Every year I attend the special class of Yang Style Taijiquan by Master Fu James
that is held once per year for more than last ten years in our town.
This class is very important for us, since we can get very special advice
to improve our ability of Taijiquan from James.
James made correction of our form.
After the Taijiquan practice,
the participants of our class were enjoying sea foods and rice wine with Master Fu James and were also enjoying chat with him in a Japanese restaurant.
I talked to him that I wanted to
know some interesting stories of his grand father, Great Grand-Master Fu Zhongwen,
James said that it was very natural for him to begin Taijiquan practice,
since many students visited the Fu Zhongwen’s house in Shanghai
to make practice Taijiquan very hard in every evening.
It was very fun for him to see their practice, so
he was very glad to join Taijiquan practice.
I said to James "Can I have more story about your grand father ?".
Then, James told to me a heartwarming story of Fu Zhongwen.
Fu Zhongwen was a disciple of Yang Chengfu from nine years old,
when Yang Chengfu was about 30 years old.
Fu Zhongwen kept practicing of Taijiquan under Yang Chengfu’s advice very hard.
He joined Yang Chengfu’s trip for his teaching of Taijiquan in various places
in China in Yang Chengfu’s later years life.
When Yang Chengfu was serious ill in his old age,
Fu Zhongwen invited Yang Chengfu to Fu Zhongwen’ house to take care of
Yang Chengfu till the end of Yang Chengfu’s life.
After Yang Chengfu died, Fu Zhongwen kept visiting Yang Chengfu’s wife
in every year. Fu Zhongwen did not tell anything about his visit to his family.
When Fu Zhongwen attended some competition of Taijiquan in Beijing in a certain year,
Fu Zhongwen wanted to visit Yang Chengfu’s wife,
but he could not find any transportation from Beijing to Yang Chengfu’s wife house.
So he walked for more than 8 hours to visit her and Yang Chengfu’s family.
Yang Chengfu’s wife was very surprised with unexpected Fu Zhongwen’s visit
and was very glad it.
This story was not known by Fu James before Yang Zhen Guo told it to him.
Yang Zhen Guo is Yang Chengfu’s forth son.
It was only few years ago and that was the first time for Fu James to know that.
Yang Zhen Guo said that Fu Zhongwen is only one disciple of Yang Chengfu to keep
visiting Yang Chengfu’s wife and family every year.
So I understand the reason why Fu Zhongwen is respected as the Great Master of Taijiquan by so many peoples in the world.
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