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Wudang Sword
Wudang Sword is a body of Chinese straight sword (''jian'') techniques—famous in China—encompassed by the '' Wudangquan'' or internal martial arts. The oldest reputable accounts of Wudang Sword begin with Grandmaster Song Weiyi around the turn of the 20th century. Sung taught Wudang Sword to Li Jinglin and a few others. He learned the art from a Daoist named Zhang Yehe, who was the 8th generation lineage holder. Song also learned the martial art of ''bagua'' from the kung fu brother of Dong Haichuan, credited as the creator of ''baguazhang''. Disciples of Li Jinglin who learned the Wudang Sword were Huang Yuan Xiou, Meng Xiaofeng, who taught current head Grandmaster in China Ma Jie, and Yang Kuishan, who taught modern day Grandmaster Qian Timing. Both Ma Jie and Qian Timing taught Chang Wuna and Lu Meihui, the current masters of the 13th generation. Li Jinglin also taught his art to many of his friends and colleagues such as Sun Lutang and Fu Zhensong Fu Zhensong (; 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jian
The ''jian'' (Mandarin Chinese: , , English approximation: , Cantonese: ) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the ''jian'' date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period, one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian. Historical one-handed versions have blades varying from in length. The weight of an average sword of blade-length would be approximately 700 to 900 grams (1.5 to 2 pounds). There are also larger two-handed versions used for training by many styles of Chinese martial arts. Professional ''jian'' practitioners are referred to as ''jianke'' ( or "swordsmen"; a term dating from the Han dynasty). In Chinese folklore, the ''jian'' is known as "The Gentleman of Weapons" and is considered one of the four major weapons, along with the '' gun'' (staff), '' qiang'' (spear), and the '' dao'' (sabre). These swords are also sometimes referred to as '' taijijian'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wudangquan
Wudangquan ( zh, p=Wǔdāngquán, s=武當拳) is a class of Chinese martial arts. In contemporary China, Chinese martial arts styles are generally classified into two major groups: Wudang (Wutang), named after the Wudang Mountains; and Shaolin, named after the Shaolin Monastery. Whereas Shaolin includes many martial art styles, Wudangquan includes only a few arts that use the focused mind to control the body. This typically encompasses tai chi, xingyiquan and baguazhang, but most also include bajiquan and Wudang Sword. The association with Wudang originated with a popular Chinese legend in which tai chi, Wudang sword, and other internal martial arts are purported to have been created by an immortal Taoist hermit named Zhang San Feng. The terms Wudang and Shaolin were selected in the early twentieth century by the first modern Chinese martial arts historians to distinguish internal and external martial arts. However, they and later historians have found no historical connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Weiyi
Song Weiyi ( zh, c=宋唯一, p=Sòng Wéiyī) was born in Liaoning Province of China in 1855. He was the Grandmaster of the Wudang Sword. He introduced the sword to both Chen-style tai chi and Yang-style tai chi; he taught the Wudang Sword to Guo Qifeng (郭岐鳳), General Li Jinglin, and Fu Zhensong Fu Zhensong (; 1872–1953), also known by his courtesy name Fu Qiankun, was a grandmaster of Wudangquan martial arts. He was best known as one of the famed "Five Northern Tigers," and a third-generation master of Baguazhang who founded Fu S .... References 1855 births Swordfighters Chinese swordsmanship Year of death missing Tai chi practitioners from Liaoning {{Martialart-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong Haichuan
Dong Haichuan (13 October 1797 or 1813 – 25 October 1882) is regarded as a skillful martial artist and widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang. Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage. Some traditional teachers in China do not regard Dong as the founder, though, but merely as the first identified transmitter of Baguazhang knowledge to the wider public. In their opinion, prior to Dong, Baguazhang teaching was conducted behind closed doors from one Taoist to another within the Taoist sect. There is no historical evidence of practicing Baguazhang among the Taoists prior to the modern era, however. Biography He was born on 13 October 1797 or 1813 in Zhu village, Ju Jia Wu Township, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, China. As a child and young man he intensely trained in the martial arts of his village. The arts were probably Shaolin-based and may have included Bafanshan (a possible precursor to Fanziquan), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baguazhang
''Baguazhang'' () is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the '' Wudang'' school, the other two being tai chi and '' xingyiquan''. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or ''neijia''). ''Baguazhang'' literally means "eight trigram palm", referring to the ''bagua'' "trigrams" of the ''I Ching'', one of the canons of Taoism. History The creation of ''baguazhang'' as a formalized martial art is attributed to Dong Haichuan, who is said to have learned it from Taoist and Buddhist masters in the mountains of rural China during the early 19th century. Many Chinese authorities do not accept the Buddhist origin, instead maintaining that those teachers were purely Taoist in origin, the evidence lying in ''baguazhangs frequent reference to core concepts central to Taoism, such as yin and yang theory, ''I Ching'', and Taoism's most distinctive paradigm, the ''bagua'' diagram. The attribution to Buddhist teachers came from the second generation teachers, i.e. Dong Hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Lutang
Sun Lutang (1860-1933) was a master of Chinese ''neijia'' (internal) martial arts and was the progenitor of the Syncretism, syncretic art of Sun-style tai chi. He was also considered an accomplished Neo-Confucian and Taoist scholar (especially of the ''I Ching''), and was a distinguished contributor to the theory of internal martial arts through his many published works. Biography He was born in Hebei and was named Sun Fuquan () by his parents. Years later, his ''baguazhang'' teacher Cheng Tinghua gave him the name Sun Lutang. (It was common in old China for people to have multiple Chinese name, names, through various phases of life). He continued to use his original name in some areas, including the publishing of his books. He was also well-versed in two other neijia, internal martial arts: ''xingyiquan'' and ''baguazhang'' before he came to study tai chi. His expertise in these two martial arts were so high that many regarded him as without equal. Sun learned Wu (Hao)-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu Zhensong
Fu Zhensong (; 1872–1953), also known by his courtesy name Fu Qiankun, was a grandmaster of Wudangquan martial arts. He was best known as one of the famed "Five Northern Tigers," and a third-generation master of Baguazhang who founded Fu Style Baguazhang. He was also a soldier and a supporter of Sun Yat-sen. Early life Fu Zhensong was born in Mapo village, Biyang County, Henan province, China. When he was 16 years old, he joined his village's newly created martial arts school, where he studied under Chen Yanxi () from the nearby Chen village, an 8th generation disciple of Chen family of tai chi. He also learned from Chia Feng Ming () (also written in English sometimes as Chia Chi-shan 賈岐山 or Jia Feng Meng), a top student of the founder of baguazhang, Grandmaster Dong Haichuan. After nine years of training, his teachers encouraged him to move to Beijing to learn more. At Beijing, Fu continued his studies of baguazhang with Ma Gui and Cheng Tinghua, both first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu Wing Fay
Fu or FU may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Fool Us, Penn & Teller's magic-competition television show *Fǔ, a type of ancient Chinese vessel *Fu (poetry) (赋), a Chinese genre of rhymed prose *'' FU: Friendship Unlimited'', a 2017 Marathi film *Fu Dog, a character on the Disney animated television series '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' *Fu Manchu, a fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer * Shaq Fu, video game *Francis Urquhart, the main character in the novel ''House of Cards'' by Michael Dobbs, and in the UK television series In music * The F.U.'s, an American band *'' F.U. Don't Take It Personal'', an album by American hip hop group Fu-Schnickens *'' F.U.E.P.'', an EP by Lily Allen * "FU" (song), a song by Miley Cyrus from her album ''Bangerz'' *''F.U. EP'', a 2002 EP by Gob *"F.U.", a song by Little Mix from their 2016 album '' Glory Days'' *"F-U", a song by Yo Gotti from his 2013 album ''I Am'' *"F.U.", a song by Avril L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bow-sim Mark
Bow-sim Mark (born 1942) is a Chinese martial arts grandmaster who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, US. She is the mother of martial arts film star, Donnie Yen. Training Mark was born in Guangzhou, Republic of China in 1942. She began studying martial arts at elementary school, training seriously in high school and then at Wushu training schools, specialising in tai chi and Northern Shaolin. Mark learned Fu-Style Wudangquan by training under Fu Wing Fay for 10 years; Wing Fay was the eldest son and top student of Grandmaster Fu Chen Sung. She was an instructor at Wing Fay's school from 1968 to 1974. Career After living for years in Hong Kong, Mark emigrated to Brighton, Massachusetts in 1975, and founded the Chinese Wushu Research Institute in July 1976. She still teaches and performs in the Boston area. She was one of the first to provide Chinese wushu instruction in the West, and is credited with popularizing the term Wushu outside of China. She gave the first demonstration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taijijian
''Taijijian'' ( zh, t=太極劍, s=太极剑, p=tàijíjiàn, l= ''taiji'' sword) is a straight two-edged sword used in the training of the Chinese martial art tai chi. The straight sword, sometimes with a tassel and sometimes not, is used for upper body conditioning and martial training in traditional tai chi schools. The different family schools have various warmups, forms and fencing drills for training with the double-edged sword known as ''jian''. Historical use of ''jian'' in ''taijiquan'' The Yang and Wu families were involved in Qing dynasty military officer training, and taught ''jian'' technique to their students. Traditional ''taijijian'' forms are rooted in martial application, and are thus originally designed to make use of the weapons available at the time of their development. As there was no historical ''jian'' type created specifically for tai chi, the forms were designed around the use of a functional ''jian'' of the day, being of appropriate weight, balan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neijia
''Neijia'' ( 內家) is the collective name for the internal Chinese martial arts. It relates to those martial arts occupied with spiritual, mental or '' qi''-related aspects, as opposed to an " external" approach focused on physiological aspects. The distinction dates to the 17th century, but its modern application is due to publications by Sun Lutang, dating to the period of 1915 to 1928. '' Neijin'' is developed by using '' neigong'' or "internal changes", contrasted with ''waigong'' ( 外 功; ''wàigōng'') or "external exercises" . '' Wudangquan'' is a more specific grouping of internal martial arts named for their association in popular Chinese legend with the Taoist monasteries of the Wudang Mountains in Hubei province. These styles were enumerated by Sun Lutang as tai chi, '' xingyiquan'' and '' baguazhang'', but most also include '' bajiquan'' and the legendary Wudang Sword. Some other Chinese arts, not in the wudangquan group, such as ''qigong'', '' liuhebafa'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
