Dai Shi Zhe
Praying Mantis Shifu
The information presented in this chart was collected from different sources -see Bibliography-, therefore the romanizations in Pinyin according to the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters sometimes is not available. If you find any mistakes or inaccuracies please contact me.
His name is also romanized as:
Ta She Che / Tai She Che.
Disciple of shifu Zhang Xiang San.
As shifu Zhang Xiang San and shifu Liu Yun Qiao were gong-fu brothers in the Liu He Tang Lang they exchanged students. Therefore, shifu Dai Shi Zhe also trained under shifu Liu Yun Qiao since 1958 in the Wu Tang Association.
In 1976 he moved to Venezuela, togheter with shifu Su Yu Zhang, both hired by the businessman Luis Chang Fung (who died in New York in December 1998). Shifu Dai Shi Zhe lived in Venezuela until 1987 when he returned to Taiwan.
In early '90s shifu Dai Shi Zhe travelled to Longkou (Shan Dong province) together with shifu Xu Ji (Adam Hsu) to research the roots of the Liu He Tang Lang Quan.
Shifu Dai Shi Zhe is a very traditional martial artist and is considered by many as the head of the Liu He Tang Lang Quan in Taiwan.
Page Updated: 1st January 2006.
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