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Z'eev Foux
A biography from a personal perspective; written by Ze’ev Foux, translated by Yosi Weitzman |
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By the end of 1990 I met Mr. Luo DeXiu in Taiwan and immediately changed my plans of returning to Israel.
This followed three years of searching for a Bagua Zhang teacher in Taiwan and Hong Kong, where I attended three different schools with different teachers who presented different approaches and in addition, met quite a few of other teachers. In my mind I had a vision of the teacher I’m looking for but I just could not find him.
After my first meeting with Luo I was restless for hours and hours and I new I found what I was looking for. |
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However, I realize today that the long years I was practicing Martial Arts were a must to allow this encounter and connection to take place.
I started with Shotokan under Mr. Meir Yahel, where I first learned the importance of self discipline, the endless repetition of basic drills and enjoyed the pleasance of the feeling of movements “done correctly just by themselves”.
I found Mr. Zvi Weisberger, a Gong Fu teacher (mainly Northern Praying Mantis and Long Fist, as well as other forms) via a former classmate, and was fascinated.
Zvi was teaching daily, and dedicated significant parts of the class to flexibility drills, taken from Yoga, and to Zen. He was a special person who encouraged every student to expand his mental limits and believed in matching the training method to the trainee. I learned from Zvi that practicing Martial Arts go beyond the formal class and that those who are not “teachers” can teach as well.
After Zvi returned to the USA to nurse his sick mother, I travelled east to Hong Kong and looked for a teacher and a school. Naturally, I preferred to continue with northern styles but was exposed to other styles like Liu-He-Ba-Fa, Wing Chun and Nan-Quan.
I returned to Israel after a few months, confident I'm going again soon for a long period of time. It was then when former students of Zvi introduced me to Nir Malchi’s Tai Ji and I first practiced this style. Going back to the east, I was clear about looking for an internal style and I marked the BaGua Zhang as the most interesting one. |
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I started at Hong Kong under Mr. Sun Bao-Gang (a student of Fu Zhen Song) and under Ms. Liu He who taught Zhao Bao (a Tai Ji style) and a Wushu BaGua style.I moved to Taiwan and attended Liu Yun-Chao’s school of the Yin-Fu style. |
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After meeting Luo De Xiu I stayed with him until 1997 when I returned to Israel. Luo keeps visiting us for enriching and inspiring seminars every year. |
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