When you first arrive at Chen village, you are struck by how unremarkable it is. Set in the remote countryside of central Henan, it appears to offer little. Yet as the birthplace of Tai Chi Chuan it is one of the most significant locations in Martial Arts. The Chen family, standard bearers of the Chen style for four hundred years, continue to teach Tai Chi Chuan at the school in the center of the village. This is an intimate journey to discover how the present generations of the family and its patriarch Chen Xiaowang, have rescued the Chen style from obscurity and why today, Tai chi students from all over the world make the long pilgrimage to this village in rural China.

As our journey unfolds, you will realize just how remarkable Chen village and its people really are.

Featuring the following Chen style Tai chi masters:

CHEN XIAOWANG, CHEN XIAOXING, CHEN ZIQIANG, CHEN BING, and other Chen family members filmed on location in Chen village, Henan, China