Tiffany FN Chen

"Tiffany and Max sparring!"

"Tiffany Chen and her father, William C.C. Chen"

The 1st World Kuoshu Championship (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
GOLD MEDAL for Women's Lei-Tai
TROPHY for The Best Female Athlete

2004 International Chinese Martial Arts Championship July 2-3-4
Gaylord Palms, Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, FL 
Tiffany F. Chen 
Women's  Lei-Tai San-Shou Champion

Tiffany Chen, Women's Super Fight Winner

"Tiffany F. Chen" - December, 2004
Certified International Judge/Referee by
International Tai Chi Chuan Federation
Taipei, Taiwan

Tiffany Chen Biography

Tiffany took up ballet, Hula dance, swimming and gymnastics at age 5.  She added praying mantis and a double knife form practice with her uncle Howard Lee.   At age eight, she started figure skating.   By age eleven, she won three gold medals in regional Figure Skating Competitions.  She took up ballroom dancing like the other skaters to improve her form, but when she over heard the dancers say one day that they were looking into Tai Chi to help their movements, she realized then that it was time for her to go back to see dad, Grandmaster William C.C. Chen.  She entered her first Push Hands competition at age 16, at the U.S.W.K.F. National Chinese Martial Arts Competition in Orlando, FL.

Tiffany started competing in 1994.  She resumed competition on her return from college in 1997.  As of 2003, she has 43 Gold Medals.  One for Yang Style Tai Chi Form. 42 Gold Medals, Four Silver Medals, and Two Bronze medals for Fixed-Step, Restricted-Step, and Moving-Step T'ui Shou (Push Hands), close to half were international or world titles. 

Her most-recent championships: 

• Dec 2005 World Wushu Championships Quan Ngua Sports Palance (Hanoi, Vietnam)

• July 2005 U.S. San Shou Team Trials - San Jose, CA. Women's Team Member Member

• Oct 2004 8th Annual Hall of Fame Open International (Akron, OH)

• July 2004 U.S. International Kuoshu Championship   (Baltimore, MD) Women’s Lei Tai

• July 2004 Int’l Chinese Martial Arts Championships (Orlando, Florida) Lei-Tai San-Shou

• Nov 2003 World Kuoshu Federation (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Women’s Lei Tai 

• Aug 2003 U.S. WuShu Union Nationals (Pittsburgh, PA) Push-Hands

• Mar 2003 Int’l Chinese Martial Arts Championships (Clearwater, Fl) Push-Hands

• Aug 2002 1st Cheng Man-Ching Forum, (Perigeuex, France) Push-Hands

• Nov 2002 6th Chung Hwa Cup International T'ai Chi Chuan Championships  (Taipei, Taiwan)  Push-Hands

• July 2002 Taiji Legacy int'l Kung-Fu Tournament (Plano, Texas) Push-Hands

In recognition of her achievements and competitive spirit, Inside Kung-Fu magazine named Tiffany to its 2004 Hall of Fame as the Best Competitor of the Year.

Tiffany began competing in Women's Lei Tai San Shou (Chinese Kickboxing on a raised platform) in 2003.  She won her first world championship in the event the same year, at the 2003 World Kuoshu Women's Lei Tai Championship in Sao Paolo, Brazil. She was also awarded the tournament trophy for The Best Lei-Tai Performance by a Female Athlete. As of  December 2005, her record is 7 - 4.

Tiffany is a teaching assistant of Grandmaster Chen since 1996.   She started teaching her own classes since 1999 to individuals, group instructions to companies and their employees while training for her next competition. In December of 2004, Tiffany became a certified international judge/referee by the International Tai Chi Chuan Federation in Taipei, Taiwan.

Read the article Tiffany F. N. Chen : Inside Kung Fu's 2004 Hall Of Fame - Competitor of the Year here ->  Noteworthy Articles

Tiffany Chen's Tai Chi by the Riverside: (Originally broadcast live on ABC News Now 5/5/06)

Click on the link below to view:

• Tai Chi Down by the Riverside

• Join Jim Karas as he practices the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen
• Updated: 05/20/06
• Topic: News
• Source: ABC News abcnews.go.com
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Tiffany now has her own DVD on Tai Chi: Step-by-Step Tai Chi with Tiffany Chen.
Click here for information  ----->  

Last updated by FJP on:  Sunday January 27, 2008