Chen, who was head of the judo club, and Chen Chia-feng, head of the kendo club, organized resistance among students to the name-changing policy.
當時擔任學校柔道部主將的陳千武就聯合劍道部主將陳嘉豐，制定「秘密公約」，私下策動全校同學，反對皇民化的改姓名政策。