Mr. Wu, whose real name is 1928, is in good health.

When Mr. Wang was young, he lived and studied with his parents in Xingtai County. Before the July 7th Incident, he went to primary school outside the South Guandong Pavilion in Xingtai.

The "July 7th Incident" took refuge with parents in Xiakufang Village, Taihang Mountain, Xingtai. In my spare time, I like to listen to drummers singing folk art programs, such as "The Legend of Horses" and "Eight Meanings of Heroes", which laid the foundation for Mr. Wang's basic artistic and cultural skills.

In the spring of the following year, I returned to Xingtai County and studied under Mr. Wang Laoyu of Longwang Temple in Mashi Street, Nanguan, Xingtai, and Mr. Song Yunbo of Niushi Water Station. A year later, I switched to Yi Yang Bookstore (in the courtyard of Yishengtang Medicine Stack in Xiaodong Street, Nanguan, Xingtai) and studied four books (Analects of Confucius, University, The Doctrine of the Mean, Mencius), The Book of Songs, Zuo Zhuan and Autumn Water and Xuan Ji Yi (by Xu Tuocun) in the late Qing Dynasty. At the same time, I learned from Mr. Li Shengduan, a famous teacher in Tai Ji Chuan, a good boxing skill, also known as "opening and closing frame" (now called "Wu Tai Ji Chuan" or "Wu Tai Ji Chuan") to keep fit.

/kloc-at the beginning of 0/949, he went to Beijing to participate in revolutionary work, first studied at North China Revolutionary University, and then transferred to the first phase of the Central Public Security Cadre School (during the study period, he studied "Opening and Closing Frame" and "Wu Pai Tai Chi Biography" under Mr. Cui);

1950, assigned to the War Crimes Management Office of the Ministry of Public Security;

1952 to Beijing Public Security Bureau;

1957 was classified as Rightist, and labor reform was decentralized;

1957- 1970, moved to Haidian, Fangshan, Liangxiang and other places in Beijing for labor reform;

1970- 1978, was sent back to Nanhe, Xingtai, and continued to receive re-education for poor middle peasants;

1979, returned to Beijing and resumed his work in the Beijing Supervision Department of the Ministry of Justice;

1980 to 1990, transferred to the cadre training team of the same system (later changed to Beijing reform-through-labor police school) as a teacher, director of the academic affairs office and director of the college department.

Since 1990 retired, he has been engaged in the research, arrangement and promotion of the history, culture, ideas, routines and instruments of Tai Ji Chuan and Tai Ji Chuan of the Five Schools.

A traditional China Tai Ji Chuan (Tai Ji Chuan)

Decades of practicing boxing and bumpy experience have created a master of Wu-style Taiji theory.

In the early days, I mainly practiced routines. "My theoretical improvement in Tai Ji Chuan was related to an extraordinary experience." "In 1957, I was classified as a rightist, removed from my post and sent to work in the countryside." Wu Lao is a person who pays attention to study and refuses to waste time. During this period, he considered learning Chinese medicine and other skills, but finally decided to study Tai Ji Chuan and his theory in depth. He believes that Tai Ji Chuan is an ancient and unique kind of boxing, which has the functions of fighting and fitness, and will certainly have great development in the future. At that time, Wu Lao still had a library card of Beijing Library to continue to use, and many historical materials of Taiji Biography can be found in Beitu. Since then, Wu Lao wandered in the sea of books, balancing the Yin and Yang of Tai Chi, and made in-depth study and research on Tai Ji Chuan's technology, theory, origin and other aspects, and achieved remarkable results. It laid a solid foundation for later writing books, engaging in the editing career of martial arts magazines and becoming a pen in Wulin.

During the Cultural Revolution, fate once again "teased" Wu Lao, but this "teasing" provided an excellent opportunity for Wu Lao to become a master of Tai Ji Chuan in Wu Pai.

Wind and rain life and development

Wu Lao was sent back to his native place to work and receive re-education from poor middle peasants. From 1970 to 1978, Wu Lao returned to his hometown, returned to the folk, and returned to the fertile ground for the emergence and development of martial arts. Back to the other disciples. With many years of skill, I have been immersed in the sublimation of the theoretical research of "North Map", and I have studied boxing theory and practiced pushing hands and fighting skills with my other disciples. This is a rare opportunity to combine theoretical research with years of practice, which makes Wu Lao make a leap in the growth of Tai Ji Chuan Kung Fu.

Wu Lao's efforts for many years have not been in vain, and his bumpy experience has honed his life.

After his retirement, Wu Lao published more than 100 academic articles on Wushu history, Tai Chi exploration, Wushu research, famous artists' elegant demeanor, anecdotes and moral cultivation, which played a positive role in the promotion and development of China Wushu and Tai Ji Chuan. His efforts have attracted the attention of many authors and readers, praising him as a pen in the Wulin. While working hard, he also actively contributed to the promotion of Tai Ji Chuan, a martial arts school. In addition to teaching students and cultivating future generations, he was invited to give lectures to college students and middle-aged and elderly Tai Ji Chuan fans, participate in various martial arts and Tai Ji Chuan clubs and seminars, get in touch with outstanding descendants of the martial arts school Tai Ji Chuan, and vigorously promote the martial arts school Tai Ji Chuan. Many of his disciples taught boxing at home and abroad or achieved excellent results in various competitions.

carry forward the cause and forge ahead into the future

As a descendant of Tai Ji Chuan, Wu Lao has all the conditions to become a master of martial arts Tai Ji Chuan theory. As mentioned in the biography, Wu Lao was invited to attend national Wushu seminars and performances for many times, and was hired as the editorial board of many professional magazines, the referee and critic of Wushu competitions for many times, and the consultant of many Tai Ji Chuan organizations. At the invitation of Beijing Sport University Press and Tai Ji Chuan fans, he wrote a 450,000-word monograph on the history of Wushu Taiji by combining literature and history. Because of its rich content, fluent writing and many new ideas, it won the praise of the majority of martial arts lovers after its publication.

In this interview, Wu Lao was also very happy to be hired as a member of the advisory Committee composed of many senior martial arts experts in Bowu.com. ..

Taiji Legend Masters Association was established in Zhuhai (2001.1.28).

Mr. Wu's Classification of Contemporary Tai Ji Chuan

Tai Ji Chuan's "Home", "Style" and "School"

As we all know, there are many schools of traditional Tai Ji Chuan circulating in the society. According to Wu Lao, Tai Ji Chuan has been founded for more than a hundred years, and there was no genre in its early days. There is no "type". Before 1930, only some people called it "Yang Jia" and "Jia Hao". There is a genre.

Taiji Zhuan recommended Yang Luchan to teach boxing in the capital from Wu Ruqing, a fellow countryman, during the reign of Qing Daoxian (about 1845). Beijing is a place where people gather together, letting the outside world know and understand the strength and charm of Tai Ji Chuan. From then on, Tai Ji Chuan became famous all over the world.

1927 or so, at that time, the Nanjing government and the local army also listed martial arts as the main subject of training, so the society once again set off martial arts fever, and martial arts schools in various provinces, cities and counties were established like mushrooms after rain. As the national political and economic center moved from Beijing to Nanjing at that time, Tai Ji Chuan famous artists such as Yang Shaohou, Yang Chengfu, Wu, Sun Lutang, Hao, Li Xiangyuan, Zhao Chen Pi and so on. He applied to teach boxing in Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou successively, and extended the teaching of Tai Ji Chuan to the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins.

Under the influence of these Tai Ji Chuan masters, Tai Ji Chuan has spread all over the country with different styles, which makes people feel that they are all Tai Ji Chuan, but their routines and postures are obviously different, so there are different Tai Ji Chuan schools.

In 1930s, Ma Libo first used the word "genre" to distinguish different genres in Tai Ji Chuan. This title remained in use until the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Since the 1950s, a series of prescribed routines, such as "Twenty-four Simplified Tai Ji Chuan", have been compiled and published for the convenience of the masses to learn and popularize. Yang, Chen, Wu and other traditional routines have also published books and materials. Therefore, the word "yes" is widely accepted to distinguish Tai Ji Chuan in different postures.

The word "Shi" was used to distinguish Tai Ji Chuan schools in 1930s, but it became popular in 1980s with many artists publishing books and audio-visual materials.

The word "teacher" effectively distinguishes the schools and inheritance of Tai Ji Chuan, but it is undoubtedly suspected of being narrow-minded by the family. Besides, there are many people with foreign surnames who learn to punch in and out, so it is obviously inappropriate to use the word "teacher". The word "style" is used to distinguish schools, which better reflects the differences of different schools, inheritance and styles in Tai Ji Chuan. Without the narrowness of family. So it is widely accepted and has been used ever since.

Wu Lao thinks that the word "teacher" still has some shortcomings, because Tai Ji Chuan is both Yang-style and Wu-style, and different people in different regions practice it differently, and some of them are quite different. But it is obvious that they are Tai Ji Chuan with the same inheritance and style, which also brings a lot of confusion to many people. They are all Yang-style, Wu-style or Wu-style, and there are more or less actions, but the name of the same action is different. Who made the right call? Whose is authentic? There are such questions and arguments. Therefore, Wu agreed to use "school" to distinguish different schools and Tai Ji Chuan. In his works, he used "Wu School" to represent "Wu Shi" Tai Ji Chuan.

The word "Pai" is used to distinguish the differences between Yang, Wu, Wu, Sun and other Tai Ji Chuan, which can not only distinguish Tai Ji Chuan with different inheritance, but also accommodate Tai Ji Chuan with different styles of play and personal style in the same sect. Wu himself, Hao Shaoru, etc. There are many descendants in Wu Pai, but they are all handed down from Wu Yuxiang.

The word "pai" has reduced a lot of authentic disputes and increased a lot of tolerance. As long as the early stage is the same inheritance and has the same style and characteristics, even if there are some differences in posture and movements, it can be a genre, and it should make its own contribution to the inheritance and development of this genre in Tai Ji Chuan and the whole cause of Tai Ji Chuan.

Some people are worried about whether typesetting will form a sect. Wu Lao thinks that sects are not caused by words. Without the word "faction", sects are unstoppable. As long as we strengthen guidance and understand that this "genre" is just a name for Tai Ji Chuan, it is more inclusive and easy to distinguish different genres.

Xingtai martial arts research institute

Li Shengduan was a famous martial artist in Xingtai in his early days. In the 1920s, together with Hao Zhongtian, Zheng Yuenan, Wang Laoyan and others, he founded the earliest martial arts group in Xingtai-Shaolin Club (located in Shuikeng, Shi Yang), which set up classes, accepted apprentices, and taught techniques and equipment such as Tea Boxing, Liuhe Boxing and Tai Ji Chuan. In the Republic of China 19, they responded to the call of the National Government and changed the Shaolin Society into the Wushu Research Society.

A great master, Hao Weizhen, can teach his disciples to do Kequan. In addition to the geographical factors that Yongnian is close to Xingtai, it also benefits from Shen Fuxiu, the boss of Xingtai Tianjicang. When Hao Wengui (real name), the second son of Hao Weizhen, was appointed treasurer of Tianji Warehouse, Shen Fu embroidered Hao Weizhen's name for a long time and hired Professor Hao to do Tai Chi. Li Shengduan and Hao Zhongtian took the opportunity to learn from Hao Weizhen. Sure enough, a strict teacher makes a great apprentice, the master teaches well, the disciples learn well, and a large number of Taiji masters stand out. This is the main source of the prevalence of Xingtai Wushu in Tai Ji Chuan, and Chen Guan is one of the outstanding talents in Wushu societies.

Boxing is only for physical strength.

Wu Lao's hometown is in Nanhe County, Hebei Province, which is only dozens of miles away from Yongnian, the famous hometown of Taiji. The wind of martial arts prevails here and it is also the hometown of martial arts. There are naturally many people who practice Hongquan, Erlang and Meihua Boxing in Tai Ji Chuan. The reason for practicing boxing as a child is simple. Parents just want their children to be stronger.

Mr. Li Shengduan, president of Xingtai Wushu Research Association, specializes in family. At the same time, I followed Wang Pengnian, Hao Zhongtian and Zheng Vietnam and learned a lot of swords, spears and swords. So as to practice a fist and a good figure.