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training, then returning in
China he joined Chinese resistance force to fight against the country¡¯s
aggression, as an Air Force Captain. After the war, Mr. Zhang left the
Army, to return back to Beijing.
From this time Yao and Zhang became inseparable from the morning and night, concentrated in the sole purpose of Yiquan research. Very scrupulous regarding his teachers¡¯ instructions, he didn¡¯t stop practicing, placing a special importance in real combat, having a large experience. He was very sharp in boxing and also in society. He was famous for his rightness and his personal contribution in combating injustice. In the 1940¡¯s, he broke up successfully a gang called ¡°Three heroes of Xisi¡±, and from then was considered as a justice defender, received praising from all his peers. He dedicated himself to Yiquan development; with a natural inclination unrelated to fame or benefit, where gain, loss or fame have not their place. Respecting teachers and seniors, but also cherishing and leading by hand new generations, always with a same reverence and manners whatever generation his interlocutor belonged to, this is why Mr. Yao Zongxun used to call him: ¡°The General¡±. During a long period Zhang dedicated himself in Yiquan research, and beside continued to practice and to teach. From 1950, he contributed with Mr. Wang Xiangzhai and Mr. Yao Zongxun to develop Yiquan in Beijing, and outside Beijing, such as Shi Jia Zhuang (Hebei Province), Handan(Hebei Province), Xian(Shanxi) and may other places abroad to spread Yiquan (Yi Chuan), increasing number of practitioners, extending this network all almost over whole China country, creating the foundations of the present Yiquan (Yi Chuan) development. In 1984, Beijing Yiquan Wushu Research Association was created, he was promoted as Vice President. In the following year, Yao Zongxun passed away, from then he held the function of the Presidency¡¯s interim, continuing brilliantly daily research activities of the association. In July 1, 2001 he passed away in Beijing, at the age of 78. Until his last days he held with courage many distinctive functions such as the Vice Presidency of the Beijing Yiquan Wushu Research Association, the Hongkong Yiquan Research Association Chairman, Beijing Wushu Yiquan Training Center Special Technical Consultant. |
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