Luo Dexiu or Lo Te-Hsiu () is a Taiwanese martial artist who specializes in the internal Chinese styles of

Xingyiquan Xing Yi Quan is classified as one of the internal styles of Chinese martial arts. The name of the art translates approximately to "Form-Intention Fist", or "Shape-Will Fist". Xing Yi is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements ...

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, and

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. He was born in 1956 (25th day, 11th month of the

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, which he follows for his birthdate) in

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. Luo Dexiu entered the Tang Shou Tao (唐手道) school of Hong Yixiang (洪懿祥) in 1971, where he began his study of the Internal Martial Arts, devoting himself in the beginning to the use of these arts for fighting, with particular emphasis on Xingyiquan. He became one of Hong Yixiang's best fighters (Pa Kua Chang Journal, 1993). He later became deeply interested in

, which was at the core of the skills taught by Hong Yixiang, having been passed directly from

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(張俊峰), who trained under

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(高義盛), a master in the

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(程廷華) branch of Baguazhang.

had brought the Gao style of Baguazhang to Taiwan. This lineage and school is called Yizong. Luo Dexiu studied Gao style Baguazhang with Hong Yixiang, and with many of Zhang's other students as well, including Hong Yixiang's brothers Hong Yiwen (洪懿文) and Hong Yimian (洪懿棉). He later continued his intensive studies of Baguazhang with Liu Qian, an early student of Sun Xikun. Luo Dexiu currently teaches Gao style Baguazhang and

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Xingyiquan, carrying on the Yizong tradition through his classes in Taipei, Taiwan, and holds seminar tours annually throughout Europe, America, and the Middle East.

References

* BBC documentary ''"The Way of the Warrior," Episode 2, "T'ai Chi, 'The Soft Way'"'' (1983): * ''Esoteric Warriors'' Kozma, Alex Publisher: Paul H. Crompton (1999) * ''Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts Teachers of Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan, and Ba Gua Zhang'' Jess O'Brien (Editor) North Atlantic Books (2004) * Pa Kua Chang Journal (July/August,1993). ''Lo Te-Hsiu: Carrying on the tradition of Chang Chun-Feng's pa kua chang. 3(''5), 22-30''.''

External links

Master Luo's own website
(in Chinese, English and French) * Videos with Master Luo

* Area seminar schedules
London, England

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/ Hervé Marigliano Bretagne France

Yi Zong Bagua Men

Boulder, Colorado Affiliate Yi Zong School

Zhen Wu Men U.K. Affiliate Yi Zong School

Zong Wu Men, George Wood's school

Yizong Long De Guan
Oliver Smith's school, Bristol and Bath, England
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