Li Zhicheng

**CS Li** (1945 - ) is a Chinese martial artist, Bajiquan seventh generation descendant. His grandfather Li Shuwen and father Li Etang are also famous martial arts  .

3rd Generation Grandson of Li ShuWen has Tai Chi to protect the world, and Wu has Ba Chi to protect the world", which shows the lofty status of Ba Chi in Chinese **martial arts** . Bajiquan is a well-known and excellent traditional boxing widely circulated at home and abroad. It is world-renowned for its unique style of being strong and violent, and its close-to-body combat characteristics. It is unique among the many schools of Chinese martial arts. Bajiquan is a genre system that integrates martial arts, equipment, and martial arts. In its 300-year history, it has been enduring for a long time from routine exercises, exercise training to combat combat. It is the embodiment of the excellent wisdom of the sages of Bajiquan and the crystallization of blood and sweat. In the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the outstanding representative of the Baji Gate, the famous "smart spear", "victorious general", "god of martial arts", "martial warrior" Li Shuwen (1862--1934), the word Tongchen Born in Nanliang Village, Yanshan County, Hebei Province, he first worshipped Zhang Jingxing, the fifth generation heir of Octopus, as a teacher, and practiced Octopus for three years, and then he practiced the big gun for six years under his master Huang Sihaimen. During Li Shuwen's martial arts training in the teacher's school, due to his cleverness and amazing strength, he was willing to study hard and practice hard, and he was guided by a famous teacher. Practice boxing and practice guns to the realm of crazy and crazy. According to the "Cang County Chronicles" of the Republic of China, "Li Shuwen was short, barren and lean and hardy. He lined up his palms in the room and hit the air, five feet away from the window. The window paper vibrated loudly. He stabbed flies on the wall with a big gun. The iron cone enters the wall, and it is very difficult to pull it out. He stirs it with a spear, and the cone comes out." Li Shu's character is like a raging fire, jealous like hatred, and he travels the world with his skills throughout his life. He hasn't met an opponent for nearly 40 years. Its number. Li Shuwen is full of peaches and plums. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor received Xinjue Luo Puyi's martial arts master Huo Diange, Zhongnanhai's guard martial arts instructor Li Jianwu, Chiang Kai-shek's guard martial arts instructor Liu Yunqiao, all three were Li Shuwen's apprentices. In the autumn of 1934, Li Shuwen died of a sudden illness (cerebral hemorrhage) at the age of 72.

**Li Etang** (1904--1972), the son of "Magic Spear" Li Shuwen, also known as Li Tingfang, was a master of Baji boxing. Li successively served as a teacher of Shandong Life Shang Guoshu Museum and Tianjin Guoshu Museum, Fengtian Cavalry Brigade, and Pyoshima Navy flagship martial arts instructor. In 1931, Li Etang was hired by He Jian, chairman of the original Hunan Province and director of the National Martial Arts Training Institute of the Republic of China, as the director instructor of the Hunan National Traditional Training Institute. In 1934, he was employed as the technical captain of the 63rd Division of the National Army. Later, he served as the captain of the local administrative cadre training center in Shaoyang, Hunan. In the autumn of 1945, Li Etang severely punished the "Three Hades", and Megatron became a household name in southwestern Hunan.

In the autumn of 1948, Bai Chongxi was defeated. In order to replenish his troops, he caught the young man in Fanjiashan. Li Edang practiced the Liuhe spear. Bai praised: "Mr. Li is really a supernatural skill, so Bai has a lot of eyes in this life. Let go." In 1975, he took his son Li Zhicheng to participate in the Hunan Wushu Award Observation and Exchange Conference, and his father and son won the first prize of boxing and weapon. In the same year, Li Etang, representing Hunan Province, participated in the National Wushu Awards and Exchange Conference held in Beijing, won the third prize, and performed the "Tieba Boxing" in Zhongnanhai, which was highly praised by Marshal He Long: "This is an "iron slap" that has been tempered through thousands of times. It's Li Shuwen's son." Since then, he has officially become the coach of the Wushu Team of the Hunan Provincial Sports Commission. In 1969, Li Etang retired from the Hunan Provincial Sports Commission due to historical problems. Because of his superb treatment of bruises, he was assigned to Shaoyang Municipal Hospital as a traumatologist. In 1966, due to the start of the "Cultural Revolution", Li Etang was shocked, mentally and physically injured. In 1972, Li Etang died of illness for 68 years.

The grandson of "Magic Gun" Li Shuwen and the son of "Iron Palm" Li Etang, Yang Li Zhicheng, was born on April 24, 1945 in the ancient city of Shaoyang. Li Zhicheng is an only son. His parents regard him as the jewel in his palm. He began martial arts training from his father at the age of 6. , One point is clear, loved by his father, heroes do not rely on the name of their ancestors. At the age of 14, he participated in the first Hunan Provincial Games and won the Bajiquan and Wansheng Double Knife medals. Since then, Li Zhicheng has been officially transferred to the martial arts team of the Hunan Provincial Sports Commission to engage in martial arts professional work. In May 1988, Li Zhicheng participated in the National Wushu Championships and won gold medals in Bajiquan and Double Swords. In 2003, he went to Spain to teach and had a great influence. In 1984, a martial arts gym was established in Shaoyang, Hunan Province, and Li served as curator and head coach. Since then, a large number of apprentices have been trained to go to society and the whole country. One apprentice after another won the championship in international and domestic martial arts competitions and Sanda, and became the backbone of local martial arts, known as the "Bole" of the students.

Li Zhicheng in his sixties is still tirelessly learning English, computer, and actively contacting domestic and foreign martial artists. Contribute to the cause of Chinese martial arts.

From June 27th to 29th this year, his apprentices won the first place in Bajiquan and the first place in Baguazhang in martial arts competitions across the province. What Li Zhicheng is most proud of is that his two grand-nephews came to Shaoyang from their hometown in Cangzhou, Hebei, and followed him to learn Bajiquan. Under his careful guidance, a nephew, Wenwu, took part in training and was admitted to Beijing Sport University. After graduation, he became a special police officer of the Chongqing Special Police Detachment. Another grand-nephew is currently serving as a Sanda coach in the special police detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

**Strong heart and young, dedicated to inheritance**

After retirement, Li Zhicheng still served as the vice chairman of the Municipal Wushu Association and a member of the Standing Committee of Hunan Wushu Association. In order to promote traditional Chinese martial arts, he still regards training martial arts talents as his noble mission in his lifetime. In his later life, Li Zhicheng had many non-staff disciples, some of them were government officials, and some were sanitation workers who cleaned the streets. He is no longer sticking to the rules. He said that when his grandfather Li Shuwen taught his disciples, he used the mode of ethics teaching, and the disciples divided the room and entered the room. Today, this model has fallen behind.

Li Zhicheng said that the formation of the various schools of Chinese traditional martial arts is the result of the blood and sweat of countless ancestors over thousands of years. It should belong to the country and the nation, not the private property of a single family. As a successor, only by practicing real kung fu, inheriting the national cultural heritage left by our ancestors, and carrying it forward will we be worthy of our ancestors.

Although his age is relatively rare, Li Zhicheng still learns English and computer knowledge, and actively communicates with martial arts people at home and abroad. He aims to contribute his own strength to Chinese martial arts, and to make Bajiquan enter the world stage and develop. "Years are not forgiving, my responsibility now is to teach more students as soon as possible, and generally teach Bajiquan. As long as someone really wants to learn, I will teach for free." Li Zhicheng said, as the authentic heir of "Sharp Gun" Li Shuwen, he I don't want to watch the skills of my ancestors decline.

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