim Starshak and Chen Huixian. The professional health-and-fitness article discusses Taiji as moderate-intensity and neuromotor exercise, along with Huixian's explanations of intention, ground force, weight transfer, warm-ups, and Silk Reeling for conditioning.
Publication details and author permission to use, copy, or republish the article are documented in the academy's 2011 correspondence.
Read the complete article →View the original publication →Regional & Chinese-language coverage
Alex Smith's radio feature on Huixian bringing her family's Taijiquan tradition from Chenjiagou to Kansas City.
Read the KCUR feature →A substantial newspaper profile of Huixian's Chenjiagou background, family lineage, teaching, and life in Kansas.
Read the feature →An extended interview on Chenjiagou, training, martial ethics, teaching, and Chen-family Taijiquan.
Read the interview →Chen Huixian – A New Phenomenon in the Midwest
Originally published by Violet Li in the St. Louis Tai Chi Examiner on October 18, 2009 and later republished by SCANews in a bilingual Chinese-English edition. The feature announces Huixian's St. Louis seminars and documents her training under Chen Chunlei and Chen Zhenglei, competition record, Chenjiagou coaching work, credentials, and teaching in Kansas City.
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Violet Li's historical report covers Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei's visit to Huixian's Kansas City school and includes a contemporary biography of Huixian, her competition background, early U.S. teaching, and the growth of the academy.
By Violet Li · Published on Chen Zhenglei's website
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Martial arts journalism
Examiner.com is no longer active. Six Violet Li articles from 2010 are available here as original PDFs, documenting Chen Taijiquan training, methods, and Master Chen Huixian's instruction.
Internal Fighting Arts
Over several years, martial artist and writer Ken Gullette documented his experiences before and after workshops with Huixian, later publishing extended endorsements and interviews.
Preparing for a Laojia Yilu Workshop this Weekend with Chen Huixian documents Gullette's expectations before meeting Huixian and Michael.
Tai Chi Corrections – Chen Huixian and a Great Laojia Yilu Workshop follows the weekend with a detailed first-person account of corrections, stance training, body mechanics, and instruction.
A substantial endorsement based on Gullette's experiences training with Huixian and other Chen-family teachers.
Read the article →A detailed workshop report and endorsement covering Laojia Yilu, Cannon Fist, push hands, applications, and Huixian's teaching approach.
Read the article →A workshop preview and endorsement highlighting straight sword, Zhan Zhuang, Silk Reeling, and Laojia Erlu.
Read the preview →A first-person account of a two-day straight-sword workshop focusing on body mechanics, weight shifting, footwork, sword handling, and individual corrections.
Read the workshop report →Audio & long-form interviews
The first episode of Ken Gullette's Internal Fighting Arts Podcast, featuring Michael Chritton on Chen Taijiquan, his training journey, meeting Chen Huixian, and his connection to the Chen family.
Listen / view the podcast page →Ken Gullette's 1-hour, 48-minute interview with Huixian about growing up in Chenjiagou, training in Chen Taiji, her family background, and the challenges of moving to the United States.
Listen on Apple Podcasts →A reported radio feature by Alex Smith on Huixian's family tradition and teaching in Kansas City.
Read the KCUR feature →Chen family tradition
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