History and Lineage

Wu Yi Jie He Family System of Chinese Healing and Martial Arts


Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping  1st Generation Master
 
Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong  2nd Generation Master
 
Master Dr. Wu Chengde  2nd Generation Master
 
Master Helen Wu  3rd Generation Master
 
Master Grace Xiaogao Wu-Monnat  3rd Generation Master
 
Master Wu Xiaoping  3rd Generation Master
 
Master Simon Hu  3rd Generation Master
 
Master George Picard  4th Generation Master
Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping (1881-1973) --> More

Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping with Sword Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping was known for his patriotism, great strength, martial skills, and as a doctor of traumatology. He was the last of the great grandmasters from the last Chinese dynasty. Wang Zi Ping was born in 1881, during the unsettling time of the last Chinese empire. He started his Wushu training at age six, and became an expert in many styles of Wushu.

Watch Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping with his daughter Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong performing with the straight sword. In the background is a young Master Helen Wu (see below), granddaughter of Wang Zi Ping.

He was well versed in all the major weapons, in qinna, shuaijiao, free fighting, hard Qi Gong, light body technique, and many more. He was acclaimed as a well-rounded martial artist. At the same time, he was also a famous expert in traumatology. He combined his adept knowledge of qinna with his bone setting skills and originated a well-known system of treatment for sports and Wushu related injuries in Northern China.

Wang Zi Ping lived until he was 93 years old. Wang Zi Ping was the head of the Shaolin Division at the Central Martial Arts Institute. He was the vice chairman of the China Wushu Association, the highest Wushu organization in China. He had many other titles and responsibilities, including being the advisor to major hospitals in China.

Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong (1928-2005) --> More

Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong with Sword

Grandmaster Wang was born in 1928 in Hebei Province, China. From her father’s personal tutelage, at the age of five, Grandmaster Wang began her training. Young Ju Rong developed a deeper interest in Wushu and traumatology. In 1952, Grandmaster Wang graduated from the Aurora University in Shanghai with a degree in physical education. She became one of the founding professors of the East China Physical Education College. She was appointed as head of this department.

She developed the graduate programs in Wushu and was the first professor in the Physical Education University to graduate students with master’s degrees in Tai Chi Chuan. Throughout her life, Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong and her father Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping, dedicated their lives to promotion of Wushu and medicine. In 1955, Grandmaster Wang married Dr. Wu Chengde, a highly accomplished martial artist and professor of Traditional Chinese medicine.

Dr. Wu Chengde (1930-)

Dr. Wu Chengde


A Professor Emeritus of the Shanghai Traditional Medicine and Herbology University. Dr. Wu is a disciple and the son-in-law of Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping. He was the first coach of the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine University Wushu team. He is a prominent practitioner in Shuaijiao, many Wushu styles, and a highly acclaimed advisor for the International Wushu Sanshou Dao Association.





Dr. Wu Chengde (in white) teaching Tai Chi

Dr. Wu has over a half century of Wushu, Jaijiquan and Qi Gong experience as well as clinical experience in Chinese medicine. From 1959 to 1989, he served as the director and professor for the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Doctor in Chief of the Longhua Hospital in Shanghai. He currently teaches and has his medical practice in Houston, Texas.

Master Helen Wu --> More

Master Helen Wu demonstrating Double Fan

Master Helen Wu was born in Shanghai, China in 1956. She began her training in the martial arts when she was 3 years old, studying under both her grandfather, legendary martial artist Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping and her mother, Grandmaster (Professor) Wang Ju Rong. She became an expert in all the major styles of Kung Fu and Tai Chi.

In 1982, Master Wu graduated from the Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Teachers University and remained as a teacher of sports medicine. She also studied and practised healing under the direction of her father, Dr. Wu Chengde. She has authored more than twenty articles, and has published five books on subjects including Tai Chi, Wushu and traumatology. Master Wu now teaches Tai Chi credit courses at the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada.

Master Grace Xiaogao Wu-Monnat --> More

Master Grace Wu-Monnat


Master Grace Xiaogao Wu-Monnat was born into a Chinese martial arts aristocratic family. Young Grace began her kung fu training with her grandfather, China’s well-respected grandmaster Wang Zi-ping, her mother, professor Wang Ju-rong, New China’s first generation woman Wushu grandmaster, and her father, Dr. Wu Cheng-de, a prominent Wushu and orthopedic doctor. During the Culture Revolution time, Grace’s grandfather was forbidden to teach. Thus, as a child, Grace began to teach martial arts as her nearby grandfather’s teaching puppet. So began her lifelong quest to both learn and teach Chinese martial arts.



Master Wu Xiaoping --> More

Master Wu Xiaoping with Sword

Master Wu Xiaoping began her traditional Wushu training at age three from her grandfather, Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping; her mother, Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong; and her father, Dr. Wu Chengde. She has been immersed in traditions of Chinese martial arts and medicine for most of her life. Her early martial arts training included the Chang Quan system (Chang Quan, Hua Quan, Hong Quan, Pao Quan and Tan Tui), Baji Quan and Taiji Quan.

A graduate of both the Shanghai Teaching University and the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Master Wu Xiaoping obtained her bachelors degree and is highly skilled in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), specializing in Qi Gong, Tui Na (massage) and acupuncture. She did several more years of clinical studies under her father, Dr. Wu Chengde, focusing on sports medicine. Master Wu has extensive teaching experience in Wushu, Taiji Quan and Qi Gong. She served as an instructor and lecturer at the Shanghai International Cultural College and the Shanghai Yang Zhi Jiang Wu Gong Ti Xiao (a martial arts and physical therapy institute).


Master Simon Hu --> More

Master Simon Hu in Meditation

Master Simon Hu was born in Shanghai in 1956. He began his training in the martial arts when he was 12 years old, studying under both legendary martial artist Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping (1881~1973), and Grandmaster (Professor) Wang Ju Rong.

He was also trained by eminent Chinese Tai Chi Masters, such as Master Gu Liu-Xin and Master He Bin-Quan.

He has had 30 years of teaching experience, and has become an expert in all the major styles of Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Kung Fu.











Master George Picard --> More

Master George Picard started his martial arts training in 1971. He has trained in several styles of Okinawan Karate and currently teaches Okinawan Goju Karate Jutsu, Okinawan Kobudo and most major styles of Qi Gong and Tai Chi and Tai Chi Weapons at his home Dojo, Glenridge Martial Arts Academy in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Master George Picard Master Picard started teaching Qi Gong and Tai Chi in 1996 in Toronto, Ontario. Through serendipity and good fortune he met Master Helen Wu and Master Simon Hu. He continues to train weekly as a private student of both Masters. "One of my most memorable experiences was training with Grandmaster Wang Ju Rong in Houston Texas. Her grace, humility, knowledge and dedication I can only aspire to and would take another lifetime to attain."

In 2005 Master Picard received his fourth generation certificate from Master Helen Wu. Master Picard's focus is to help people heal their various conditions and attain higher levels of health and awareness, through Qi Gong / Tai Chi. He has been teaching classes at Wellspring Niagara's Cancer Support Center for eight years and currently teaches doctors, health care workers and private students throughout North America. He also conducts seminars on healing through Qi Gong / Tai Chi and teaches others this healing system so more people can benefit physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.