Meet Li Jing

Li Jing was born in Beijing, China. She grew up in a well-known Wushu, or martial arts, family. Her father, Li Junfeng, was the chief coach of the Beijing Wushu Team for 16 years, winning the national championship over 12 consecutive years.  

Li Jing began practicing Wushu at the age of eight. By the time she was eleven, she became a member of Beijing Wushu Team, training with coaches Zhang Gui-Feng, Ge Chun-Yan and Yin Yu-Zhu. At sixteen, she won her first Taiji national championship.

Over the years, Li Jing studied with well-known Yang-style masters: Yang Zhen-Duo, Ye Shu-Xun, Liu Gao-Ming, Men Hui-Feng and Professor Li De-Yin. She studied Wu-style Tai Chi with Master Li Bing-Ci.

In the tradition of Chen-style Tai Chi Quan, she was under the guidance of Master Feng Zhi-Qiang, Master Gao Fu and professor Kan Gui-Xiang. Li Jing joined the Chen-style lineage and became the twentieth generation of Chen-style Tai Chi Quan under Master Zhu Tian-Cai, known as the "Four King Kong" in Chenjiagou.

She learned Ba Gua from Master Sun Zhi Jun, who is the representative for the 4th generation of traditional Ba Gua. His great skill and humbleness enabled Li Jing to gain deep understanding and profound knowledge in this ancient Chinese tradition.

In the World Tai Chi Competitions, Li Jing won 2 gold medals (Tai Chi sword and Chen-style Tai Chi), as well as a silver medal in 42-step Tai Chi. 

In addition to individual competitions, Li Jing participated in many national competitions as a member of the Beijing Wushu Team. And in 1996 and 1998, she joined International Taiji competitions in the US and Asia, where she won four gold medals and one silver.

Li Jing also practices Taiji sword, Ba Gua, spear, double sword, and more.

Li Jing, now Teacher Jing, is principal teacher for the International Sheng Zhen Society, and has traveled and taught extensively all over the world for the past 15 years.

Li Jing graduated from the School of Health Sciences at Örebro University in Sweden where she researched the relationship between Tai Chi and health. Her doctoral dissertation "The meaning of the Chinese cultural keyword xin (heart)” was published in the academic journal "Language and Culture".

In her doctoral study, Jing focused on explicating the Chinese cultural knowledge of the Heart (The capital letter ‘H’ is used to differentiate the Chinese concept of ‘Heart’ from the English ‘heart’). In her research studies, Jing discovered that xin 心 is often translated into English as “mind”. This translation fails to transmit the full meaning of the word that is deeply rooted in Chinese culture, thereby omitting or obscuring much of xin’s significance in cultural knowledge, which hinders the understanding of those relying on the English language as a source to grasp the complete concept of the Heart.

 In her study, she concludes that the Chinese cultural meaning of Heart contains both the physical heart and the ‘Heart’ that we cannot see, in terms of seven aspects: emotion, virtue, wisdom, concentration, desire, vision, and attitude.

Teacher Jing lives in Germany with her husband and two children.

She dedicates her life to the teaching and spreading of the practice of balance, wholeness, and harmony. Teacher Jing offers Tai Chi classes online and in-person around the world.