Grandmaster Lu Zijian…the highest ranked Chinese Martial Artist in History

Grandmaster Lu Zijian…the highest ranked Chinese Martial Artist in History.
In this video at around 100 years of age he demonstrates some of his amazing skills.
Grandmaster Lu Zijian was a famous martial artist and Qigong
Grandmaster who died in 2012 at the age of 118.
He was the highest ranked Chinese martial artist in history, leader of multible martial arts and Qigong organizations, and founder of his own martial art.
When asked to what he attributed his long life... Grand-master Lu replied that martial arts and meditation were his longevity secrets.
SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GRANDMASTER LU ZIJIAN...
Lu Zijian was well known for his high achievements in internal martial arts, Taoist alchemy & Qigong, Chinese Traditional Medicine and Chinese Traditional Painting. As a result of these excellences all converging in the same mind and body, Lu Zijian reached the age of 118 years full of vigor and a bright spirit.
Lu Zijian was born in Yichang, Hubei Province, Mainland China on the 19th year of Emperor Guangxu, Qing Dynasty (15th October 1893). Well know martial artist, heading the Dragon Gate lineage of Daoism (Long Men Pai). In 2002 Lu was awarded 9 Duan (the highest grade in Chinese Martial Arts ranking system).
Lu attributed his longivity to his life long practice of martial arts and his longevity qigong: Hunyuan yangsheng Qigong.
In 2012 he was considered as the oldest living Chinese citizen as well as the oldest living man but Gerontology Research Group is still proceeding under further verification.
Former head of Chinese Ba Gua Zhang Federation (Eight Trigrams Boxing, one the three most famous Chinese Internal Martial Arts besides Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan and Xingyiquan).
He started in his young age to study wushu with his own mother and later he was accepted as disciple of Master Jiang Yin then he studied in the State Medical School of Hubei Province.
I - Historical milestones:
1911: At 18 Lu went to Beijing, he studied Baguazhang with Master Li Changye and Xingyiquan with Master Yu Shirong, and finally he returned in Chongqinq Sichuan Province to study Taijiquan with Master Li Guocao. (Most probably due to the political instability leading to 1911 Chinese Revolution).
1920: he was Gold medalist at the Nanjing Yuhuatai Martial Arts Competition at the age of 28.
1979 He is back in Chongqinq et was Municipal MCPPCC member. This year he opened his Yudan Zijian Martial Arts academy as well as the Lu Zijian Chinese Medicine Orthopedics Clinic. He published several articles and books among them “Baguazhang Healing methods” and created his “Baguazhang Hunyuan Yangsheng Gong”.
2009: Lu Zijian on the 2nd January became the oldest person in the world and was 116 years old.
2012:On 21 October Lu Zijian died surrounded by his family and closest friends one month before his 119th anniversary.
Historical facts
Huo Yuan Jia was not only a very famous martial artists of his time, but Lu Zijian and Late Great Master Huo were sworn brothers with Huo being the elder brother.
They join Chinese Resistance against Japanese troops. He killed three Japanese Martial arts experts in duels. During of the raids they launched against the Japanese troops, Lu’s wife was killed. He used one single palm to kill one Foreign boxer named Marshall. The name of Lu Zijian grew very fast so that Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jie Shi) the Chinese military and political leader who was leading the Kuomintang (KMT) appointed him as one-star general and Head Bodyguard (General Chiang had thirteen top bodyguards, all of them were his disciples).
In 1982 he was Gold medalist of the Gold Lion National Martial Arts Tournament. He received a special Gold Award in 1984 at the Emei Mountain Boxing Tournament. 1985 appointed President of the International Gongfa Association. 1994, the Chief Adviser of the International Qigong Association, in 2000 he received the gold medal Senior People from the Chinese State Administration of Sports. The Chinese Ministry of Sports, Department of Martial Arts attributed him the title of “Leading authority of Chinese Martial Arts” and rewarded the highest rank of Nine Duan in 2002. He was the Honorary President of the Chinese Wudang Wushu Federation.
Besides his pedagogic skills, his chivalric and generous temperament lead him to nurture thousands of disciples including foreign students, some of them are even very famous and own their own martial arts schools, perpetuating the “Zijian” style martial arts.
All are under the head organization of Mr. Wang Qinghua. In 1986, he was hired as Principal Consultant International Qigong Society.
In the same year he was appointed as Vice resident of the Wudang Martial Arts Development Center of California General Counsel.
Since the implementation of the national Wushu Duan ranking system, Lu was involved in the long-term task to revise the teaching and training in Chinese martial arts with all the other 9 Duan top ranking experts of Chinese Martial Arts.