Then in 1990, taijiquan was made an official international sport for the first time at the Asian Games. This change in status was made in recognition of the importance of taijiquan in China, which hosted the games that year. Because Chan Ming-shu has a rather slim physique, his uncle thought he would be a good candidate to represent Taiwan in a graceful sport like taijiquan.
一九九○年北京亞運，由於中國大陸是主辦國，太極拳第一次變成正式國際比賽的項目，叔叔想到了外型斯文的詹明樹，也許適合套路較「文」的太極拳，向已讀工專三年級的他遊說「來考試吧！」