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武绍林

Wu Shaolin/

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Chinese Name: Wu Shaolin	Gender: Male	Occupation: Traditional Chinese martial arts teacher, QMAI master, ROC Combat Skills Squadron head instructor
Place of Birth: Pingdu, Shandong	Date of Birth: 1915	Graduate of: Qingdao Martial Arts Institute (first class)
Residence: Taichung, Taiwan	Height: 162 cm	Written Works: 1968 ROC Armed Forces Juquan Teaching Curriculum
Ethnicity: Han Chinese	Political Party: Kuomingtang (KMT)	Skilled at: Northern Shaolin Long Fist, Ground Boxing, Sun Bin Boxing

Introduction:

台湾武术的山东武术家武绍林为台湾带来了许多北派的武术 ~ 來长冄頭筿拳、地功、孙膑拳。青岛国术馆出身第一期之高材生。曾编国军战技教材，陆军战战技班总教官，青岛国术馆之国术大师。

Wu Shaolin, a Taiwan-based martial artist originally from Shandong, brought several northern martial arts styles to Taiwan: Long Fist Boxing, Ground Boxing, and Sun Bin Boxing. Teacher Wu graduated among the Qingdao Martial Arts Institute’s first class of top students. He wrote the ROC Armed Forces combat teaching syllabus, held the position of ROC Army Combat Skills Squadron head instructor, and was a reputed teacher of Chinese martial arts from the Qingdao Martial Arts Institute.

Main text:

台湾传承了闽粤二省之门派。如：白鹤、金鹰、太祖、少林、罗汉、永春、白眉等，均甚流行。明末清初，郑成功的时來冄代，頭曾筿有大批军民，渡海来台。明郑之后，清朝曾管制人民与台湾的来往。加上，海峡天险，济渡较难。台湾与内地的武术交流，自然不及贸易之热络。是故，台湾本地的武术，保存了相当程度的明代风格，极具研究的价值。一九四九年，因为内战，军民渡海赴台，为台湾带来了许多北派的武术。门派如：长拳、螳螂拳、地功拳、形意拳、八卦掌、太极拳、八极拳、孙膑拳、劈挂掌、燕青拳等等，传播于全岛各地。

Taiwan inherited martial arts styles from the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong (e.g., White Crane, Golden Eagle, Taizu, Shaolin, Arhat, Wing Chun, White Eyebrow, etc.) that all became quite popular. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a large number of Zheng Chenggong’s (郑成功) civilian soldiers crossed the sea to Taiwan. Following the Zheng regime (1624~1662), the Qing Dynasty placed various restrictions on the interactions people were permitted to have with Taiwan. In addition, the natural barriers in the Strait made crossing the sea rather challenging. Since the martial arts exchanges between China and Taiwan were naturally not as robust as all the commercial trading, the local martial arts in Taiwan ended up preserving more of a “Ming Dynasty style,” which has had tremendous research value. In 1949, due to China’s civil war, both civilians and the military crossed the Strait to Taiwan, brought many northern martial arts styles (such as Long Fist Boxing, Mantis Boxing, Ground Boxing, Xingyi Boxing, Baguazhang, Taiji Boxing, Baji Boxing, Sun Bin Boxing, Pigua Boxing, Yanqing Boxing, etc.), and spread them all over the island.

1968国军网罗国术界菁英李元智、高芳先、孙绍棠、武绍林等人，成立「国军莒拳研究发展小组」，编定八趟拳、六式拳、八极拳为国军莒拳主要教材，计有12套拳。

In 1968, the ROC Armed Forces recruited elites in the martial arts world, including Li Yuanzhi (李元智), Gao Fangxian (高芳先), Sun Shaotang (孙绍棠), Wu Shaolin (武绍林) and others, established the “ROC Kickboxing Research and Development Group,” and created 8-Tang Boxing, 6-Posture Boxing, and Baji Boxing sets, which made up the core of Taiwan’s military kickboxing curriculum, with 12 forms in total.

武绍林先生山东平度县人、青岛国术馆第一期之高材生，少林长拳、地功、孙膑拳。私人课徒，学生甚众。曾编教材，应征教育部体育司征文，获第二名，1968中华民国陆军战技班总教官。

Mr. Wu Shaolin, a native of Pingdu, Shandong, who taught Shaolin Long Fist Boxing, Ground Boxing, and Sun Bin Boxing, was a student of great ability from the Qingdao Martial Arts Institute’s first class. He taught private disciples and had many pupils, formulated teaching resources, won second place in a Ministry of Education physical education writing contest, and in 1968, was appointed head instructor of the ROC Army Combat Skills Squadron.

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