Xue Sheng
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I have been wondering about the claims of Taiji masters and Bagua Masters and Xingyi masters living longer than others of their time so I looked up a few. Please understand this is far from a scientific study but so far it looks like it is true based on the life expectancies of the time in China and the life expectancy for the average person in China before 1949 appears to be about 35 years and after 1949 it increases by about 20 years, by 1970 it was 65 and today it is up to about 73.1.
So far it appears that Chen stylists and Xingyiquan practitioners live longer on average but this also could have a lot to do with genetics as well particularly when comparing things like the Chen family (77.3) and the Yang family (69.9). But if I include Yang Taiji practitioners it jumps to 71.7, Fu Zhongwen lived to about 91 however so far the oldest is a Xingyiquan master Wang Ji Wu that lived to 100.
This is the break down so far
Xingyiquan = 78.6
Chen Taijiquan = 77.8
Baguazhang = 77.3
Yang Taijiquan = 71.7
Also I did not include people like Li Cunyi who lived to only 47, still old for his time but not as old as the rest. The reason I did not include him is I am working on a separate category of those that trained both Xingyi and Bagua and he is one of them as is Wu Kung-I who lived to 70
So it does appear at this point that on average a CMA IMA guy did live longer than most of their time. But I have not seen any ages of other CMA practitioners either and it could just be good physical fitness keeps you healthy so you live longer too.
I am still looking and still trying to see what the, if any, difference is between the styles as far as longevity goes of its practitioners.
So far it appears that Chen stylists and Xingyiquan practitioners live longer on average but this also could have a lot to do with genetics as well particularly when comparing things like the Chen family (77.3) and the Yang family (69.9). But if I include Yang Taiji practitioners it jumps to 71.7, Fu Zhongwen lived to about 91 however so far the oldest is a Xingyiquan master Wang Ji Wu that lived to 100.
This is the break down so far
Xingyiquan = 78.6
Chen Taijiquan = 77.8
Baguazhang = 77.3
Yang Taijiquan = 71.7
Also I did not include people like Li Cunyi who lived to only 47, still old for his time but not as old as the rest. The reason I did not include him is I am working on a separate category of those that trained both Xingyi and Bagua and he is one of them as is Wu Kung-I who lived to 70
So it does appear at this point that on average a CMA IMA guy did live longer than most of their time. But I have not seen any ages of other CMA practitioners either and it could just be good physical fitness keeps you healthy so you live longer too.
I am still looking and still trying to see what the, if any, difference is between the styles as far as longevity goes of its practitioners.