Why getting into Kung Fu Lineage by Mr. Zhang Jiping?  

The answer is: to get more treasure by the status of as an official disciple in Kung Fu Lineage. Chinese Kung Fu have been developing for thousands of years by the inheriting from sifu to his disciples generation to generation. Sifu guides his disciples into the gate, teaches the basic skills, and even imparts his precious know-how to his best disciples. This tradition has kept on in China even today. So everyone knows that it is a great difference between the disciples and the general students on the inheriting.

But why you should do this by the branch of Mr. Zhang Jiping? Kung Fu Lineage looks like a tree, with main branches and many thin branches. Here at Mr. Zhang it belongs to a main branch. Mr. Zhang had four sifu during his 37-year Kung Fu experience. The first sifu: *GM Zhou Mingde (1916-2008), the founder of the Duck School and one of the first persons with Wushu 8th Duan rank; the second sifu: *Mr. Jiang Zuoshan (1936-2003), with Wushu 6th Duan, his sifu come from Shaolin Temple; the third sifu: *GM Zang Xuefan (1930-), the inheritor of Liang-style Baguazhang School with Wushu 7th Duan rank; and the last sifu: *GM Feng Zhiqiang (1928-), the inheritor of Chen-style and the founder of Hunyuan Tai Chi with the 9th Duan rank. So if you get into the Kung Fu Lineage by this branch, you could be much closer with the treasures of Chinese Martial Arts.

And at the same time you will get the status as an official inheritor of the Hunyuan Tai Chi in the third generation, of the Chen-style in the 11th generation and of the Baguazhang in the 6th generation. No doubt, this status is useful to you too, according to Confucius' saying "without the status, having no the speaking right".

But it is not sure that every applicant could be accepted successfully. Please read the information below.

The Conditions of Master Zhang Jiping's Disciples

Above all, if any one of the states bellow matches with you, you should NOT request to be the disciple of Master Zhang Jiping:

1, your sifu, whom you have had already, doesn't agree with your asking for a new sifu.

2, a person with bad habits, such as the bibulosity, gambling and freak-out etc.

3, the person, who was born before 01-01-1960.

Apart from that, you should completely accepted Disciple Precept of Master Zhang Jiping, and earnestly perform each of its clauses.

Here the Disciple Precept:

1, to love the life of the human being and of the nature.

2, to safeguard the justice and to carry out our duty.

3, to follow the science and the truth and to oppose the blind faith.

4, to respect the master, and be honest and modest and with good manners.

5, to cultivate ourselves permanently and to improve the ability of Tai Chi everlastingly.

6, to contribute for the development of Tai Chi in the world.

The New Disciple Ceremony in TSS Seminar 2008

The New Disciple Ceremony has always been regarded as a magnific event in Kung Fu circle. A grand ceremony had taken place, local officials and experts had been invited to attend the ceremony. The ceremony was getting along in a new style without burning joss sticks, without kneel down and kotow. But just bowing to the grand master Feng, bowing to the master Zhang, and to all attendants.

*Here series of photos of TSS certificates and of the ceremony.
*Here the video of the report by local TV station about the ceremony in TSS Seminar 2008.
*Here some comments of foreign students of Mr. Zhang Jiping
*Here the speech of Mr. Tan, the secretary-general of the Jilin Provincial Wushu Association.