Master huo yuan jia biography wife

Huo Yuanjia [ b ] 18 January — 14 September , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] courtesy name Junqing , [ c ] was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association , a martial arts school in Shanghai. A practitioner of the martial art mizongyi , [ 3 ] Huo is considered a hero in China for defeating foreign fighters in highly publicised matches at a time when Chinese sovereignty was being eroded by foreign imperialism, concessions and spheres of influence.

Due to his heroic status, the legends and myths surrounding the events in his life are difficult to distinguish from facts. The family's main source of income was agriculture, but Huo Endi also made a living by escorting merchant caravans to Manchuria and back.

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Although he was from a family of traditional wushu practitioners, Huo was born weak and susceptible to illness. He had asthma and, at an early age, contracted jaundice , which would recur periodically for the rest of his life. It is theorised that he may have had a mild form of congenital jaundice known as Gilbert's syndrome. Huo Endi hired Chen Seng-ho, a tutor from Japan, to teach his son academics and moral values.

In return, Chen was taught the Huo family's style of martial arts, mizongyi. Huo still desired to learn wushu, against his father's wishes, so he observed his father teaching his students martial arts in the day and secretly practised at night with Chen. In , a martial artist from Henan visited the Huo family and fought with Huo's elder brother, defeating him.

To the surprise of his family, Huo fought with his brother's opponent and defeated the latter.