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Ma Yueh-liang 馬岳樑 was a famous teacher of [[Taijiquan]] (born August, 1 1901, died March, 13 1998). He was the senior disciple of [[Wu Jianquan]], the founder of [[Wu style Taijiquan]], and married Wu's daughter [[Wu Ying-hua]] in 1930. Ma Yueh-liang was also a western trained medical doctor who graduated from the [[Beijing Medical College]] in 1929 and specialized in [[Hematology]]. He established the First Medical Examination and Experiment Office and ran the blood clinics at Zhon Shan Hospital in [[Shanghai]]. Like [[Wu Quanyou]] and Wu Jianquan, Ma was of [[Manchu]]rian descent. Ma Yueh-liang had roots both in the traditions of [[China]] and in western science.

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'''Ma Yueliang''' or '''Ma Yueh-liang''' (1 August 1901 – 13 March 1998) was a famous [[Manchu people|Manchu]] teacher of [[tai chi]]. He was the senior disciple of [[Wu Jianquan]], the founder of [[Wu-style tai chi]], and married Wu's daughter [[Wu Yinghua]] in 1930.

There are accounts that Ma Yueh-liang was a gifted martial artist in his youth. He had studied a number of [[Chinese martial arts]] including, [[Shaolinquan]], Three Emperors Pao Chui, [[Baguazhang]] and Tong Bei Quan. However, Wu Jianquan would accept Ma as a student only if he concentrated on Wu Style Taijiquan. From about age 18, Ma Yueh-liang exclusively studied Wu style Taijiquan. Wu Jianquan started the Jianquan Taijiquan Association in Shanghai in 1936. Ma studied Taijiquan with Wu Jianquan until the death of his teacher in 1942.

==Biography==

It is difficult to overstate the importance of Ma Yueh-liang and his wife in the emergence of Wu style Taijiquan after the Cultural Revolution in China. Even at at an advanced age, Ma Yueh-liang was chosen as one of the 100 Best Martial Artists in China. Wu Ying-hua and Ma Yueh-liang continued to teach in Taijiquan until their deaths. They taught a large number of students in Shanghai and throughout the world and published several books on Wu style Taijiquan. English translations of Ma Yueh-liang's writings were done by Dr. Zee Wen, who opened a Wu style school in [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]].

Ma Yueh-liang 馬岳樑 was a famous teacher of [[Taijiquan]] (born August, 1 1901, died March, 13 1998). He was the senior disciple of [[Wu Jianquan]], the founder of [[Wu style Taijiquan]], and married Wu's daughter [[Wu Ying-hua]] in 1930. Ma Yueh-liangYueliang was also a western trained medical doctor who graduated from the [[Beijing Medical College]] in 1929 andwith a specializedspecialty in [[Hematologyhematology]]. He established the First Medical Examination and Experiment Office and ran the blood clinics at Zhon Shan[[Zhongshan Hospital]] in [[Shanghai]]. Like [[Wu Quanyou]] and Wu Jianquan, Ma was of [[Manchu]]rian descent. Ma Yueh-liangwas had rootseducated both in the traditions of [[Chinatraditional Chinese medicine]] and in westernWestern science.

There are accounts that Ma Yueh-liang was a gifted martial artist in his youth. He had studied a number of [[Chinese martial arts]] including, [[Shaolinquan]], [[Pao Chui|Three Emperors Pao Chui]], [[Baguazhang]] and Tong Bei Quan[[Tongbeiquan]]. However, Wu Jianquan would accept Ma as a student only if he concentrated on Wu-style Styletai Taijiquanchi. From about age 18, Ma Yueh-liang exclusively studied Wu -style Taijiquantai chi. Wu Jianquan started the [[Jianquan Taijiquan Association]] in Shanghai in 1936, and Ma became the deputy director of the association. Ma studied Taijiquantai chi with Wu Jianquan until the latter's death of his teacher in 1942. The Jianquan Association still exists today internationally and remains a resource for the study of Wu-style tai chi.

They are survived by their children: Ma Jiangchun (b. 1931), Dr. Ma Hailong (b. 1935), Ma Jiang-bao (b. 1941) who lives in the [[Netherlands]] and teaches traditional Taijiquan throughout [[Europe]] and Ma Jiangling (b. 1947).

It is difficult to overstate the importance of Ma Yueliang and his wife in the emergence of Wu-style tai chi after the [[Cultural Revolution]] in China. Even at an advanced age, Ma was chosen as one of the 100 Best Martial Artists in China. [[Wu Yinghua]] and Ma continued to teach in tai chi until their deaths. They taught a large number of students in Shanghai and in their travels to [[New Zealand]], [[Germany]] and elsewhere. They published several books on Wu-style tai chi, including the "Orange Book" relied upon today by Wu-stylists throughout the world.<ref>Wu and Ma, 1993</ref> Ma and Wu Yinghua's Wu-style sword/weapons book includes a family picture with several of their closest students. Ma Yueliang also publicly practiced a number of formerly closed door (private or family secret) forms and methods so that they would not be lost. In public, Wu Yinghua would often demonstrate the Wu-style Slow Set and Ma would follow by demonstrating the [[Wu Style Tai Chi Fast Form]]. Ma taught many high level students, including [[Xie Bingcan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bellevuetaichi.wordpress.com/ |title = Bellevue Tai Chi – Classes with Master Xie Bingcan}}</ref> and Fei Gua-ching, who is still active in the Jianquan Taijiquan Association in Shanghai. [[Li Liqun]] is one of Grandmaster Ma's oldest and closest living students. He was the deputy vice-secretary of the Jianquan Association in Shanghai under masters Ma and his wife Wu Yinghua.

==External links==

* [http://knave.stanford.edu/wutaiji/13spear.mov Quicktime movie of Ma Yueh-liang performing 13 posture spear form]

* [http://www.wu-taichi.com/ Ma Jiang-bao's Traditional Wu style Taijiquan website]

Ma Yueliang and Wu Yinghua are survived by their children and grandchildren, including: Ma Jiangchun (b. 1931), Dr. Ma Hailong (b. 1935), [[Ma Jiangbao]], and Ma Jiangling (b. 1947). [[Ma Jiangbao]] lived in the [[Netherlands]] and taught traditional tai chi throughout [[Europe]]. Their adopted daughter [[Shi Mei Lin]] now lives and teaches Wu-style tai chi in [[New Zealand]]. She also has students in France and the United States.

==References==

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==Bibliography==

*[[Wu Kung-tsao]]. ''Wu Family T'ai Chi Ch'uan (吳家太極拳)'' Hong Kong 1980, Toronto 2006, {{ISBN|0-9780499-0-X}}

* Wu Yinghua, Ma Yueliang, Shi Mei Lin (1987). Wu Style Tai Chi Fast Form. Henan Science Skills Ltd. Henan (only available in Chinese) {{ISBN|7-5349-0121-9}}/G122.

* Wu Yinghua, Ma Yueliang, Shi Mei Lin (1991). Wu Style Tai Chi Fast Form. Shanghai Book Co Ltd, Hong Kong (only available in Chinese) . {{ISBN|962-239-106-0}}.

* Wu Yinghua, Ma Yueliang (1993). Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Forms, Concepts and Application of the Original Style. Shanghai Book Co Ltd, Hong Kong. {{ISBN|962-239-103-6}}.

* Ma Yueliang & Zee Wen (1986, 1990, 1995). Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands. Shanghai Book Co Ltd, Hong Kong. {{ISBN|962-239-100-1}}.

* Dr Zee Wen (2002) Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan, Ancient Chinese way to health. North Atlantic Books. {{ISBN|978-1-55643-389-4}}.

==Tai chi lineage tree with Wu-style focus==

{{Wu-style tai chi lineage}}

==External links==

*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5413288383140638886 Google video of Ma Yueliang performing Wu-style fast form]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070621105756/http://knave.stanford.edu/wutaiji/13spear.mov QuicktimeQuickTime movie of Ma Yueh-liangYueliang performing 13 posture spear form]

*{{YouTube|urpVZC9kPho|Video of Ma Yueliang Taiji sword form}}

*{{YouTube|l_gmMqzf2I8|Ma Yueliang pushing hands, Shanghai}}

*{{YouTube|xhHxkQdYqOk|Ma Yueliang pushing hands Yong Nian Taiji Festival}}

*{{YouTube|RHQv6fLpIoI|Ma Yueliang Pushing hands, New Zealand 1990}}

*{{YouTube|qaYrNNkeyq8|Interview with Ma Yueliang}} by [[Bill Moyers]]

*{{YouTube|QlimAL14ksM|Wu Yinghua and Ma Yueliang interview in New Zealand 1990}}

*{{YouTube|ehiWgpxrwQM|Wu Yinghua and Ma Yueliang}}

*{{YouTube|NuypzlnvCP0|A Tribute to Ma Yueliang}}

* [http://www.wu-taichi.com/ Ma Jiang-baoJiangbao's Traditional Wu -style Taijiquan website]

*[http://www.wutaichi.com/ Wu-style Taijiquan website: Shanghai]

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