Because of his great gongfu skills, Master Wang is generally recognized as Da Shi. Da means great, grand, or prominent, and Shi means teacher, shifu, or master. Therefore Dai Shi is a master who is recognized as an exceptionally accomplished martial artist. Although only a few people had known Master Wang's Fa-Hao, he made it public at his seventieth birthday celebration. From that point on, he has been called YIN CHENG DA SHI as a sign of respect for his great skill and learning.

Today, Master Wang holds many official positions. He is president of the Yin Cheng Gong Fa Association and of the Beijing Wu Style Taiji Quan Association; director of the Physical Science Research Center of BITI; expert committee member of the China Human-Body Science Institute; professor at the Chinese Qigong Institute for Advanced Studies; professor at the Beijing Normal College; and a consultant for martial arts and Qigong associations in many cities and provinces. Formerly, he was president of the Orient Martial Arts School; president of the Peisheng Martial Arts School; chairman of the Mass Martial Arts Club and director of the Huitong Martial Arts School. Master Wang has also held a variety of teaching and martial arts coaching posts at Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Language University, Beijing Language Institute, Beijing Industry College, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing Agriculture Mechanization College, North Traffic University, China Science Institute, Tianjing Medical College, Beijing Medical College, Beijing Workers Sanatorium, Beijing Modern Management College, China Qigong Institute, Beijing Library, China Daily Press, National Education Committee, and Beijing Taimiao Taiji Quan Association among others. The Chinese government regularly appoints Master Wang as a judge and member of the Arbitration Committee of the National Martial Arts Tournament.

The Road of Master Wang's Martial Arts Training

Grand Master Wang Peisheng is president of the Beijing Wu Style Taiji Quan Association and one of the most outstanding martial arts masters in China. He started practicing martial arts when he was twelve years old and went on to study with some of the most famous masters in China. He studied Yin Style Bagua Zhang with Ma Gui , Jiao-men Tantui with Zhang Yulian, Wu Style Taiji Quan with Yang Yuting and then received special intensive training from his grandmaster Wang Maozhai (who was the number one Taiji master in north China at that time). He also mastered: Cheng and Liu Style Bagua Zhang with Gao Kexing; Ruyi Tongbei Quan with Liang Junbo; Shanxi Xingyi Quan with Zhao Runting; Hebei Xingyi Quan and Bagua Zhang with Han Muxia; Baji Quan with Wu Xiufeng; Buddhist philosophy and Qigong system with Liao Yi and Miao Chan; Taoist philosophy and Qigong system with Shen Xingchan and Wu Jinyong; and Confucianism with Jin Hu and Xu Zhenkuan. Additionally, he studied Shaolin Quan, Chinese wrestling, several Qigong systems and Chinese medicine. His training in all of these disciplines was intensive, rigorous and professional, and his training sessions often lasted all day. By eighteen years of age, he had become the youngest professional martial arts master in Beijing. Throughout his life, he defeated many famous masters, giving him the reputation of a great master of real fighting techniques. Grand Master Wang is also a scholar of traditional Chinese arts, philosophy, and culture.

Interview with Master Wang by Andrew Nugent-Head

Grand Master Wang has spent his whole life researching the martial arts. He became good friends with many masters and researched many concepts and techniques with them. Thus, his knowledge of martial arts spans a wide variety of styles. Because of this, he is able to look at many different styles and understand the true nature and essence of the martial arts. He is not a conservative teacher who believes in only one method and just stays in a rut. He has developed his own system without excluding traditional rules. He does not accept anything as true until he knows it to be correct from his own experience and research. He does not say or teach anything before he really can do it. He always asks himself and other people "why?" He respects and follows tradition but never rejects progress. He creates new approaches but never without thought. He practices hard, studies everything without prejudice and thinks deeply, so that he receives and inherits the essence of traditional martial arts. He sums up the experience of the older generations, analyzes everything in detail and develops his new system based on the traditional system. Today, people respect him not only for his skills, but also for his high level martial arts ideas and new training methods.

The Poem of Yin Cheng Gong Fa

Yin Cheng Gong Fa

YCGF is founded on a very strong system of principles. It is rooted in traditional Chinese culture, including Chinese philosophy, art, military strategy and tactics, and medical theory, and it incorporates all traditional Chinese martial arts principles. It uses a high level view to analyze the true nature and essence of the martial arts so that this understanding becomes more accessible to practitioners of all skill levels and can function as an effective guide towards high level practice.

The Path of Yin Cheng Gong Fa Development

"Yin Cheng Tang" -� written by the famous calligraphy master Xiao Lao (92 years old) for Grand Master Wang's seventieth birthday ceremony. Picture Gallery - Yin Cheng Tang

It took a long time to develop this system. It is typically dated from Master Wang's creation of the Wu Style Taiji Quan Thirty-seven Posture Form in 1953. The system was not popular during the 1960's and 70's because of political conditions in China at that time. Nevertheless, it did spread quietly during this period. When Master Wang returned to Beijing in the 1980's and rebuilt his reputation, the system spread widely. It quickly became popular and famous in China. At that time, after years of thought and careful organization, Master Wang published his new training style Qian Kuan Wu Ji Gong, which combined many high level martial arts and Qigong skills. We think the time is ripe to present this new martial arts training system. In 1987, Master Wang decided to use his special literature name Yin Cheng to name the new system, so it was then that Yin Cheng Gong Fa was born.