History
Xie learned Baguazhang from Men Baozhen, who was a student of Yin Fu. Xie started learning martial arts from Men at the age of 13 and would spend nearly 30 years with him. The student Xie had been training the entire Baguazhang system to, Liu Fang, died unexpectedly in 1985. He Jinbao became the new successor and Xie taught him the full YSB system.
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