LI BAOHUA

Li BaoHua was born and raised in QueShan county, Henan province. In 1982 He began learning bagua from Master Shi while attending Zhengzhou university, and in 1984 became one of his apprentices. He spent almost ten years learning Ma Weiqi bagua, Yang style Taiji, and Xing yi from Master Shi. in 1986 he began to learn Cheng style bagua from Master Zhang, and spent four years training under his instruction. In 1989 he was fortunate enough to meet Ma Gui bagua inheritor Yu ZhiMing and from that time began a very close student-teacher relationship with Master Yu.

Out of his utmost respect for Master Yu, Li BaoHua whole-heartedly accepted his instruction in bagua and many other matters. He trained Ma Gui bagua year after year without cease, and became the inheritor of Ma Gui bagua. Although he has been practicing so long and so hard without cease, Li feels his bagua has still not reached the level that the previous generation expects of him.

Bagua is one of the most precious ways of life in the world, and must be passed on to the following generations so that the whole world can benefit from it. The previous generation of teachers have already reached a very old age and it is impossible for them to continue passing down the teachings of bagua. Li wants to pass on all of the bagua trainings, but he has already reached his middle ages and does not have the youthful energy required for such a great responsibility. He worries and fears for the future of bagua, and would like to invite those with the ability and character to understand and promote this way of life to help spread it throughout whole world.

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