Why are there so many martial arts experts in Foshan, Guangdong Province in history?

Because Foshan is the main birthplace of southern martial arts, influenced by local culture, Foshan has a large base of martial arts practitioners, so it has trained many martial arts masters.

Foshan is a famous "hometown of martial arts". In the early Ming Dynasty, Foshan Wushu was quite popular. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were many martial arts schools in Foshan, and a number of martial arts masters and organizations with international influence emerged, and they went to the world through various channels.

Many boxing styles and schools that are widely popular in the world, such as Cai Lifo Boxing, Hong Boxing and Wing Chun Boxing, all originated in Foshan. Huang Feihong, a famous martial arts master, Liang Zan and Ye Wen, masters of Wing Chun Boxing, and Bruce Lee, a film and television martial arts star, are also in Foshan. In 2004, Foshan was awarded the title of "Wushu City".

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Huang Feihong 1

Huang Feihong (65438+July 9, 0856-65438+April 0925), formerly known as Huang Xixiang, was nicknamed flying bear. Born in Nanhai County, Foshan City, I was originally from Xizhou Village, Xiqiaoling, Nanhai County.

Huang Feihong was a master of Hongquan and Lingnan Wushu in the late Qing Dynasty. He is also a famous Chinese medicine practitioner who helps the world and saves people.

There are different opinions about the specific date of Huang Feihong's birth and death. Some researchers think it was born in 1847, while others think it was born in 1856. As for the year of his death, it is generally believed that he died after the Guangzhou business group incident that broke out in 1924, but the exact date is unknown.

2. Ip Man

Ip Man (1 893101October19721February1), a native of Sangyuan, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province, is a local gentleman studying in St. Stephen's, Hong Kong. Wing Chun is the founder of Wing Chun boxing system after Chen Huashun and Liang Bi.

Ip Man began to teach Cantonese Wing Chun in Hong Kong in 1950s. Liang Ting, a disciple of Fengmen, spread Wing Chun internationally. Through the wide spread of his children around the world, he formed a set of the most authoritative practical training course of China traditional martial arts, "Liang Ting Wing Chun", which is world-renowned and has now spread to the Wing Chun era.

Ip Man is a master of Wing Chun Boxing and even China Wushu. Among his disciples are "The Epiphany", Liang Ting, a disciple of Fengmen, and Bruce Lee, who made China's martial arts famous all over the world.

3. Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee (1940165438+1October 27th-1July 20th, 973), originally named Li, was born in San Francisco, California, USA, and his ancestral home was in Jun 'an Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China.

World martial arts pioneer, martial arts fighter, martial arts philosopher, father of MMA, master of martial arts, pioneer of martial arts film and founder of Jeet Kune Do, actor of China martial arts film, the world's first promoter of China Kung Fu, and the first Chinese protagonist in Hollywood.

His four and a half films in Hong Kong broke many records three times, among which "Raptor Crossing the River" broke the box office record of Asian films, and the total box office of enter the dragon, which cooperated with Hollywood, reached 230 million US dollars.

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