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Fu Chen Sung
Additional recommended knowledge傅振嵩 Fu Chen Sung in Wade-Giles (1881-1953), Fu Zhensong in Pinyin, also known as Fu Qiankun 傅乾�?�, was born in 馬�?� Mapo village, 泌陽縣Biyangxian county ,in 懷慶Huaiqing City area , Henan province, China. When he was eight years old, the village set up a martial arts school. They hired 賈�?山 Chia Chi-shan, also know how Chia Feng Ming (a top student of the founder of ba gua zhang, Grandmaster Dong Haichuan) and from the nearby Chen village, 陳延禧 Chen Yanxi (an 8th generation disciple of Chen family tai chi). They would teach in a local field. After nine years Fu reached the stage “hands grasp the lively sparrow�?, which meant he could leap and capture a bird without hurting it. After this, he learnt the tai chi ball and then moved to Beijing, where he studied more ba gua with Ma Gui and Cheng Tinghua, both first generation disciples of Dong Haichuan. In 1900 he moved back to home village to teach, becoming well known in that part of China for defeating a gang of local bandits who attacked his village. 1911, Fu Chen-Sung became a caravan guard/body guard in Shantung and Henan at the request of the Kai Kung Hsin Shan Protection Service. After the Hsing Hai Revolution of 1911, Fu began to travel around the cities of Fu Chou and Cheng Chou, as well as Shan Si Province and other areas of China. In 1913, Fu was hired by the Revolutionary Army as a martial arts instructor, holding this post for just a few years. Sometime around then, Fu met a Wu Tang tai chi teacher, Sung Wei-I 宋唯一 in Liao Ning Province (this is not the same as the styles from Wu Tang Mountain). He was famous for his “lightning palm�? and “rocket fist.�? He taught Wu Tang sword and tai chi to Fu, and subsequently to this these elements were added to Fu’s forms. According to Lin Chao Zhen the dragon form of bagua and liang yi chuan (“yin-yang boxing�?) were created after Fu studied tai chi with Song Wei Yi.
In Beijing, Fu met Sun Lu Tang, Yang Cheng Fu, and many other skilled practitioners, who exchanged knowledge. This exchange continued when the Zhongyang guoshu guan (Central National Arts Gymnasium) was founded in Nanjing. After heavy competition, Fu Chen Sung was made Chief Instructor of Bagua, emphasizing in his teachings fast precise footwork and waist strength. Here, he taught Sun Lu Tang the Wu Tang sword and in exchange, learns the Sun style of h'sing yi chuan (“mind-intent boxing�?) and tai chi.
located in Kuang Chou (Canton), was called the Liang Kuang Kuo Shu Kuan 兩廣國術館(The Two Kuang's Martial Arts School). Fu Chen Sung became the school's director. The others who were sent to the south were (probably) Ku Ju-Chang, Wang Shao-Chou, Wan Lai-Sheng, and Li Hsien-Wu. They were constantly being challenged by southern Chinese martial artists, but beat all challengers. They thus earned the respectful nickname, the “Five Northern Tigers�?. Fu Chen-Sung was the only one who stayed permanently in Canton, and was the first master to teach northern “internal�? styles like tai chi and bagua in Canton .
LinagePA KWA CHANG (BAGUAZHANG) LINAGE Dong Hai Chuan developed pa kwa after learning circle walking from the "Complete Truth" Daoist sect. Fu spent 8 years learning pa kwa from Jia Feng Meng, then 3 years in Beijing learning from Yin Fu's top student Ma Gua, and from Cheng Ting Hua at the same time. All were first generation students of Grandmaster Dong Hai Chuan. "WUDANG" SWORD LINAGE Sung Wei Yi introduced the sword form to the tai chi system, firstly to Yang Pan Hou, then Li and Fu. From Yang Pan Hou's students it spread to Wu style and back to Chen style. Yang Pan Hou's father, Yang Lu Chan, did not use a sword to fight, his favourite weapons were the staff and even his wooden tobacco pipe. This system was called "Wudang" even though it did not come from Wudang mountain. Fu taught Sun Lu Tang the sword in Nanjing, and in exchange was taught h'sing yi ch'uan. TAI CHI CH'UAN (TAIJIQUAN) LINAGE Fu learnt Chen style tai chi as a youth, while simultaneously learning pa kwa chang (baguazhang). He later learnt Sun style from Sun Lu Tan and Yang style from Yang Cheng Fu. From all these styles he synthsized his own form, and balanced left and right. H'SING YI CH’UAN Fu taught Sun Lu Tang the sword in Nanjing, and in exchange was taught h'sing yi ch'uan. ReferencesInformation for this biography was sourced from the Pa Kwa Chang Journal (volume 1, # 3; volume 2 # 6; volume 5, # 2; and volume 6 # 6); from the book Fu Style Dragin Form Eight Trigrams Palms by Fu Yonghui and Lai Zonghong (translated by Joseph Crandall); and from the websites www.fustyle.org (Victor Fu’s website, 3rd generation Fu family internal styles), http://www.leeskungfu.com/ and http://www.wudangboxing.com/ (Qiang-Ya Liang’s site, who is the last living disciple of Fu Chen Sung). Fu style schools worldwide: http://fu.style.wushu.googlepages.com/fustyleschools |
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