Huo의 Yuanjia과 턱 우 협회

Huo Yuanjia was a real life hero, 사람은 자신의 삶에 대한 신화 적 이야기에 영감을. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. 실제 Huo의 Yuanjia는 많은 외국 전투기를 격파, 중국은 1800 년대와 1900 년대 초 후반에 다른 나라에 의해 희생되는 때. His exploits were a source of pride at a time, when China was at a low ebb in its history.

Huo Yuanjia는 1월에 태어났습니다. 18, 1868. He was the son of a martial arts instructor, who did not want his son to train in martial arts. Huo Yuanjia would observe his father teach during the day and practice with his tutor at night. He eventually became exceptional.

위키 백과에 따르면,, the family first learned of Huo Yuanjia’s skill, 에 1890, when a martial artist beat his brother, who had been trained by his father. Huo Yuanjia fought the victor and won. 그는이었다 22 세.

Huo Yuanjia then defeated a Russian wrestler, several Chinese martial artists and an English boxer by the name of Hercules O’Brien.

Hercules O’Brien ran several insulting articles in local newspapers challenging local fighters to a match. O’Brien was an intimidating looking man but Huo Yuanjia took up the challenge.

Huo Yuanjia and Hercules O’Brien argued over the rules for several months before they finally agreed that the first person knocked down would be the loser. Depending on the source, it appears that Huo Yuanjia knocked O’Brien down and took the victory. Some versions claim that O’Brien no showed. We do know Huo Yuanjia won one way or the other.

Huo Yuanjia는 주변에 Chin Woo 체육 협회를 설립했습니다. 1900. He focused on teaching martial arts, exercise and diet for overall health improvement and protection. The Chin Woo Association still exists to this day.

8 월 9, 1910, Huo Yuanjia passed away at the age of 42. 수년간, many people speculated he was poisoned. The motive for the poisoning theory was his defeat of all the foreign fighters. 에 1989, his body was exhumed and his sternum did have the tell-tale black marks from arsenic poisoning.

그러나, Huo Yuanjia was treated for jaundice and tuberculosis in the decade prior to his death. One of the ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine at this time was arsenic. Huo Yuanjia was just as likely to have been killed by the medicine as he was to have been deliberately poisoned.

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