Frail and sick at an early age, he loved martial arts in his teenage and practiced Changquan, long, short and soft weapons.From 1979 he began to study Xingyiquan.

• 自幼体弱多病，少年时酷爱武术，曾习练长拳、长短器械及软兵器，1979年开始习练形意拳，1983年开始专门从事太极拳的习练与研究。