Recently in another thread, about kung fu clips, this link appeared: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr5vQm_i09I
It is of Taoist/Bagua Master Lu Zijian from China performing his bagua kung fu some twenty years ago at what seems to be a competition. He also demonstrates a double broadswords form, both quite flawlessly I might add. He was 93 at the time. What impressed me most tho, was after his demonstration, and following bowing towards his audience, he jogs out of the competition arena, rather then the slow walk you'd expect of a 93 year old just having waved 2 swords about. The comments on the video stated he was still alive and well today, and after some good ole googlin' I found among some other rather short bits this artickle about him:
A 115 year old and (hyper)active taoist/kungfu master you say? Most would dismiss this as a old Shaw brothers fantasy, or wuxia nonsense, but yet again it shows that reality always beat what you fantasize.
So if anyone have doubts of the "claims" that kungfu and qigong are good for you, travel to China and ask him politely to armwrestle you, you might regret it
If someone has more info about Master Lu It would be much appreciated, I enjoy reading up about people like this, its very inspiring.
It is of Taoist/Bagua Master Lu Zijian from China performing his bagua kung fu some twenty years ago at what seems to be a competition. He also demonstrates a double broadswords form, both quite flawlessly I might add. He was 93 at the time. What impressed me most tho, was after his demonstration, and following bowing towards his audience, he jogs out of the competition arena, rather then the slow walk you'd expect of a 93 year old just having waved 2 swords about. The comments on the video stated he was still alive and well today, and after some good ole googlin' I found among some other rather short bits this artickle about him:
A 115 year old and (hyper)active taoist/kungfu master you say? Most would dismiss this as a old Shaw brothers fantasy, or wuxia nonsense, but yet again it shows that reality always beat what you fantasize.
So if anyone have doubts of the "claims" that kungfu and qigong are good for you, travel to China and ask him politely to armwrestle you, you might regret it
If someone has more info about Master Lu It would be much appreciated, I enjoy reading up about people like this, its very inspiring.
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