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Hong Yixiang

洪懿祥
Hong Yixiang
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Hung I-Hsiang (left) demonstrates with a student in the 1970s.
Born 1925
Taiwan
Died 1993 (aged 67–68)
Style Wu (Hao)-style t'ai chi ch'uan,
Xingyiquan,
Gao Style Baguazhang,
Shaolin kung fu,
Qigong
Teacher(s) Zhang Junfeng (張俊峰)
Notable students Hsu Hung-Chi
Luo Dexiu
Notable school(s) Tang Shou Tao

Hung I-Hsiang or Hong Yixiang (Chinese: 洪懿祥; pinyin: Hong Y`ixiang) (1925–1993) was a Taiwanese martial artist who specialized in the internal Chinese styles of xingyiquan, baguazhang and taijiquan.

Hung I-Hsiang was born in Taiwan. He studied with Chang Chun-Feng (Chinese: 張俊峰; pinyin: Zhang Junfeng) a master of internal Chinese martial arts from Northern China. Chang introduced these arts to Taiwan in 1948 when he moved there following the communist revolution in China. Initially, Chang met with resistance from mainlanders on Taiwan who objected to his teaching the secrets of internal martial arts to native Taiwanese such as Hung.

When Chang began teaching in the northern part of Taibei, his first group of core students included the three Hung brothers: Hung I-Hsiang, Hung I-Wen and Hung I-Mien. It is said that Hung I-Hsiang was the xingyiquan (Chinese: 形意拳) specialist, Hung I-Mien was the baguazhang (Chinese: 八卦掌) specialist, and Hung I-Wen specialized in taijiquan (Chinese: 太極拳).

After he had studied with Chang for several years, Hung often led classes for Chang. Because the internal martial arts were still very new in Taiwan, many curious people would come to test Chang's skill. Hung said that Chang would often send him out to show the visitors what the internal styles were all about. Many martial artists in Taiwan remember Hung as being someone who was involved in many fights, both in and out of the martial arts studio.


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