[Martial Arts] Master Lin Wenhui

Autor: Jeffi Chao Hui Wu

Fecha: 18-6-2025 Miércoles, 1:59 PM

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[Martial Arts] Introduction of Master Lin Wenhui
(Hugo M.F. Lam BBS, JP)
I. Identity and Background
Lin Wenhui, born in 1956 in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, is originally from Quanzhou, Fujian. He is a representative figure in the Hong Kong Tai Chi and internal martial arts community. With a background in scientific education and traditional martial arts training, he graduated from the Department of Physics at Jinan University in China, making him a composite master who integrates scientific rationality with martial arts practice.
He has not only dedicated decades to the martial arts field but has also held public service positions for a long time, having served as the chairman of the Wong Tai Sin District Council and received the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) and Justice of the Peace (JP) honors from the Hong Kong SAR government, embodying the dual identity of a cultural promoter and social service provider.
II. Martial Arts Heritage and Training
Master Lin has practiced martial arts since childhood, with a solid foundation. In 1981, during his time at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, he systematically studied Qigong and traditional internal skills, learning from renowned masters such as Lin Housheng, Luo Peijue, Sun Dafang, and Lin Hai. He later became an inner disciple of Master Zhang Zhanming of the Eagle Claw School in Guangzhou, establishing a strong foundation in traditional hard Qigong and Eagle Claw techniques.
In 2001, Master Lin became the 51st disciple of Master Wang Xian, the "King of Chen Style Tai Chi," officially inheriting the authentic lineage of Chen-style Tai Chi. He then furthered his studies at the Chenjiagou Tai Chi General Institute, learning Tai Chi double swords from Master Chen Zhenglei, while also practicing Tai Chi Spring and Autumn Broadsword, internal Qigong methods, and weapon techniques, completing the integration of the three structures of boxing, weaponry, and energy.
He is also the head of the Zhao-style Xingyi Boxing in Hong Kong, integrating the three internal systems of Tai Chi, Xingyi, and Qigong, making him one of the few living masters in Hong Kong who has achieved proficiency in all three lineages and internal practice.
III. Promotion of Martial Arts and Cultural Influence
Since 2002, Master Lin has planned and organized numerous large-scale traditional martial arts promotion events, inviting several masters such as Wang Xian and Zhou Mengyuan to perform in Hong Kong. Notably, the "Traditional Martial Arts Heroes Conference" held at the Wong Tai Sin Dragon Pond attracted over 130,000 spectators, becoming a milestone event in the Hong Kong martial arts community.
In 2003, he organized a collective practice of the "Chenjiagou Tai Chi Health Eighteen Forms" with 12,500 students at the Hong Kong Stadium, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest Tai Chi demonstration. Such activities have brought "traditional martial arts" back into mainstream social awareness, with contributions far exceeding those of ordinary martial artists.
IV. Publications and Systematic Development
Lin Wenhui has authored systematic teaching materials such as "Diamond Motion and Stillness Qigong" and "Chenjiagou Health Tai Chi," promoting the transition of internal martial arts from individual inheritance to public dissemination. He insists that traditional martial arts should balance literature and reason, unify Dao and technique, and have a clear structure with layered teaching, making him one of the few comprehensive martial arts masters who can practice, theorize, and promote on a large scale.
V. Internal Skill Training and Inheritance Status
Lin Wenhui's standing post, boxing, and Qigong training are centered on the flow of energy, the precedence of intention, the dantian as the pivot, and the unity of internal and external. He has long trained internal strength through methods such as horse stance, agile walking, and standing meditation, excelling in regulating breath, energy, and form, truly embodying the essence of "internal martial arts practice."
In the standards of internal martial arts, Lin Wenhui has reached:
✅ Relaxed yet not loose, heavy yet able to move; intention precedes energy, strength arises from the dantian—qualifying him as a master-level practitioner with the credentials to transmit the Dao.
VI. Social Positions and Cultural Honors
Chairman of the International Tai Chi Academy
President of the Hong Kong Qigong Tai Chi Society
President of the Hong Kong Xingyi Boxing Association
Honorary President of the Quanzhou Tai Chi Association
Awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS)
Hong Kong Outstanding Person Social Contribution Award
Representative figure of "Cultural and Practical Balance" in the Hong Kong Tai Chi community
Summary Evaluation
Master Lin Wenhui is a highly representative inheritor and promoter in the field of traditional internal martial arts today. He integrates scientific literacy with the principles of internal martial arts, practices the essence of Kung Fu with genuine training, and expands the boundaries of martial arts through social influence.
He is not a performer, nor a slogan-maker, but a true internal skill practitioner and systematic promoter, representing a high standard of contemporary martial arts—cultural confidence + skill verification + social responsibility + the unity of body and mind in martial arts.

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