Grandfather and Grandson, Fathers and Sons, engage in different pursuits
When Master Wu Chien Chuan went to Shanghai, he took with him his beloved grandson, Master Wu Tai
Kwei, who was the eldest son of Master Wu Kung Yi. He was very young, barely ten years old, but had
been taught Tai Chi Chuan by his grandfather from childhood. Because Master Wu Chien Chuan wanted
to teach him more, when Master Wu Chien Chuan took his art south, he took his grandson along with
him. They lived in the Ching-Wu Sports Association, and Master Wu Chien Chuan started teaching Tai
Chi Chuan in Shanghai. Then the Tai Chi Chuan participants at the Ching-Wu Association began to grow
in numbers.
After a time the Chung-yang National Martial Arts Academy of Nanking was formed. Chang Chih-chiang
was headmaster and Li Ching-lin and Chu Min-Yi were assistants. When Chu Ming-Yi was in Beijing, he
had studied Tai Chi Chuan at the Chien Chuan Association. Since he knew that Master Wu Chien Chuan
was at the Shanghai Ching-Wu Association, he thereupon issued an invitation from the National Martial
Arts Academy, inviting him to direct Tai Chi Chuan teaching in Nanking. After initiating national martial
arts contest, he invited Master Wu Chien Chuan to adjudicate.
The Old and Young leave and Family scatters
The war of resistance against Japan started and Beijing fell. Master Wu Kung Yi closed the Tai Chi
Chuan Association and fled with his wife and family to Chang-sha; and Master Wu Chien Chuan, who
was in Nanking at that time, brought Master Tai Kwei to Hong Kong. After he arrived in Hong Kong, he
formed the Chien Chuan Tai Chi Chuan Association at Lockhart Road, teaching disciples and waiting for
the family members in Chang Sha to arrive in Hong Kong.
After Chang-sha engaged in the war, Master Wu Kung Yi and Master Wu Kung Cho left Chang-sha and
went to Hong Kong with their wives and children, and the family was once again reunited. At that time,
the Chien Chuan Tai Chi Chuan Association had many disciples. Master Wu Chien Chuan was head of
the school, and Master Wu Kung Yi and Master Wu Kung Cho assisted him. After a period of time,
Master Wu Kung Cho left Hong Kong to develop a Tai Chi Chuan Association in Guangzhou and Macau
And after another period of time, when Master Wu Chien Chuan was seventy year old and Hong Kong
had just been captured, Master Wu Chien Chuan left Hong Kong for Shanghai and unexpectedly died
there. At this time Master Wu Kung Yi and Master Wu Tai Kwei fled to Master Wu Tai Kwei and taught
pupils at the Association there.