Ma Jiang Bao

Ma Jiangbao (born 1941) is a well known teacher of Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan. He is the third son of Wu Yinghua and Ma Yueliang. In 1986 he came with is father Ma Yueliang to Europe to teach Wu style. Ma Yueliang returned home after four months. Ma Jiangbao stayed and lives now in Rotterdam. He and his students are teaching in many countries, in Europe as well as in South Africa and Japan.

Wu style was created by a Manchurian named Wu Quanyou (1834 – 1902). Wu was a student of Yang Luchan, (founder of the Yang style), and Yang Banhou. Wu Quanyou’s son, Wu Jianquan (1870-1942), loved martial arts from his youth and studied under the tutorship of his father. After 1912 he continuously developed the teaching Tai Chi Chuan at the Beijing Sport Research Society, gradually refining his father’s style. His two sons, Wu Gongyi and Wu Gongzao, were his first students.

Wu Jianquan’s eldest daughter, Ma Jiangbao's mother Wu Yinghua (1907 – 1996), started studying Tai Chi Chuan with her father at a very young age. In 1935 Wu Yinghua was also appointed deputy director of the Jian Quan Association in Shanghai. She married her father’s student, Ma Yueliang (1901 – 1998), and throughout her life she taught with her husband all over China. In martial arts circles she was regarded as one of the most renowned teachers. Ma Hailong, the eldest son of Wu Yinghua and Ma Yueliang, also studied Tai Chi Chuan from a young age and is now the president of the Jian Quan Association Shanghai.

External links

* [http://www.wu-taichi.com/ Ma Jiang-bao's Traditional Wu style Taijiquan website]