Ma Yue (
Xiao'erjing
Xiao'erjing or Xiao'erjin or Xiaor jin or in its shortened form, Xiaojing, literally meaning "children's script" or "minor script" (cf. "original script" referring to the original Perso-Arabic script; zh, s=本经, t=本經, p=Běnjīng, Xiao ...
: ) was born in 1959 in
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
, to a
Muslim Hui family whose association with martial arts goes back six generations.
As a five-year-old, his father
Ma Xianda took him to train with his grandfather,
Ma Fengtu where he learned his family styles ''
tongbeiquan
Tongbeiquan (通背拳 ''tōngbèiquán''; literally "Spreading Power from the Back Boxing", as ''tong'' means "through," ''bei'' means "back" and ''quan'' means "fist") is a school of martial arts popular in northern China, known for engaging o ...
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piguaquan
Piguaquan (), also known as Piguazhang () due to its emphasis on palm techniques, is often practiced along with Bajiquan () and is a style of wushu (Chinese martial arts) that features explosive, long-range power. It originated in Cangzhou, a ...
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fanziquan
Fānziquán (; literally "Rotating fist") is a Chinese martial art that emphasizes offense and defense with the hands. Its movements have been described as:
: ''Two fists are fast like the falling rain drops, and fast like a snapping whip.''
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bajiquan
Bajiquan () is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power and is famous for its elbow and shoulder strikes. Its full name is kaimen ba ji quan ().
Origins
Baji quan was originally called bazi quan ( or ) or "rake fist" ...
'', and ''cuojiao''. At the age of 11, Ma Yue won the
Xi'an
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city and
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
province all-around championships and beat renowned International Wushu champion Zhao Changjun.
In 1983, he won a four gold awards, placing firsts in ''fanzi'', ''pigua'', short weapon and straight sword.
Ma Yue has since had a long career in the martial arts. He is a Chinese National Wushu Champion, two-time gold medallist and a graduate of Wushu University of China.
References
External links
The Official Ma Yue WebsiteThe Official Ma Yue Blog
Hui sportspeople
Chinese Muslims
Living people
Chinese Muslim Wushu practitioners
Year of birth missing (living people)
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