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He is the founder and creator of the Chinese Martial Art called 八挂掌 Baguazhang (Eight Trigrams Palm) and 八挂内功 Bagua Neigong (Eight Trigram Internal Training). When he was young he was extremely fond of the Internal Training practices and Martial arts. At the age of 12 he moved to 沧州 Cangzhou City, Cang County, also in Hebei Province and studied the art of 六合门 Liu He Men (6 Harmonies Martial System) under a man named 李 Li (* - see note below).
After six years he successfully completed his training.
Online biography for kids Tung Hai Chuan would train martial arts during his childhood under his relative the famous aforementioned Tung Hsien Cho. See also [ edit ]. Wang Huai Qing All that is known of this is written on his grave marker as follows.He would often travel to seek out famous, highly skilled teachers and friends. He endured many hardships and character building experiences in the areas of Jiangsu province, Southern China, Chonqing city, and Sichuan province. He traveled over famous mountains and crossed many great rivers [a classical saying which simply means: studied a lot of different martial arts].
When Dong Haichuan was traveling through the mountains in Jiangxi Province in Southern China he happened upon two old men, one a monk of the Buddhist order, the other a Daoist priest. He was accepted as a student and under their instruction he studied and researched the He Tu, Luo Shu, Yi Jing (Book of Changes), Yi Zhuan (History of the book of changes), Xian Tian Bagua (Pre Heaven Bagua), Hou Tian Bagua (Post Heaven Bagua), Pre and Post Heaven Unified Bagua Form, Damo Hunyuan Damijue(Buddhist Immortal Secret Teachings), and other ancient Chinese combined practices.
He had to develop himself through both the Daoist and Buddhist traditional techniques. After Dong completed his studies he came down from the mountains and combined the Internal Cultivation practices and Philosophy with his previous Martial Arts practices to create his original School of Inner and Outer Cultivation Skills of Baguazhang (Nèi Wài Jiān Xiū Gōngfu Bāguàzhang Ménhù).
--History and photos from Xie Peiqi's Yin Style Bagua Book.
[It's believed that the 3rd in from our left is Men Baozhen, the 2nd in from our left is Gong Bao Tian. The 3rd man standing to our rightof the headstone, with the long white beard, is believed to be Ma Gui.]
Dong Hai Chuan's Primary Students
1.
Yin Fu
2. Ma Weiqi
3. Shi Jidong
4.
Cheng Tinghua
5. Song Chang Rong
6. Shun Tian Zhang
7. Liu Dengke
8.
Biography of famous people for kids: We also know from his original grave marker, placed at the time of his death, that in youth Tung Hai Chuan had no interest in farming and spent his time riding his horse in the forest, hunting, exploring, and he traveled all over Mid and Western China to see the great natural sights, rivers, and mountains. One of the best places to hide from the police is right in front of the station house. During the Ch'ing Dynasty what's know today as Hebei was still called Zhili Provence, and was the area directly surrounding the capital city of Beijing. Geng Yong Shan
Jiao Yu Long
9. Gu Yushan
Ma Cun Zhi
Zhang Jun
Qin Xi Kuan
Liu Dian Jia
Lu Chengde
An Fen
Xia Mingde
Geng Yong Shan
Wei Ji Xiang
Xi Zhang
Wang Xinsheng
Wang Huai Qing
Shen Chang Shou
Wang Deyi
Zhu Zhi Yun
Song Yong Xiang
Li Wan You
Fan Zhi Yong
Song Long Hai
Wang Yong Tai
Peng Lian Gui
Fu Zhen Hai
Wang Hong Bin
Gu Bu Yun
Chen Chun Lin
Wang Ting Ju
Shuang Fu
Li Chang Sheng
Xu Zhao Xiang
Liu Baozhen
Liang Zhen Pu
Zhang Ying Shan
Guo Yu Ting
Zhao Yun Xiang
Zhang Jinkui
Jiao Chunfang
Liu Feng Chun
Si Yuan Gong
Zhang ?
Qing Shan
He Wu
He Liu
Guo Tong Hai
Xu He Nian
Feng Guang Lian
Li Shou Nian
Chen Jin
Secondary Students
1.
Zhang Zhe Min
2. Ma Gui
3. Yang Jun Feng
4.
Liu Jin Yin
5. Wen Zhi
6. Kui Yu
7. Wang Zhi
8.
Shi Ting
9. Ju Qing Yuan
Liu Yinzhang
Geng Wang Lin
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Notes
* - This man was likely 李冠铭 Li Guanming, who was teaching 六合门 Liu He Men (Six-Harmonies Martial System) in 沧州 Cangzhou.
- It's believed that 董海川 Dong Haichuan had a photographic memory and only had to be shown something one time for him to learn it.
This would explain why he was able to learn the Six-Harmonies Martial System in a short amount of time, learning the whole system before he was old enough to become an official Disciple of 李冠铭 Li Guanming.
- 刘德宽 Liu Dekuan () wasn't actually a student of 董海川 Dong Haichuan's, but they did meet one another in Beijing and likely realized that they had trained in the same lineage, only Liu was in the generation below him.
This led to Dong Haichuan vettingLiu, so to speak, and why he recommeded that his students were to learn all they could from Uncle 刘德宽 Liu Dekuan.