Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang peacefully passed away on May 5, 2012 in Beijing. I lost my Shifu and the martial arts world lost a grandmaster! The funeral will be held on May 11, 2012.
To all my students, please remember this day and have a moment of silence with us in Beijing!
Feng Zhiqiang is the ultimate example of Taiji. He is a paradox and a harmonized contradiction. He is the most common retired old man and yet the most feared legendary master. He is our only link (as of 2001) to the time of fists and swords, of legends and heroes, and of dedication and bitter struggle to survive.
Today, he enjoys the reputation as a famous contemporary Chinese martial artist. He is an eighteenth generation grand master of Chen Style Taijiquan and the creator of the
Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan System.
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A great loss to the Martial Arts world, RIP Grandmaster Feng.
My condolences Shifu.
Regards.
My condolences.
Oh no! My condolences.
It is with a heavy heart that we receive this sad news of the passing of GM Feng Zhiqiang.
Shifu, please pass our condolences from the practitioners and grand disciples in Ottawa to the family of such a great Taiji grandmaster. Personally, my world of taiji has been greatly changed through Shifu’s teachings of the rich syllabus of the Chen-shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taiji system of GM Feng. I will forever feel indebted to GM Feng for developing this system for the benefit of all to enjoy. This legacy will live forever.
Master Chen, please accept my condolences in the loss of a great Master and your Shifu. Thankfully you will carry on his legacy.
With Respect…
Shifu, my deepest condolences to you and to Shigong Feng’s immediate family. I will always remember him with lots of respect and admiration.
I will always treasure our brief meeting in 2007 in Beijing.
I am so sad to hear of Grand Master Feng’s passing. My condolences on the loss to his family, and my warmest admiration for his new journey into the Tao….
My deepest condolences. Its a great loss to all of us.
Dear Master Chen,
My deepest condolences to you and the immediate family of the Grandmaster at this difficult hour. My heart hurts just thinking about how you and all those students whose lives the Grandmaster must have touched must be feeling.
RIP Grandmaster Feng. My deepest condolences.
So sad about that! My condolences. May you be safe and fulfilled on your journey, Grandmaster Feng.
My condolences
My compassion to the bereaved.
I would like to express my sincere condolences on the recent passing of your master,grandmaster Feng Zhi Qiang. Although I never had the chance
to meet Grandmaster Feng Zhi Qiang in person, I am sure he was very highly respected throughout the martial arts world and his great works changed the lives of many.
I realize that no words of comfort are quite enough to replace the loss.
My thoughts are with you, his family, all his other students and friends.
Yours sincerely,
Mario Poehl (from Germany)
My condolences on this immense loss to the taiji world and especially to those who knew Master Feng in personal.
My condolences…
My sincere condolences. My heart goes out to you, his family, and the many students whose lives Grandmaster has touched. I will always treasure the time that we spent with Shigong in Beijing in the summer of 2008.
I wish i could have met him, rest in peace.
My condolences… may his memories be a blessing to all.
My condolences – a great loss to China, and the world of taiji.
Master Chen, my sincere condolences for such a great loss. He was a living legend and will always be remembered.
My sincere condolences to his family and you Master Chen. With peace.
Very sad news. My condolences.
My condolences to Grandmaster Feng’s family, friends, many students and to Master Chen. Grandmaster Feng has enriched our understanding of Taiji and was the last link to his famous master, Chen Fake. Although I have never met him, Master Chen has told many stories and anecdotes that make him seem close and through these stories, we have all come to know and appreciate him. Grandmaster Feng is now continuing his journey and we wish him well. He will be remembered as a legend and a great man.
Oh, terrible news! The world has lost a treasure. My condolences to you, Shifu, and the rest of the family.
I did meet GM Feng once briefly, but it is as Allan says that it’s through Master Chen that we have come to really know GM Feng and the art of Hunyuan. We will work hard at continuing to advance these teachings, but it’s is very sad that the direct link to the source is now lost. He was indeed a great man.
Dear Master Chen,
Although I haven’t had the honour to meet personally your GrandMaster Feng ZhiQiang, I feel the great sadness and the emptiness that a Great Taijiquan Master like Him has left among us and in the whole Taijiquan Art. Master Chen please accept my personal and my family deepest condolence for the loss of Your Shifu.
It was a full life. RIP Grandmaster Feng.
I was lucky to go with shifu multiple times and visit master Feng. I got to know Feng’s wife, daughters, grandsons and some of our shifu’s Taiji brothers and sisters. I want to add to above posts that the world has lost a great man in addition to a legendary martial artist. A warm hearted kind man with a smile that makes one happy from a hundred feet distance. I greatly miss him, I wish his wife, daughters, grandchildren, shifu and all my Taiji uncles and aunts strength at these difficult and sad times.
Master Chen,
My condolences to you and to the family, friends and students of Grand Master Feng Zhiqiang.
If you want to see few images of master Feng and shifu, I wrote an article last year, please scroll to the very end of the article.
http://hunyuaninstitute.com/huandhunyuan.pdf
I offer my sympathies to his family and to Master Chen. Such a powerful figure will no doubt leave a great void in many lives and to the world of martial arts.
We should all realize how fortunate we are to have Shifu with us and take nothing for granted.
My condolences to you and the family.
My sincerest condolences, Master Chen.
What can I say that hasn’t already been said………. Condolences.
My sincere condolences to you, and his family, friends, and other students.
My condolences on the loss of a great teacher and a great man. In the Jewish tradition we say, “May his memory be a blessing.” This is certainly true for those who knew him and had the privelige of studying with him, but the blessing of his life will also be in those who will be touched by the beauty and depth of his Taiji.
Very sad to hear of Grandmaster Feng’s passing. My sincere condolence to family, friends, students and to Master Chen.
I was so sorry to hear of the passing of Grandmaster Feng, teacher of my teacher (Gao Fu). I had the honor to train briefly with Grandmaster Feng in 2001 and his wisdom, words, and lessons have made me a better person. A great light has returned to the infinite Dao, and his breath has become one with the Hunyuan Qi. Many thousands will miss him, but I know that his beloved family and disciples will miss him most of all. With Respect, Kenneth Cohen (Gao Han)
My condolences, Master Chen. Grandmaster Feng will be sorely missed.
My condolences Shifu. I Was lucky enough to meet him and push with him in Beijing in 2008. He took us to lunch and i will never forget that. It was one of the highlights of my Taiji training to date.
Oh my goodness Master Chen! I’m so sorry for your loss. It must have given him great peace of mind to know your diligence and sincerity in passing on his teachings….my deepest sympathy.
Rest in peace and my condolences.
My condolences to Master Feng and family.
Grandmaster Feng’s Hunyuan Taiji was the first system in which I learned Taiji, and through which I found Master Chen. Thank you Grandmaster Feng, and RIP. My condolences to Master Chen, and Grandmaster Feng’s family.
My condolences to you, Shifu, and to his family. May his memory live with us and inspire us
Dear sifu,my sincere condolences to you and Grandmaster Fengs family for there lost.For many generations he will inspire us and his spirit will encourage many taichi players to continue his legacy.RIP.
Very sad news. I had the great honour of meeting Grandmaster Feng while studying at the main school in Beijing. Even though he was retired, he would come in on Saturday mornings to watch some of the lessions. His great love for what he did was clear for all to see, with him often demonstrating different aspects of the art to those lucky enough to be present.
My lasting memory though will not just be of meeting a legend of the martial arts world. It will be of meeting a true human being, a man who had time for everyone, a great sense of consideration for others and simply a love of life.
My deepest condolences to all family, friends, disciples and students.
Dear Master Chen,
My sincere condolences to you and GMFeng’s family. He will be missed dearly by all. Trully, A Great Master.
The martial arts community share your lost. It is vital that we learn all we can from the Grandmasters that are still alive today, but most importantly continue to teach and share the knowledge they left behind. It is good to know we have Chen Zhonghua; a living branch of a truly great master.
Dear Master Chen,
My condolences on such a great loss. He was truly a gem in the MA circles and impacted thousands of people. His taiji and legacy will live on forever. He will be surely missed by all.
Yours Sincerely
Jonathan Kwan
Master Chen,
The loss of Grandmaster Feng and his positive impact on thousands of students across the globe highlights the special nature of his Taijii. Thousands more will enjoy Taiji in the future when his legacy is carried on by his disciples and students. He will never be forgotten.
My thoughts are with his family.
Sincerely,
Paul Janssens
Canberra -Ausralia
Although I never met Grandmaster Feng and did not practise his style his passing away for me also is moving. My compassion to all who were close to him.
RIP Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang.
My sincere condolences to Sifu and Grandmaster Feng’s family. The Taiji community is mourning a great loss.
Rick Kare
Dear Chen, Laoshi.
I am very sorry to hear about the passing of Feng Zhiqiang. He was a great light in the world of taijiquan. We were all blessed by his life. Although I regret never having the opportunity to study with him, he always impressed me. And I feel blessed to be able to benefit, through you, from his teachings. We are all much better off because of him.
I am glad that your work and teaching will continue, doing credit to his memory, and spreading his good work around the world.
Dear Master Chen,
we are deeply saddened to hear of GrandMaster Feng’s loss.
Our deepest condolences to you and the immediate family of the GrandMaster.
Giuseppe Bon, Valentina Faccin and the Italia Poon-zè Team
My condolences. One of the greatest taichi grandmaster.
Very sad. My deepest sympathy to you, Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang’s family, freinds and students.
Alexandra Meinhold
The passing of Grandmaster Feng is truly a loss to the Taiji world. My deepest condolences to Grandmaster Feng’s family, disciples and students on their great loss.
my condolences to Master Chen especially, but also the taiji community.
I have only read and heard stories and seen youtube videos, but those indeed were enough to reveal his amazing skill and also down to earth nature. His passion for taiji and leadership was inspiring. A true exemplar in the taiji community.
My sincere condolences on the death of grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang to his family, to Master Chen and to all those that feel this deep loss. He will be sadly missed by the taiji community. GM Feng Zhiqiang , eighteenth generation GM of Chen Style Taijiquan gave the world an extraordinary gift by creating the exceptional system Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan practiced and valued around the world. Indeed he lived his dream to make mankind better through the Chinese taiji .
I am very moved by this news, however I am glad that GM Feng Zhiqiang lived to see his disciple Master Chen bringing his skills, experience, Chen Style Taijiquan and the Hunyuan system to a new dimension by imparting it actively, intensively, with the whole world using best teaching style and new technologies. He always will be present in our hearts through his legacy.
Respectfully,
Nona
My condolences, shifu. I regret I did not have the chance to meet this great master.