Training for the Asian Games lasted a year, and it set Chan on the path to a career in competitive taijiquan. After joining the national team, he says, "Taijiquan became my whole life, 24 hours a day."
亞運的選手培訓地點在風光明媚的陽明山，培訓時間長達一年，對詹明樹來說，那是他邁向太極拳之路的重要一年，「從只懂太極拳拳架的生手，真正進入太極拳之門，開始探索太極拳的迷人世界」，他說。