about liu jingru

liu jingru was born on july 5, 1936 in
gaoyang county of hebei province,
china. he is now 68 years old and is
the 8 duan the chinese wushu duan
wei system.in 1947, liu's family
moved to beijing. in 1957 he began
to learn baguazhang and xingyiquan
under luo xingwu, the disciple of li
wen biao who, in turn is a student of
cheng tinghua, founder of the cheng
style baguazhang. liu also learn
martial art under hao en guang, a
student of li cun yi. thereafter, he
continued his practice and learning
under a number of illustrious wushu
masters.

in 1962, liu learn luo xuan quan,
also known as spiral boxing, and
baguazhang from master qiu zhi he,
a student of zhang zhankui. he learn
yin style baguazhang from he
zhongqi, and the six harmonies
praying mantis boxing, from shan
xiangling. at the same time, he was
further guided by cheng youxin, liu
tanfeng and wang wenkui to pursue
his wushu career.

the careful guidance of liu jing ru's
masters and his own studious
practice brought their rewards. in
1963, aged 26, liu participated in
the beijing city wushu competition
and won his first championship and
award in both xingyiquan and
baguazhang. for many times liu won
championship in performing the
baguazhang at many other chinese

traditional martial arts competitions.

in 1979, liu participated in the
wushu exchange event held in
nannin, the capital city of the
guangxi province. this event was of
particular importance because it was
the largest wushu competition that
had been organized in china since
the cultural revolution started
(1966). many wushu masters
participated. the average age of the
competitions was 47.at 43 and
considered a youngster, liu won the
gold medal in baguazhang. in 1980,
in the second exchange held in
taiyuan, shanxi province he won
another gold medal.

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