Wang Shu-Jin was born in mainland China in 1903. He began training with Master Zhang Zhao Dong at the age of 18. Wang Shu-Jin moved to Taiwan in 1949 as a result of the revolutionary turmoil on mainland China. Many of China’s great martial artists moved out of China at this time to other countries  including Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The Tai Chi Chuan form taught in the Cheng Ming martial arts system is derived from the “Orthodox Style” developed in 1929, which is a complete sequence developed from the five major families of Tai Chi Chuan.

A key goal in developing the “Orthodox Style” was to preserve the essence of Tai Chi Chuan. It focused on removing extraneous and inefficient movements or techniques as the sequence was developed. The resulting form was developed with the intent that every movement, transition and posture possesses a usable martial application as well as a health benefit.

The final Orthodox form was presented to the various Tai Chi Masters and their families for them to add to as they saw fit and to preserve the form with as many people as possible.

The founder of Cheng Ming, Great-Grandmaster Wang Shu Jin was also presented with the completed form, and he changed and enhanced it by blending in techniques from Hsing-I Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang.