The characteristics and practice methods of Chen Tai Chi New Routine 1 are introduced in detail. The player and demonstrator is Master Chen Zheng Lei. After a demonstration of the whole form, Chen Zheng Lei breaks it down, explain and demonstrate each movement with lots of detailed instructions.

The Chen style taiji quan falls into two categories - the old and new frames. The old frame was created by Chen Wangting himself. It had five routines which were also known as the 13-move boxing. Chen Wangting also developed a long-style boxing routine of 108 moves and a cannon boxing routine. It was then handed down to Chen Changxing and Chen Youben, boxers in the Chenjia Valley who were all proficient at the old frame. The present-day Chen style boxing boasts of the old routine, the cannon routine and the new routine. The Chen style taiji boxing is the oldest form, all the other styles of taiji quan having derived from it either directly or indirectly.

Chen Style Tai Chi New Routine is derived from Chen ChangXing's traditional Old Routine series and was created by the famous 17th Generation Master Chen Fake. New routine is characterized by extensive, low and stable movements. The feet move in agile steadiness with the body going straight and natural. Keep the internal energy filling the entire body. It takes ward off, deflect, shove and press as its main movements and trample, split, elbow and push as its auxiliary movements. The player mainly uses soft force to overcome the opponent's attack. Taking waist as the axis, he simultaneously turns his wrists and shoulders, ankles and knees with his chest and waist upright.

A brief biography of Master Chen Zhenglei: Master Chen Zhenglei was born in the original place of Taichi ( Pinyin: Taijiquan) -Chen village, Henan province in May 1949, the 19th direct line successor of Chen-style Taichi, the president of Wenxian County Chen-style Taichi Research Society, the general adviser and head coach of Henan Chen Zhenglei Taichi Culture Co., Ltd, the vice-director of Henan Provincial Wushu Administration Center, Vice-president of Henan Wushu Association, national senior Wushu instructor, committee member of China National Wushu association, and association of State Physical Culture Science, and one of the "Top Ten Martial Arts Masters" of present day China.