Chen Guo Wei

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:
Chan Kowk Wai (Cantonese).
Shifu Chen learned a total amount of 30 barehand mantis forms; 25 plus 5 special ones which have very advanced techniques. The student under his tutelage who has learned the largest amount of barehand forms adds up to 16.
As shifu Chen has dedicated to the Northern Shaolin weapons forms he did not train the tang lang weapons' forms, the only Tang Lang form he has learned is a double-axe form.


Page Updated: 1st February 2001.
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