Sinopse about WUDANG CHUN YANG LINEAGE

The Pure Yang Sect of Taoism originated in Wudang Mountain, Hubei Province, China. The skills were founded during the Tang Dynasty by Lu Dong Bing.

In Taoism it is said that there are 3,600 gateways leading to the Great Tao. We can perceive certain Taoist Arts as keys to unlocking a higher knowledge. Ceremony, Music, Calligraphy, Straight Sword, Boxing, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Healing are among the many doors through which we can feel the Great Tao. The Pure Yang is one of the only sects to combine these arts in a holistic way. Taoist Renunciates must strictly follow the precepts, unifying their thoughts, their heart, and their life with Nature. The final step of cultivation is known as Internal Alchemy.

From the birth of this sect the tradition has always been passed from Master to a single disciple. Therefore, in each generation there is only one practitioner holding the techniques within himself.

The first recorded history of the Pure Yang was in the Ming Dynasty. Fourth generation Taoist Sage ZHOU YI CHING of the Five Dragon Temple in Wudang was cultivating the 3 secret arts of Pure Yang: Jue, Fa, Zhou - translated as - Hand Symbols, Talisman, Mantra. The receving disciple of Zhou Yi Ching was LONG XIN, also of the Five Dragon Temple. By the time of the Qing Dynasty Long Xin had passed tradition down to WANG ZHI DAO of Wudang's Yu Xu Palace. It was at this time that the techniques of Pure Yang merged with the Dragon Gate Sect of the Pure Reality School. Around 1920, Wang Zhi Dao accepted disciple LIU LI HANG of Wu Chang Snake Mountain's Wu Dang Temple in the area of Wuhan, Hubei Province. Liu Li Hang accepted one disciple PENG CHANG GUI of Wuhan before he fled to Si Chuan Province to avoid the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Master Liu continued his practice in Si Chuan and accepted a 2nd disciple by the name of DUAN MENG ZHOU of Dali in Yunnan Province. By the late 1970's Master Liu had returned to the area of Wuhan and began accepting more disciples. These disciples, however, were not Taoist Renunciates residing in temples, they were at home practitioners with families and jobs. Master Liu only taught them martial techniques, witholding the 3 secret arts. Their names were WANG ZHAO HUI, ZHANG TIAN YI, XU GUO YAN, ZHANG JIAN ZHUN. In the early 1980's, 4 more disciples were accepted by Master Liu: YANG GUANG HUA, FAN MING HUA, GE XIAO HUI, QIAN JIAN YI. After the Cultural Revolution, the Communist Government encouraged the country to engage in athletic activities and many Sports Committees were formed. In the 1990's, Hubei Province Ti Wei Sports Committee summoned Liu Li Hang to come out of reclusion and teach his martial excersises to many. After being pressured several times, Liu Li Hang agreed to accept more students. This new wave of students included: FU SHENG GUO, CHENG XIN HUI, ZHONG SHEN LI, CHENG DE SHEN, WANG QIAN JIN, LU ZHI QIANG, PENG TAO, CAI XING SHEN, YUAN QI WEN, PI ZHI HONG.

By the year 2000, Master Liu had accepted many students, but to none of them did he give the deep arts. He decided he must take these techniques back to Wudang Mountain and renew the tradition of single disciple transmission. Thus, he journeyed to the most westerly of the 72 peaks in the Wudang Range, The White Horse Mountain. There he found Taoist Renunciate DU ZONG CHANG, accepted him into the Pure Yang Sect, and gave to him Jue, Fa, Zhou.

8 years later, 23rd generation Ge Xiao Hui and Du Zong Chang unite forces on Bai Ma Shan (White Horse Mountain) to spread the heritage of Pure Yang across the globe and restore a place of worship. Thirteen foreign disciples from varying countries become part of the lineage, their names are LINDSEY WEI, CATHARINA COSTANZA, JAMES MANNING, ROY ASHTON, JOHANNES HAUSEN, DAN SMOOKLER, MIRO WESTMASS, COLIN MAIER, REBECCA FITZPATRICK, JANA BENITEZ, ANDREW COOPER, NUNO ORDENS MIGUEL AND SUSANA FILIPE.

-translated into english by Lindsey Wei-