Martial Atlas OS

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Atlas timeline

Events from every art in chronological order. Each is tagged by confidence.

  1. early 19th c.TraditionWing Chun

    Red Boat opera troupes carry the art

  2. c. 1670HistoricalTaijiquan

    Chen Wangting codifies family art

  3. c. 1797TraditionBaguazhang

    Dong Haichuan born in Wen'an, Hebei

  4. c. 1820HistoricalXingyiquan

    Dai family preserves Xinyi in Shanxi

  5. c. 1820HistoricalTaijiquan

    Yang Luchan studies in Chen Village

  6. c. 1850HistoricalXingyiquan

    Li Luoneng teaches the renamed Xingyi in Hebei

  7. c. 1850HistoricalTaijiquan

    Yang Luchan teaches in Beijing — public Taiji begins

  8. c. 1850HistoricalWing Chun

    Leung Jan teaches in Foshan

  9. c. 1865HistoricalBaguazhang

    Dong begins teaching in Beijing

  10. c. 1880HistoricalTaijiquan

    Wu Yuxiang and Hao Weizhen develop Wu/Hao style

  11. 1882HistoricalBaguazhang

    Dong Haichuan dies; major lineages begin to diverge

  12. 1883HistoricalBaguazhang

    Stele erected by disciples — primary surviving document

  13. c. 1900HistoricalBaguazhang

    Cheng, Yin, Liang, Liu, Ma lineages stabilize

  14. c. 1900HistoricalXingyiquan

    Hebei branch flourishes via Guo Yunshen, Liu Qilan, Li Cunyi

  15. 1915HistoricalXingyiquan

    Sun Lutang publishes 形意拳學

  16. 1928HistoricalBaguazhang

    Central Guoshu Institute (Nanjing) lists Bagua alongside Taiji and Xingyi as a 'Wudang' internal art

  17. 1928HistoricalTaijiquan

    Yang Chengfu standardizes the long form

  18. 1950HistoricalWing Chun

    Yip Man begins teaching in Hong Kong

  19. 1956HistoricalTaijiquan

    PRC promulgates the 24-form simplified set

  20. 1967HistoricalWing Chun

    Hong Kong Ving Tsun Athletic Association founded

  21. 1972HistoricalWing Chun

    Yip Man dies; lineages branch widely

  22. late MingTraditionXingyiquan

    Ji Jike develops Xinyi Liuhe Quan