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Liu Haigang

05-2563Sunbin BoxingTraditional Sports, Games and AcrobaticsAnqiu, ShandongBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

A Sunbin Boxing master, he is the fifth-generation transmitter of the art. In 1988 he became a disciple of Meng Xiantang, fourth-generation transmitter of Sunbin Boxing, in order to study its techniques. At the same time he received instruction from four renowned fourth-generation transmitters of the art: Liu Junxiang, Zhang Wanfu, Liu Zhenhou and Wang Yukui.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He was born in January 1971 in Anqiu, Shandong Province, and is of Han ethnicity. He has systematically mastered the theory and routine techniques of Sunbin Boxing and has formed a distinctive style of his own, his tactics resting on emptiness, deception, feint and substance, swaying, mobility and ingenuity. He is now chairman of the Anqiu Wushu Association; in 1993 he founded the Anqiu Sunbin Boxing Training Base, which has trained more than three thousand Sunbin Boxing disciples to date.

Honors & Recognition

He is a representative bearer of Sunbin Boxing, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He takes an active part in wushu competitions and related activities and has repeatedly achieved excellent results.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Liu Haigang · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Sunbin Boxing
Item code
Ⅵ-60
Category
Traditional Sports, Games and Acrobatics
Region
Anqiu, Shandong
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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