Han Huiming
Lineage & School of Heritage
Han Huiming began practicing Yang-style Taijiquan at the age of thirteen under Li Wancheng, a third-generation inheritor of Yang-style Taijiquan.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1925, a native of Yongnian, Hebei. Han Huiming preserved the original style of Yang-style Taijiquan, and his boxing is characterized by being soft and slow, circular and continuous, open and generous, relaxed and natural. In order to better transmit Yang-style Taijiquan, both the sons and grandsons of Han Huiming practice the art. His eldest son Han Qingming and third son Han Qianmin have also become well-known Yongnian Taijiquan masters, serving respectively as dean of the Yongnian Yang Chengfu Taijiquan College and dean of the Yongnian Yang Luchan Taijiquan College. For seventy years Han Huiming has transmitted Yang-style Taijiquan in his hometown, teaching more than a thousand students, of whom more than a hundred were formal disciples. Now, at nearly ninety years of age, Han Huiming still receives Taiji enthusiasts from home and abroad at the former residence of Yang Luchan, lecturing to them and giving demonstrations. He has also released a set of personal instructional discs and teaching materials.
Honors & Recognition
A representative bearer of Taijiquan (Yang-style Taijiquan), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2007 Han Huiming was awarded the title of Chinese Folk Martial Artist by the Ministry of Culture.
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