Wujimen Martial Arts

Tianjin
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Wujimen martial arts, also known as Bagua Wuji, is a unique pictographic boxing style. Its practitioners are mainly distributed in Tianjin. This boxing style was founded in the late Ming Dynasty and has been passed down in Tianjin for four generations. According to existing information, in 1938, Liu Guisheng, a 25-year-old from Shengfang who had opened a martial arts school for many years, met Feng from Henan who had taken refuge in Tianjin in a barber shop on Dajing Road (now Zhongshan Road) in Hebei. He was entrusted by his friend (the owner of the barber shop) to take him in. After talking about martial arts, he was defeated by Feng, so he became Feng's teacher. After becoming a disciple, he learned that the teacher was Feng Dianzhang, a master of martial arts, and practiced Wujimen martial arts. According to legend, Wujimen martial arts was founded in the late Ming Dynasty. It was created by Yunmo Taoist and Changshan Taoist who lived in seclusion in the mountains and valleys. After watching the movements of a bird of prey called "Wuji Bird", they created a pictographic boxing style and formed their own independent school. In the early Qing Dynasty, Yunmo and Changshan changed their names to Shang Daoming (Yunmo) and He Daoyuan (Changshan), and accepted Tonglin and Niu Er as their apprentices. Tonglin and Niu Er passed on the Iron Palm to Liu Heng, who passed on the Undersea Dragon to Yu Donghai, who passed on the Flying Retreat to Li Cheng, who passed on the Wonderful Hand to Feng Dianzhang, who secretly passed on this skill to Liu Guisheng over seven years. As time went by, in 1956, Liu Guisheng publicly taught this skill in Xigu Park in Tianjin. Because Liu Guisheng's Black Chicken Fist and Black Chicken Palm were fast, he was praised by his martial arts colleagues as "Fast Hand Liu". In 1983, Liu Guisheng was invited to serve as the director and head coach of the Xigu Park Wushu Hall, and taught skills to the newly formed Black Chicken Class. In 1984, the Tianjin Workers' Daily reported on it, and in 2011 it was included in the book "Celebrity Footprints in Hongqiao". In 2013, it was collected by the Tianjin Sports Museum. Wuji martial arts mainly include basic skills, competitive routines, fitness routines, internal skills, weapons and medical care. Basic skills include: clapping training, finger poking training, walking and running in O-shaped and 8-shaped circles, single-style exercises, shaking, etc. Competitive routines include: horizontal punch, split punch, punch, cross punch, Wuji chain palm, Wuji splitting palm, etc. (Rated as the fifth batch of intangible cultural heritage projects at the district level in 2014, and rated as a municipal intangible cultural heritage project in 2016) Information source: District Culture and Tourism Bureau (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: District Culture and Tourism Bureau (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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