about liu jingru
liu jingru was born on july 5, 1936 in
gaoyang county of hebei province,
china. he is now 68 years old and is
the 8 duan the chinese wushu duan
wei system.in 1947, liu's family
moved to beijing. in 1957 he began
to learn baguazhang and xingyiquan
under luo xingwu, the disciple of li
wen biao who, in turn is a student of
cheng tinghua, founder of the cheng
style baguazhang. liu also learn
martial art under hao en guang, a
student of li cun yi. thereafter, he
continued his practice and learning
under a number of illustrious wushu
masters.
in 1962, liu learn luo xuan quan,
also known as spiral boxing, and
baguazhang from master qiu zhi he,
a student of zhang zhankui. he learn
yin style baguazhang from he
zhongqi, and the six harmonies
praying mantis boxing, from shan
xiangling. at the same time, he was
further guided by cheng youxin, liu
tanfeng and wang wenkui to pursue
his wushu career.
the careful guidance of liu jing ru's
masters and his own studious
practice brought their rewards. in
1963, aged 26, liu participated in
the beijing city wushu competition
and won his first championship and
award in both xingyiquan and
baguazhang. for many times liu won
championship in performing the
baguazhang at many other chinese
