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Lü Zijian (Chinese: 吕紫剑; pinyin: Lǚ Zǐjiàn; died 21 October 2012) was a Chinese martial artist and centenarian. He is widely regarded and believed to be the oldest ever martial artist to live in earth. He was very much admired and well respected among the fraternity and to those who were very close to him in social circles.
Hung I-Hsiang (L) teaching Tang Shou Tao system in Taipei, Taiwan (c. 1970s) Yizong Tang Shou Tao [1] (易宗唐手道, Hanyu Pinyin: Yi Zong Tang Shou Dao, lit."Essence of Change Chinese Hand Way") is a system of Chinese internal martial arts training founded in the 1950s and 1960s by Hung I-Hsiang (洪懿祥, Hanyu Pinyin: Hong Yixiang), a well-known Taiwanese internal martial artist.
Chidi Njokuani was born to Nigerian parents in Dallas, Texas on December 31, 1988. [4] His name "Chidi" means "God exists" in Igbo. [5] He was introduced to Muay Thai by his older brother Anthony at the age of 10 and began competing at the age of 11.
Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts , as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins.
In 2019, Garena held its largest esports event for Free Fire, the Free Fire World Series in Rio de Janeiro, which drew a peak of more than 2 million concurrent viewers. [47] The following year, Garena's tournament, the Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS), was conducted across three regions: the Americas, Asia, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and ...
Li Shuwen (Chinese: 李書文) (1864–1934) was a master practitioner of the Chinese martial art of Bajiquan. He was known as "God Spear Li" (神槍李). [3] His prowess was said to be such that he boasted that he did not have to strike the same opponent twice. [4] He was a martial arts adviser of Fu Zhensong, notably once fighting him to a ...
His life and art were featured in the book titled Filipino Martial Culture by Mark Wiley. The same author included a section on Kalis Ilustrisimo in Filipino Fighting Arts: Theory and Practice . Two of his most prominent students, Antonio Diego and Christopher Ricketts , published The Secrets of Kalis Ilustrisimo in the United States, with a ...
He started training in martial arts at the age of 9, first in Karate, Arnis and Greco-Roman wrestling. Having spent over 30 years of his life to the study of multiple martial arts forms including Sari-an, Brazilian jiu-jitsu , Yaw-Yan , Pekiti Tirsia Kali , etc., he has developed his own unique fighting style specialized in grappling, knife ...