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菲律賓七星螳螂拳術會

^Grandmaster Lin Jingshan                    Chinese Version 中文版

      Qixing Tanglang Quan grandmaster Lin Jingshan was born on 1885 in Laiyang, Shandong and died in 1971 at the age of 86. Grandmaster Lin was the student of the third generation Qixing Tanglang Quan Master Fan Xudong. Grandmaster Lin was very fond of martial art and at the age of fourteen he moved to Yantai to find a job, he was introduced by Laiyang Townmate  Association chairman Mr. Gai to work in Yung Chang Cereal Store located at the South Road. Fan Xudong's boxing school was at Ku Yi Street, very near  grandmaster Lin's place of employment. During his free time, he would secretly watch Fan Xudong teach and would later practice the techniques he saw by himself. One day Fan spotted grandmaster Lin secretly watching him and asked him why he is spying on him, after learning of his intention, Fan asked him to show him what he have learned, amazed by grandmaster Lin's movement and execution of the forms, Fan accepted him as his student, that year was 1902, which began grandmaster Lin's martial art career. Fan who emphasized on basic fundamentals, was strict with grandmaster Lin, but grandmaster Lin was likewise an ideal student that strived to be the best, and in a short span of time, he have improved tremendously. Having small body frame, grandmaster Lin developed his speed and footwork to compensate for his shortcomings. He would later became at par in sparring with his much bigger fellow classmates like Luo Guangyu and Yang Weixin.       

       Grandmaster Lin taught at Tianjin from 1911-1915, but later returned to Yantai to teach at Fan Xudong's boxing school. Grandmaster Lin became Fan's third indoor disciple. Grandmaster Lin was proficient in Iron Palm, Luohan Gong, Sword, Six Combination Cudgel, Plum Flower Spear, and Spring Autumn Long Handled Broadsword. 
         Among grandmaster Lin's student were Hu Yongfu, Shao Huating, Wang Chunshan, Li Baota, Mou Zhaunzu, Jing Fangzhi, Yu Tiantang, Yu Tiancheng, Yu Tianlu, Lin Chunsheng, Yu Zhenhai, Ling Huatang, Wang Zhuanlan, grandmaster Zhong Lianbao and others. During the ten years of revolution, grandmaster Lin returned to his hometown in Laiyang and taught there until his death in 1971.