Young Masters: Bajiquan
Overview
Young Masters is an original series commissioned by NOWNESS China focusing on traditional Chinese cultures, and how they continue to be defined by a new generation of the country's youth. Its first episode, Young Masters: Bajiquan, spotlights Wu Hao (ๅดๆ), a young man in his twenties from Hebei province who is a stalwart practitioner of Bajiquanโa traditional Chinese fighting style known for its graceful stillness and sudden moments of targeted and ferocious violence. Director Haonan Shen traveled to the Mengcun Bajiquan International Training Center to profile Wu Hao whose paternal ancestor Wu Zhong (1712โ1802) was the first recorded Bajiquan teacher. In this evocative portrait of a young manโs passion for sharing his familyโs rich heritage, we get up close and personal with the violent elbow strikes, staff jabs, fierce rising and firm falling stances that characterize the martial art.
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