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Huo Yuanjia

1868 - 1910

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Huo Yuanjia (18 January 1868 – 14 September 1910), courtesy name Junqing, was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai. A practitioner of the martial art mizongyi, Huo is considered a hero in China for defeating foreign fighters in highly publicised matches at a time when Chinese sovereignty was being eroded by foreign imperialism, concessions and spheres of influence. Due to his heroic status, the legends and myths surrounding the events in his life are difficult to distinguish from facts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Huo Yuanjia is the 8th most popular martial arts (down from 6th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from China (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Martial Arts.

Huo Yuanjia was a Chinese martial artist and national hero. He is most famous for his defeat of foreign fighters in a challenge match in 1910.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Huo Yuanjia ranks 8 out of 179. Before him are Kanō Jigorō, Gichin Funakoshi, Morihei Ueshiba, Mas Oyama, Choi Hong Hi, and Wong Fei-hung. After him are Linda Lee Cadwell, Conor McGregor, Matsumura Sōkon, Jon Jones, Ankō Itosu, and Masatoshi Nakayama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Huo Yuanjia ranks 38. Before him are Charles Maurras, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Annie S. D. Maunder, Louis Couturat, Vittorio Monti, and Florence Foster Jenkins. After him are Scott Joplin, Josephine Bakhita, Stefan George, Pompeu Fabra, Felix Hausdorff, and Édouard Vuillard. Among people deceased in 1910, Huo Yuanjia ranks 22. Before him are Marius Petipa, Luigi Lucheni, Léon Walras, An Jung-geun, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Pauline Viardot. After him are Carl Reinecke, Richard Abegg, Jules Renard, Stanislao Cannizzaro, William Huggins, and William Holman Hunt.

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In China

Among people born in China, Huo Yuanjia ranks 231 out of 1,610. Before him are Pujie (1907), Chen Duxiu (1879), Zhang Jue (200), Wong Fei-hung (1925), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), and Yang Chen-Ning (1922). After him are Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300), Diaochan (null), Ragibagh Khan (1320), Abaoji (872), Wong Kar-wai (1958), and Ban Chao (32).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In China

Among martial arts born in China, Huo Yuanjia ranks 3. Before him are Ip Man (1893), and Wong Fei-hung (1925). After him are Zhang Weili (1989), Chen Zhong (1982), and Cheng Xunzhao (1991).

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