About Me
Guardian and Inheritor of Chinese Traditional Martial Arts and Culture
Shi Weimin（史为民）, Taoist name: Cheng Song, family genealogy name: Zhang Zhimin. He is an inheritor of China’s intangible cultural heritage in traditional martial arts, a scholar of Taiji culture, and a practitioner of traditional Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist cultures.
Born into a martial arts family in Jiangsu Province, he began practicing martial arts from a young age. His family has a rich heritage in martial studies, including: three generations with seven jinshi (imperial scholars), one prefecture with two commanders-in-chief, four imperial bodyguards with swords, the emperor’s conferred title of the top martial scholar in Jiangnan, and two high-ranking officials serving as the governor of Guizhou and the governor of Guangxi. He has extensively studied various traditional martial arts.
Graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in computer science in 1990, he later worked in technology, finance, international trade, and other industries. Through culture and science, he realized the immense nourishing effects of traditional martial arts and Chinese traditional culture on the body and spirit, and is committed to the inheritance and dissemination of Taijiquan and Taoist culture.
Shanghai Television, Wuhan Television, and Yangzhou Television have reported and broadcast special features and documentaries on intangible cultural heritage martial arts projects in which Shi Weimin participated.
He holds the sixth dan in Chinese martial arts, is a member of the China Association for Research and Development of Folk Traditional Chinese Medicine, and a council member of its Taoist Medicine Branch.
Shi Weimin emphasizes research in martial arts and culture, and has published articles in authoritative Chinese publications such as “Martial Soul,” “Wudang,” and “Shanghai Martial Arts,” introducing Taoist martial arts and traditional culture.
After years of practice, Shi Weimin has integrated traditional martial arts with medicine, internal alchemy, and Chinese traditional culture. He believes that traditional martial arts is an excellent direction for individuals and society, contributing to physical health maintenance and spiritual transcendence, with great social value. Practicing martial arts not only benefits the body but also influences one’s perspective on the world, making it clearer. The essence of Chinese traditional martial arts is the carrier of Chinese traditional culture, so spreading traditional martial arts enables a better understanding and promotion of Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist cultures.
Shi Weimin advocates for the systematic, scientific, and standardized organization and promotion of traditional martial arts, emphasizing the parallel cultivation of literature and martial arts, and inheriting and promoting the excellent contents of traditional culture. With personal effort, he diligently practices and tirelessly promotes traditional martial arts and traditional culture.
As a “science and engineering guy,” Shi Weimin has always kept pace with the times. In teaching methods, he utilizes technological innovation tools and collaborates with universities to empower traditional martial arts with technology. “I plan to work with universities to create metaverse, artificial intelligence AI systems or software, allowing people to practice martial arts at home.”
Among the students taught by Shi Weimin, there are individuals from various age groups and all walks of life. He teaches according to their aptitude, and students invariably benefit greatly—some have cured chronic illnesses, some have found directions for their life efforts, some have gained new career opportunities, and some have improved their mental states, with countless examples.
If you are an enthusiast of Chinese traditional martial arts and traditional culture, you can start by choosing Teacher Shi Weimin to systematically and completely learn the truly millennia-old inherited treasures of Chinese martial arts and culture.
