Category Early Masters / Legacy

Guo Changsheng (郭長生)

Guo Changsheng   (郭長生) 1896-1967 Presidential body guard, puglistic, Tong Bei and two- hand- saber (A.K.A Miao Dao) instructor. Guo was aspired to improve the plight of China so he enlisted 1916, allocated position as body guard for governmental official, Cao Kun. Later the same year Guo was accepted as student by the famous Tong Bei and […]

Master of Biangan (鞭杆), Wang Degong (王得功) passed away

Master Wang Degong (王得功)passed away 11/5/2013, RIP. Master Wang Degong (王得功), 1940- 2013 Below link is performance of Wang Jianzhong, Wang Degong’s son. His legacy continues.

R.I.P Master Ma Xianda (馬賢達)

Master Ma Xianda(馬賢達), passed away 17/6/2013, 3am. What a great loss for all of us…. Ma Xianda (馬賢達)1932 – 2013 The Muslim Master of the Old Empire

Ma Fengtu (馬鳳圖)

Ma Fengtu (馬鳳圖) 1888 – 1973 Older brother of Ma Yingtu (馬英圖) revolutionary, thinker, civil servants, Chinese medicine practitioner and one of  founder of Chinese warrior association (中華武士會) and Tongbei school (通備武學). Ma Fengtu (馬鳳圖) was born in a martial art family. In 1909, he join Tongmonghui (同盟會), an underground revolutionary alliance pushing for democracy. […]

Colonel Ma Yingtu (馬英圖上校)

Ma Yingtu 馬英圖1897-1955 Younger brother of Ma Fengtu (馬鳳圖), soldier,  pugelist, and military advisor. He was brought up in a martial art family and well train in different schools of martial arts under various famous masters such as Li Shuwen (李書文). In 1920, he enlisted Xibei (西北軍) infantry under General Fung Yuxiang (馮玉祥), working as […]