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	Biography introduction

	Studying Taijiquan as a young boy (Shanghai, 1949-1965)
	Introduction Dr. Wu BaoYuan Professor Yao Huanzhi Tian ChaoLing Afterword
	How the Cultural Revolution made me a Taijiquan teacher
	Escape from Xinjiang (Xinjiang – Autumn 1966) Illness and recovery (Shanghai, spring 1967) Teaching in FuXing park (Shanghai, 1967-1972)
	During the Cultural Revolution (Xinjiang 1972-..)
	Return to Xinjiang Flight from prosecution In hiding Cleared of all charges To Heaven Mountain Away from Heaven Mountain A sad homecoming Into the desert
	Article: How I slowly rediscovered Buqi

Shanghai, 1949-1965

How I began to study taijiquan as a young boy

Afterword

Shanghai is a rich commercial city, and many masters came from other provinces. I often joined them, as I lived in the same area of the city. I often gave my pocket money to so-called 'masters'; only to discover that they were charlatans and tricksters; But I also met with some great and successful masters such as Lu Song Gao (a Xin Yiquan master) with whom I studied a lot. I was very fortunate to have such high quality masters in my neighbourhood, to bring me to the doorway of Taijiquan. However at that time I had no idea that one day I would become a professional Taijiquan teacher myself...

1 November 2007