Zi, whose ancestral home is in Anletun, Dongguang, Hebei Province, lives in Xiaonanhe Village, Jinghai, Tianjin. He is the founder of the Sports Association and a famous patriotic martial artist in modern times.
Huo Yuanjia was sickly when he was young. His father, Huo, is a famous secret boxing master. He was worried that Yuan Jia's martial arts would damage the reputation of the Huo family in the future and refused to teach him art. However, Yuan Jia was ambitious and kept an eye on it every day, observing everywhere and stealing his father's art and passing it on to his brothers. Practicing hard in the seclusion of Zaolin outside the house. After the father knows, he is responsible. Yuanjia promised never to compete with others and not to humiliate the appearance of the Huo family, so that his father and brother could practice martial arts together. Yuanjia is talented and has amazing perseverance, while his brother is overactive and is the best among the brothers. Seeing this, my father changed his old ideas and taught him carefully. Later, the Yuan family took martial arts as their friends and integrated the strengths of various families to develop the ancestral "secret boxing" into "mysterious boxing", which made the ancestral boxing reach a new peak.
In the 22nd year of Guangxu reign (1896), Liu Zhensheng, a great Shandong warrior, came to Tianjin to worship God at the entrance of Yuanjia. Huo Chaqi's integrity made him a disciple. From then on, it broke the precedent of Huo Jiaquan's "internal transmission but not external transmission". Yuan is brave and righteous. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Tan Sitong was killed in the political reform, and the broadsword Wang Wu (Wang Zibin) took refuge in Guinness and became close friends with Yuanjia. After Wang Zibin was killed in Beijing, he was made public by Eight-Nation Alliance. Yuanjia and Liu Zhensheng sneaked into the capital and stole back to the top of the mountain. With the help of Liu E, the author of Travel Notes of Lao Can, they were buried together and made friends.
In Xuantong Yuannian (1909), the British strongman Ou Paiyin advertised in Shanghai and slandered me as "the sick man of East Asia". Huo Yingyou was invited to Shanghai for an appointment. Being awed by Huo Yuanjia's fist, the other party threatened Tiger Gold, and Yuanjia, with the support of his friends, promised to mortgage Tiger Gold. The other party repeatedly delayed, and Yuan Jia advertised in the newspaper, saying, "The world laughs at China as a sick country, and I am a sick man in a sick country, and I am willing to try with healthy people all over the world." He claimed that "he specializes in recruiting foreign giants. Although they are steel, they have nothing to worry about! " Huo Gong's prestige made Ou Pian run away, even the notary and organizer ran away.
19 10 June 10, Huo Yuanjia founded the China Gymnastics Club (later renamed as the Sports Club) in Shanghai with the assistance of his martial arts colleagues such as Nong. Dr. Sun Yat-sen praised Huo Yuanjia's belief that "a strong country will dominate, and everyone will practice martial arts", as well as his noble character and moral integrity, which made Huojia Boxing known to the world. He personally wrote four characters of "Martial Spirit" and presented them to Jason Wu Sports Association. 19 10 In September, the president of Japan Judo Association led more than ten martial arts masters to compete with Huo, who defeated him. The Japanese hosted a banquet. During the dinner, Huo choked and coughed, and recommended Japanese doctors for treatment. Huo Gong lived an open life and died of accidental poisoning in September 14. At the age of 42.
The post-Shanghai Jason Wu Association was taught by Yuanjia's younger brother Yuan Qing and his second son Dong Ge. Branches have been set up in various places. After more than ten years, Jason Wu has 43 branches at home and abroad with more than 400,000 members.