Zhang Yejin
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1950, a native of Wuxue City, Hubei Province. A Yuejia Quan boxer and a national-level wushu referee. He learned Yuejia Quan from his father at the age of five and by 18 had mastered all the boxing and weapon routines and special moves of Yuejia Quan. In 1985 he served as head of the Yuejia Quan group for the excavation and collation of traditional wushu under the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau. In 2000 he founded the Yuefei Civil and Martial Arts School. He organized the national Yuejia Quan Ten-Thousand-Li Journey campaign and convened the national Yuejia Quan annual conference. He has been invited repeatedly to the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan and other countries for wushu exchange visits. He has won a total of eight gold medals in international and domestic wushu competitions. He has compiled and authored eight books, including The Attack and Defence Techniques of Yuejia Quan and The Attack and Defence Techniques of the Yue Family Spear.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Yuejia Quan, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is currently engaged as lifelong wushu coach of the Hong Kong Police Wushu Club, as Yuejia Quan instructor to the armed police unit of Wuxue City and as chairman of the Yuefei Civil and Martial Arts School, and has trained a large number of Yuejia Quan disciples.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Yuejia Boxing Ⅵ-35
- Yuejia Boxing Ⅵ-35
Profile
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