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Jiang Hao-Quan
Professor Jiang Hao-Quan was born in January 1916, in Chang Chou City, Kiangsu Province. He is a famous contemporary martial artist who has over 70 years of martial arts teaching experience, and has devoted his whole life to Chinese and Western boxing and the classical weapons. In the 1940's, he defeated over ten boxing masters from China, England, United States of America, Russia and Portugal. He was named the "Chinese boxing champion" and the "Living Yuan-Jia Huo." In the 1980's he was appointed the "Head Coach of Zhongnanhai Central Guards," and trained many senior guards for the country. He was also the coach of the contemporary "Forbidden Corps." Jiang Hao-Quan has also been a champion Spring Board Diver, an acrobat, a gymnast and body builder.
Jiang Hao-Quan began studying martial arts at the age of 4, studying Shao Yao Chang (Hsiao Yao Chang) with one of his uncles. While still very young, Jiang Hao-Quan's mother met a monk at the local temple that she regularly attended. The monk was skilled at Shao Yao Chang also, and taught the art to Jiang. Later while Jiang was attending the Chang Chou middle school, one of his teachers there, noticed Jiang's athletic abilities. That teacher was a member of the first graduating class at the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Academy (Nanjing Chung Yang Kuo Shu Kuan), and made an arrangement for Jiang to take an admission test to enter the Nanjing Academy's youth level. So at the age of 15, in the summer of 1932, Jiang took and passed the test for admission into the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Academy. He entered the academy's youth level as a full time student. The curriculum at the school was divided into two main categories, Shaolin styles (including Shaolin boxing, Cha Ch'uan, Tan Tui, and Pa Chi) and Wu Tang styles (including Tai Chi Ch'uan, Hsing-I Ch'uan, Pa Kua Chang, and Liu Ho Pa Fa), plus the academic studies. Full time students had to complete the entire four year course of study. Jiang completed his four years, specializing in Shaolin Ch'uan, Hsing-I Ch'uan, Pa Kua Chang, Tai Chi Ch'uan, San Shou (Free Fighting), Pao T'ing Shuai Chiao (Swift-Throw Chinese Wrestling), Boxing, Solo and Matching forms. He graduated with honors in 1936. Jiang Hao-Quan has been practicing and studying the martial arts for over 87 years, and has been teaching them for over 70 years.
Jiang Hao-Quan has been fortunate enough to have had access to many of the best teachers of 20th century China. While attending the Nanjing academy, he was the student of three different Pa Kua Chang teachers. All three of them (Huang Bo-Nien, Jiang Rong-Qiao, and Yin Yu-Zhang) were third generation practitioners in the lineage of Dong Hai-Ch'uan (credited as the originator of Pa Kua Chang). As part of the curriculum at the academy, two different Pa Kua Chang forms were taught - Lao Pa Chang and Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang. Jiang Hao-Quan learned the Lao Pa Chang (old eight palms), the traditional Pa Kua Chang form, from Jiang Rong-Qiao which he learned from his teacher Zhang Zhao-Dong; he learned Lung Hsing Pa Kua Chang (Dragon Form Eight Diagram Palm) from Huang Bo-Nien which Huang learned from his teacher Li Cun-Yi; and Jiang learned Pa Kua Chang San Shou (Eight Diagram Palm Free Fighting) techniques from Yin Yu-Zhang which he learned from his teacher Yin Fu who was his father. Huang Bo-Nien also taught Hsing-I Ch'uan to Jiang Hao-Quan.
Note: The traditional Pa Kua Chang form taught at the academy, was given the name Lao Pa Chang (old eight palms) at the academy, in order to distinguish it from the new Pa Kua Chang form (Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang).
Jiang Hao-Quan was one of two outstanding students in the early 1930s at the Nanjing academy, selected to learn Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang, a modified version of the combat-oriented Pa Kua Chang system originally created by Dong Hai-Ch'uan. Two of Dong's closest students, Zhang Zhao-Dong and Li Cun-Yi, inherited the form and then passed it on to their respective students, Huang Bo-Nien and Jiang Rong-Qiao. Jiang Rong-Qiao and Huang Bo-Nien were both renowned martial artists in early 20th-century China.
Huang Bo-Nien and Jiang Rong-Qiao refined the form, and with the help of two other martial arts masters, Ma Hsin-Yun (a master in Chin Na and Pao T'ing Shuai Chiao) and Wang Yun-Peng (specialized in northern shaolin advanced kicks - Tui Fa), further enriched the form. These four master martial artists were first-generation instructors at the Nanjing academy, and together they virtually created a new, extraordinary all-combative-skill Pa Kua Chang style called Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang (Complete System Eight Diagram Palm). It is based upon the traditional form passed down from Dong Hai-Ch'uan, and incorporates the traditional Pa Kua Chang and many of the best elements of Hsing-I Ch'uan, Pao T'ing Shuai Chiao, Chin Na and Tui Fa.
Jiang Hao-Quan is the only surviving grandmaster of this unique system of Pa Kua Chang, and is trying very hard to preserve and promote it. Professor Jiang has made some of his own enhancements to the Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang, and teaches it as his own Jiang Shi Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang (Jiang Style Complete System Eight Diagram Palm). It is possibly the longest (over 365 movements in the form) and most physically demanding style of Pa Kua Chang to exist, and is very devastating to lethal in application.
Note: Jiang Style Complete System Pa Kua Chang is not to be confused with the Jiang Style Pa Kua Chang developed by Jiang Rong-Qiao (who was one of Jiang Hao-Quan's teachers at the academy).
Professor Jiang Hao-Quan, with his background in Chinese martial arts, Western Boxing, and athletics, has a deep understanding and knowledge of what it takes for a person to become a skilled martial artist. Because of his experience and background, all his students are very fortunate to be able to learn from him. Professor Jiang is very pleased and willing to teach and pass along his wealth of knowledge.
Professor Jiang has an honorary doctorate from Eurotechnical Research University in Hawaii, and has written many Wushu books. Professor Jiang is over 89 years young, but has the youthful look, mobility and agility of a man who is 20 to 30 years or more younger. He attributes his youthful look, vitality, health and physical abilities to his daily practice of Pa Kua Chang (primarily), also Tai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung. He is still very active and has a strong desire to pass along his wealth of knowledge to his students. He also has a strong ambition to promote and train martial artists for entering the Olympics. Professor Jiang moved to the United States of America in 1989, and has established the "Jiang Hao-Quan Martial Arts Institute" in the Los Angeles area of California.
The Pa Kua Chang (Ba Gua Zhang) Lineage of Jiang Hao-Quan
There is much credible evidence that suggests that both Li Cun-Yi and Zhang Zhao-Dong actually learned most or all of their Baguazhang through Cheng Ting-Hua and that they were students of Dong Hai-Ch'uan mostly in name only. That being the case, the lineage chart would look more like the chart below.
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Professor Jiang Hao-Quan was born in January 1916, in Chang Chou City, Kiangsu Province. He is a famous contemporary martial artist who has over 70 years of martial arts teaching experience, and has devoted his whole life to Chinese and Western boxing and the classical weapons. In the 1940's, he defeated over ten boxing masters from China, England, United States of America, Russia and Portugal. He was named the "Chinese boxing champion" and the "Living Yuan-Jia Huo." In the 1980's he was appointed the "Head Coach of Zhongnanhai Central Guards," and trained many senior guards for the country. He was also the coach of the contemporary "Forbidden Corps." Jiang Hao-Quan has also been a champion Spring Board Diver, an acrobat, a gymnast and body builder.
Jiang Hao-Quan began studying martial arts at the age of 4, studying Shao Yao Chang (Hsiao Yao Chang) with one of his uncles. While still very young, Jiang Hao-Quan's mother met a monk at the local temple that she regularly attended. The monk was skilled at Shao Yao Chang also, and taught the art to Jiang. Later while Jiang was attending the Chang Chou middle school, one of his teachers there, noticed Jiang's athletic abilities. That teacher was a member of the first graduating class at the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Academy (Nanjing Chung Yang Kuo Shu Kuan), and made an arrangement for Jiang to take an admission test to enter the Nanjing Academy's youth level. So at the age of 15, in the summer of 1932, Jiang took and passed the test for admission into the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Academy. He entered the academy's youth level as a full time student. The curriculum at the school was divided into two main categories, Shaolin styles (including Shaolin boxing, Cha Ch'uan, Tan Tui, and Pa Chi) and Wu Tang styles (including Tai Chi Ch'uan, Hsing-I Ch'uan, Pa Kua Chang, and Liu Ho Pa Fa), plus the academic studies. Full time students had to complete the entire four year course of study. Jiang completed his four years, specializing in Shaolin Ch'uan, Hsing-I Ch'uan, Pa Kua Chang, Tai Chi Ch'uan, San Shou (Free Fighting), Pao T'ing Shuai Chiao (Swift-Throw Chinese Wrestling), Boxing, Solo and Matching forms. He graduated with honors in 1936. Jiang Hao-Quan has been practicing and studying the martial arts for over 87 years, and has been teaching them for over 70 years.
Jiang Hao-Quan has been fortunate enough to have had access to many of the best teachers of 20th century China. While attending the Nanjing academy, he was the student of three different Pa Kua Chang teachers. All three of them (Huang Bo-Nien, Jiang Rong-Qiao, and Yin Yu-Zhang) were third generation practitioners in the lineage of Dong Hai-Ch'uan (credited as the originator of Pa Kua Chang). As part of the curriculum at the academy, two different Pa Kua Chang forms were taught - Lao Pa Chang and Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang. Jiang Hao-Quan learned the Lao Pa Chang (old eight palms), the traditional Pa Kua Chang form, from Jiang Rong-Qiao which he learned from his teacher Zhang Zhao-Dong; he learned Lung Hsing Pa Kua Chang (Dragon Form Eight Diagram Palm) from Huang Bo-Nien which Huang learned from his teacher Li Cun-Yi; and Jiang learned Pa Kua Chang San Shou (Eight Diagram Palm Free Fighting) techniques from Yin Yu-Zhang which he learned from his teacher Yin Fu who was his father. Huang Bo-Nien also taught Hsing-I Ch'uan to Jiang Hao-Quan.
Note: The traditional Pa Kua Chang form taught at the academy, was given the name Lao Pa Chang (old eight palms) at the academy, in order to distinguish it from the new Pa Kua Chang form (Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang).
Jiang Hao-Quan was one of two outstanding students in the early 1930s at the Nanjing academy, selected to learn Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang, a modified version of the combat-oriented Pa Kua Chang system originally created by Dong Hai-Ch'uan. Two of Dong's closest students, Zhang Zhao-Dong and Li Cun-Yi, inherited the form and then passed it on to their respective students, Huang Bo-Nien and Jiang Rong-Qiao. Jiang Rong-Qiao and Huang Bo-Nien were both renowned martial artists in early 20th-century China.
Huang Bo-Nien and Jiang Rong-Qiao refined the form, and with the help of two other martial arts masters, Ma Hsin-Yun (a master in Chin Na and Pao T'ing Shuai Chiao) and Wang Yun-Peng (specialized in northern shaolin advanced kicks - Tui Fa), further enriched the form. These four master martial artists were first-generation instructors at the Nanjing academy, and together they virtually created a new, extraordinary all-combative-skill Pa Kua Chang style called Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang (Complete System Eight Diagram Palm). It is based upon the traditional form passed down from Dong Hai-Ch'uan, and incorporates the traditional Pa Kua Chang and many of the best elements of Hsing-I Ch'uan, Pao T'ing Shuai Chiao, Chin Na and Tui Fa.
Jiang Hao-Quan is the only surviving grandmaster of this unique system of Pa Kua Chang, and is trying very hard to preserve and promote it. Professor Jiang has made some of his own enhancements to the Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang, and teaches it as his own Jiang Shi Ch'uan Shi Pa Kua Chang (Jiang Style Complete System Eight Diagram Palm). It is possibly the longest (over 365 movements in the form) and most physically demanding style of Pa Kua Chang to exist, and is very devastating to lethal in application.
Note: Jiang Style Complete System Pa Kua Chang is not to be confused with the Jiang Style Pa Kua Chang developed by Jiang Rong-Qiao (who was one of Jiang Hao-Quan's teachers at the academy).
Professor Jiang Hao-Quan, with his background in Chinese martial arts, Western Boxing, and athletics, has a deep understanding and knowledge of what it takes for a person to become a skilled martial artist. Because of his experience and background, all his students are very fortunate to be able to learn from him. Professor Jiang is very pleased and willing to teach and pass along his wealth of knowledge.
Professor Jiang has an honorary doctorate from Eurotechnical Research University in Hawaii, and has written many Wushu books. Professor Jiang is over 89 years young, but has the youthful look, mobility and agility of a man who is 20 to 30 years or more younger. He attributes his youthful look, vitality, health and physical abilities to his daily practice of Pa Kua Chang (primarily), also Tai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung. He is still very active and has a strong desire to pass along his wealth of knowledge to his students. He also has a strong ambition to promote and train martial artists for entering the Olympics. Professor Jiang moved to the United States of America in 1989, and has established the "Jiang Hao-Quan Martial Arts Institute" in the Los Angeles area of California.
There is much credible evidence that suggests that both Li Cun-Yi and Zhang Zhao-Dong actually learned most or all of their Baguazhang through Cheng Ting-Hua and that they were students of Dong Hai-Ch'uan mostly in name only. That being the case, the lineage chart would look more like the chart below.
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