Chang Dsu Yao
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| Chang Dsu Yao 張祖堯 | |
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| Born | June 14, 1918 Pei County |
| Died | February 7, 1992 (aged 73) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Style | Meihuaquan Tai chi |
| Teacher | Liu Baojun |
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| Notable school | "Scuola Chang" or "Chang kung fu" |
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Chang Dsu Yao (Chinese: 張祖堯; Wade–Giles: Chang Tsu-yao; 14 June 1918 – 7 February 1992) was a teacher of the martial arts Meihuaquan and tai chi from Taiwan.
Chang Dsu Yao was born on June 14, 1918 in Chaiji (Chinese: 柴集村), a village in Zhuzhai district of Pei County, Jiangsu. He died in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 7, 1992. He was the sixteenth generation lineage holder of Meihuaquan.
He began to study Meihuaquan when he was six years old, and later trained under Liu Baojun.[1]
In 1938, he came to Guilin to study at the Military School for Officers,[2] a branch of Whampoa Military Academy created in that Year, named "Military Sixth Campus" (Chinese: 軍校第六分校; Wade–Giles: Chün-hsiao Ti-liou Fên-hsiao)). Here, Chang met some important teachers, such as Chang Dongsheng, and studied different styles of Martial Arts, such as bajiquan, baguazhang, xingyiquan, and Fu Style Baguazhang.[3] After graduation, he fought in the anti-Japanese War first and then in the Chinese Civil War with the faction of Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists.
After the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek, Chang Dsu Yao took refuge in Taiwan. In Taiwan he established contact with several famous Martial Artists such as Cheng Man-ch'ing, Liu Yunqiao, Wu Tipang (吳體胖), and Zhang Wuchen. He also taught Martial Arts to the Army and Police.[4] Chang wrote articles for "Wutan Tsa Chih", a magazine founded by Liu Yunqiao.
In 1974, Chang Dsu Yao retired from the Army and in 1975, he moved to Bologna, and then, in 1977, to Milan. He had many students, including his sons Chang Wei-hsin and Chang Yu-hsin, and others, such as Xu Wenli, Maurizio Zanetti, Enrico Lazzerini, and Roberto Fassi, with whom he wrote several books on martial arts.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
