Wang Xiangzhai
| 王薌齋 Wang Xiang Zhai |
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| Born |
November 26, 1885 Hebei, China |
| Died |
July 12, 1963 (aged 77) Tianjin, China |
| Other names | Nibao, Zhenghe, Yuseng |
| Style |
Neijia Xingyiquan Fujian White Crane Liuhebafa Cheng Style Baguazhang |
| Teacher(s) |
Guo Yunshen Heng Lin Xie Tiefu Fang Yizhuang Jin Shaofeng Wu Yi Hui Zhang Zhaodong |
| Rank | Founder of Yiquan |
| Notable students |
Yao Zongxun, Wang Shujin |
Wang Xiangzhai (simplified Chinese: 王芗斋; traditional Chinese: 王薌齋; pinyin: Wáng Xiāngzhāi; November 26, 1885 - July 12, 1963), also known as Nibao, Zhenghe and Yuseng, was a Chinese xingyiquan master, responsible for founding the martial art of Yiquan.
Wang Xiangzhai was born in Hebei province, China. As he was a very weak child, his parents decided to send him to the famous Xingyiquan master Guo Yunshen to improve his health.
The Wang family had always had connections with the Guo family, horse breeders in the average. Master Guo Yunshen taught him zhanzhuang gong (post standing postures) that the young Xiangzhai had to keep standing for hours.
During his young adult life, Wang Xiangzhai became a soldier in Beijing and at the age of 33, he went all around China, studying martial arts with many famous masters including monk Heng Lin, Xinyiquan master Xie Tiefu, southern white crane style masters Fang Yizhuang and Jin Shaofeng, Liuhebafa master Wu Yi Hui, etc. Learning from his experience and honoring the truly skilled, Wang made a public statement in 1928:
我在國內參學万余里，拜見拳家逾千人，堪稱通家者僅有兩個半人，即湖南解鐵夫，福建方恰庄与上海吳翼翬耳。 I have traveled across the country in research, engaging over a thousand people in martial combat, there have been only 2.5 people I could not defeat, namely Hunan's Xie Tie Fu, Fujian's Fang Yi Zhuang and Shanghai's Wu Yi Hui.
After 7 years of research and study, Wang established himself in Beijing and penetrated the circle of famous masters in this city as well as in Tianjin and Shanghai. At this period of his life he was reunited with his friend and classmate from schooldays, the respected Liuhebafa Chuan master Wu Yi Hui, and also became friends with the Baguazhang master Zhang Zhaodong.
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