| Huo Yuanjia | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 January 1868 Jinghai County, Tianjin, Qing dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Died | 9 August 1910 (aged 42) Shanghai, Qing dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Style | Wushu Mizongyi | ||||||||||||
| Teacher(s) | Chen Seng-ho Huo Endi | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Martial artist | ||||||||||||
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Ms. Wang (before 1910) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Notable relatives | Huo Endi (father) | ||||||||||||
| Notable club(s) | Chin Woo Athletic Association | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 霍元甲 | ||||||||||||
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| Junqing (courtesy name) | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 俊卿 | ||||||||||||
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Huo Yuanjia[b] (18 January 1868 – 9 August 1910),[1] 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,[2] 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.[3]
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- ^ wushu.org.cn[permanent dead link] states that the Chin Woo Athletic Association was founded on 7 July 1910. An interview Archived 30 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine with Huo's great-grandson states that Huo died about 70 days after the Chin Woo Athletic Association was founded. chinwoo.com states August 1909 as Huo's date of death.
- ^ Draeger, Donn F.; Smith, Robert W. (1980) [1969]. Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts. Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 23. ISBN 0-87011-436-0.
- ^ Brian L. Kennedy. "Martial Arts of the Jingwu". Kung Fu Magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2010.