Talk:Lily Haass

Lily Haass and Chinese martial arts (CMA)
While reading Paul Brennan's translation of Wu Zhiqing's 六路短拳圖說 (HANDBOOK FOR SIX-SECTION SHORT BOXING) at I discovered this remarkable passage :

"... this manuscript has been tested by a Westerner, Ms. Lily Haass, who personally learned the set and then commended our nation for having the finest exercise arts. She advised me to turn it into a handbook which would serve as a teacher’s guide for transmitting the material. She is currently giving instruction in physiology, dance, and ball sports in this school. With the writing now finished, I here present these general ideas in brief.    – written by Wu Zhiqing at the YWCA Teacher-Training School, Dec, 1920"

As far as I can tell this passage is one of the earliest references to a Westerner studying CMA, certainly one of the earliest from a Chinese source. The set in question, btw, is the tantui (springy legs), a set used by many instructors to establish a good physical frame and familiarity with a series of basic hand forms and footwork. 98.30.1.84 (talk) 11:51, 14 July 2017 (UTC)