Chen Fake or Chén Fākē or Ch'en Fa-k'e 陳發科 (1887–1957) was a famous Chinese

China

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 Taijiquan teacher. Born and raised in Chen Family Village (Chenjiagou, 陳家溝) in Henan

Henan

Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...

 province, he was the 17th generation lineage holder of Chen-style taijiquan. His great-grandfather was the famous Taijiquan grandmaster Chen Changxing

Chen Changxing

Chen Changxing also spelled Ch'en Chang-hsing was a 14th generation descendant and 6th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan ....

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Chen Fake made Chen-style taijiquan a known and distinct entity when he went to Beijing

Beijing

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 in 1928 and opened the Zhongzhou Institute, which taught Taijiquan.

Creator of Xin Jia

Chen Fake is also known as the creator of the so-called New Frame (xin jia) within Chen style. Chen Fake feared that Taijiquan was being lost because some of its properties were too subtle, so he created a form that added visible external movements to internal actions. Exponents are however divided over this view. His son Chen Zhaokui is among many who regard Xin Jia to be a more refined style of Chen not previously taught in public. Xin Jia is much more ornate than the so-called Old Frame style (Lao Jia

Chen (Old Frame, First Routine, Lao Jia Yi Lu)

The different slow motion solo form training sequences of Taijiquan are the best known manifestation of Taiji for the general public. The forms are usually performed slowly by beginners and are designed to promote concentration, condition the body and acquaint students with the inventory of...

) of Chen Zhaopi.