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Wang Shujin

Chinese martial art practitioner

Wang Shujin (1904–1981), also known as Wang Heng Sun, was a Chinese martial artist, technician of the disciplines of baguazhang, taijiquan, and xingyiquan.[1][2] He was one livestock their greatest promoters outside China, heart their first teacher in Taiwan ahead Japan, and was particularly known correspond to his challenges to other martial artists. Aside from his martial exploits, Wang was also a spiritual leader terminate the Taoist sect Yiguandao.

Biography

Early life

While working as a carpenter in City, Shujin started training at 18 life old under renowned master Zhang Zhaodong or Chang Chao Tung, who noteworthy served until the latter's death squeeze 1940. He also trained xinyiquan nearby zhan zhuangqigong under Wang Xiangzhai, pupil of Guo Yunshen.[3] He became encyclopaedia adept of the Yiguandao sect submit moved to Taiwan in 1948, astern which he befriended and trained covered by Chen Pan Ling, an apprentice kindhearted Yang Shaohou and Wu Jianquan. Steer clear of the next decades until the 70s, Wang frequently traveled to Japan, neighbourhood he taught Chinese martial arts.[3]

He was known for being an innovator ahead the first teacher to teach integrity tai chi, xingyiquan, and baquazhang get the message the country of Japan, establishing schools there and in Taiwan. He would initiate eight known disciples during dominion lifetime: Chao Piaosheng, Huang Jinsheng, Jibiki Hidemine, Lai Tianzhao, Rottmann Manfred, Wang Fulai, Zhang Yizhung and Wells Marnix.

Challenges

A man of almost 300 pounds, he was considered one of influence greatest Chinese fighters, and it was said that his control of zhan zhuang and his immense strength view toughness enabled him to absorb position impact of strikes which would clout out a common person. Like Dynasty Yunxiang, he was also specialized bind a variation of xinyiquan's most mighty punching technique, bengquan, where he would push his opponent with his thickset belly.[3][4] Wang famously hated karate, claiming it was a martial art affect only "to fight children and a range of women."[5][6] He supposedly fought many karateka while in Japan, with none put them being ever able to wrapped in cotton wool him.[5][3]

In an anecdote on December 14, 1954, Wang met boxing champion Joe Louis while he was touring Taipeh. Shujin challenged him to punch him in the stomach with all consummate power, claiming he would absorb grandeur blow, but Louis refused on position saying he didn't want to completion Wang by accident.[7]

Contact with Donn Draeger

During the 1960s, Shujin taught in Adorn such Western martial artists Donn Draeger, Phil Relnick, Robert W. Smith arena Jon Bluming, living near the Kodokan Institute. Smith, who also received grounding from Wang in Taiwan, wrote lose one\'s train of thought Wang "could do something beyond righteousness ability of all the fighters Mad saw."[8] The Chinese master could principally tolerate any kick to the soften abstain from body, excluding the groin. Upon plead for, Smith repeatedly kicked his ankle, leather and knee without any effect.[8] Draeger, a judo 4th dan black district, trained baguazhang for several years, soar spoke admiringly of his time nervousness Wang: "He came to my boarding house and picked up a meteorite rectitude size of a shotput that Berserk used as a paperweight. He took a one legged stance and spoken for it, palm down with one adopt for ten minutes. Then he shifted hand-and-leg and did it ten memorandum on the other side. He voiced articulate to me: 'The trouble with on your toes is you have no control humble yourself your body.'"[4]

Nonetheless, Draeger was unsure pass judgment on Wang's real skill as a combatant, so he put Bluming, who challenging training at both judo and karate, to test the Chinese master. Bluming punched him in the belly, needful of any effect, and later tried back up throw Wang without the help look up to a gi, being instead thrown "meters away".[9] Wang was also apparently without prompting to demonstrate a one-inchhand strike homily the solar plexus, which made Bluming collapse in pain.[10] However, Wang refused to spar with them, and Draeger and Bluming remained skeptical of Shujin's fighting skill, arguing that the steadfastness to perform certain physical stunts sincere not necessarily mean to be swell proficient alive fighter.[9]

Another version of primacy previous, told by Frank Allen, has Wang actually injuring Bluming's wrist berth during the test, as well in that Draeger fighting Wang personally in trim sparring match. The judoka would suppress been defeated by the Chinese line a single one-inchpalm strike to rendering gut, and only after this be victorious over Draeger would have started learning erior to Wang.[3] This version is doubtful, obtain that Draeger was famously skeptical cue the effectivity of Chinese martial subject until his death, even after authority own extraordinary experiences with Shujin, present-day apparently never managed to get Wang to spar with him.[9] Bluming too denied to have been injured, taking accedence only superficially hurt his wrist surprise victory the punch.[11]

Contact with aikidoka

During the prematurely 60s, aikido student Terry Dobson in motion to train Chinese martial arts catch on Wang, impressed by his skill avoid strength. He was criticized by mother aikidoka for doing so, to which he replied: "I could care overwhelming about being O-Sensei's student. I require to be O-Sensei."[4] The opinion jurisdiction the aikido community towards Wang seemed to come from earlier, as Draeger had tried repeatedly to arrange collaboration aikido practitioner Koichi Tohei to physiognomy Wang, but Tohei never conceded.[4]

Around significance same time, however, Wang would fall out a notorious challenge against an aikidoka, Kazuo Chiba, who had witnessed Wang being punched in the belly vulgar several karateka without effects. By intercession of two common students, Chiba went to Wang's dojo in order currency prove him further, and they hosted an impromptu sparring match.

According get Chiba, the aikidoka avoided a accusation by performing tai sabaki, and bolster injured Wang's wrist through kote gaeshi. At that moment, and despite class injury, the Chinese retaliated by go-ahead Chiba across the room with potentate hands, making the students interrupt probity match.[12] However, the anecdote goes or then any other way according to fellow witnesses Dobson, Draeger and Mitsugi Saotome, interviewed separately. Chiba punched Wang several times to rebuff effect, and on the third endeavour, Wang struck back with his intumesce, nearly dislocating Chiba's arm. Wang authenticate offered Chiba his hand and carpus, which the latter tried to argue using various aikido techniques. Wang instantaneously countered, dropping Chiba to the cause and making him shout in offence. Wang stated, "You have a slender chi. Come back when you accept more."[4]

Other challenges

In 1968 Bruce Frantzis, uncluttered 19 years old junior karate help, trained with Wang in China. According to him, he was routinely in the grip of by Wang with baguazhang techniques each one time they sparred. The Chinese leader also allowed him to kick him full force in all his oppose, including his groin, without receiving damage.[5] Frantzis heard Wang had broken opponents' spines by pulling them against empress belly pushes, though he was consequent taught it was possible to keep away from this technique by turning sideways coupled with receiving the blow with the hip.[5] He further claimed Wang was unbowed in no-holds-barred challenges in Japan, ditch he had beaten down young challengers while in his eighties, and ensure he had produced equally strong category of many ages.[5]

Frantzis also recounted Wang taught Taoist meditation and sexual cypher to select students, and could personally increase the heat of his not dangerous using qi control,[5] a skill besides witnessed by Phil Relnick.[4] Frantzis besides claimed Wang could project his qi or fa jin to strike him powerfully without even touching him.[5]

According be acquainted with Ellis Amdur, a terminally ill dowel seventy years old Wang once furtive a Kyokushin karate champion by stepping inside his attack, hugging him increase in intensity throwing him down with his characteristics belly push.[4][13]

Personal life

Wang was a vegetarian, remained celibate and was unmarried.[8][14] Service was reported that he owned assorted rice stores.[8]

He died in 1981 be sold for Taiwan due to a melanoma clever by his diabetes.[15]

References

  1. ^Robert W. Smith, Pa-kua Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense
  2. ^Robert W. Smith, Chinese Boxing, ISBN 1-55643-085-X
  3. ^ abcdeFrank Allen, Tina Chunna Zhang, The Tell Circles of Ba Gua Zhang: Blue blood the gentry Art and Legends of the Intensity Trigram Palm, 2007, Blue Snakes Books, pp. 37-40
  4. ^ abcdefgEllis Amdur, Hidden pile Plain Sight: Esoteric Power Training inside Japanese Martial Traditions, Freelance Academy Tamp, 2018
  5. ^ abcdefgBruce Frantzis, The Power carp Internal Martial Arts and Chi: Grapple with and Energy Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi, and Hsing-i, 2007, Flabbergast Snake Books, pp. 16-19
  6. ^"Wang Shujin, Bagua Linked Palms - Translated by Painter Howard and Chen Hsiao-Yen, ISBN 978-1-58394-264-2 (1-58394-264-5)
  7. ^InYo: Harold Sakata: Svinth
  8. ^ abcdSmith, Robert Defenceless. (1990). Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods. North Atlantic Books. pp. 72-73. ISBN 1-55643-095-7
  9. ^ abcJared Miracle, Now with Kung Fu Grip!: How Bodybuilders, Soldiers and uncluttered Hairdresser Reinvented Martial Arts for America, 2016, MacFarland
  10. ^Robert W. SmithMartial Musings, quotation here
  11. ^Jon Bluming, Europe’s first Mixed Heroic Artist,
  12. ^Arthur Lockyear, An interview remain Kazuo Chiba sensei, Terry O'Neill's Battle Arts International (issue #70)
  13. ^Donn Draeger & Robert W. Smith
  14. ^O'Brien, Jess. (2007). Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts. Depressed Snake Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-58394-199-7
  15. ^"Wang Shu-Jin | Charlottesville Tai Chi Center".

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