Hu Wei-Yue

Hu, Wei-yue was an associate professor of Shanghai Agricultural Collage, and came from Shanghai, China in 1985.

He learned Ba Duan Jin (Eight-section Brocade) at a young age before he was bed ridden for about one year.

He learned Taiji when he was 25 years of age in 1950 from a book, it was written by Master Yang Cheng-fu.Then, he thought that he should find a good teacher to advance and improve on his self taught proficiency.He studied under Masters Hua Chun-ron, Bai Bing-ru and Liu Jin-ru.

Master Hua Chun-ron was a disciple of Yang style Taiji, Sun style Xingyi and Bagua.He learned Taiji from Zheng Man-qing at Hangzhou, Zhejian Province and learned Sun style Xingyi and Bagua from Sun Lu-tang`s son, Sun Chu-zhou at Shanghai.He was a chieftain of the governor`s guards before 1949.Master Hu said he learned Yang style Taiji and Sun style Xingyi, Bagua from his teacher, Hua Chun-ron, and also checked the original books.He also learned the Yang style Taiji from Bai Bing-ru, she had learned Yang style Taiji from Master Ye Da-mi and Yang Cheng-fu at a young age of ten.

In 1985, Master Hu came to the U.S.He held Taiji classes on weekends at the Chinese Academy of Cleveland for eight years.He joined the Eastern U.S.A. Martial Arts Association, with his name in the `Hall of Fame` and holding the Master rank 1991.He is a member of the U.S.C.K.F. (United States Chinese Kuoshu Federation) with the certification of Senior Instructor of the Assocation.As a judge, he joined the Taiji, Xingyi and Bagua divisions in tournaments held in Ohio area and Maryland, for the last five years.
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