Lü Zijian
Lü Zijian was a Chinese martial artist and centenarian. He is widely regarded and believed to be the oldest ever martial artist to live in earth. He was very much admired and well respected among the fraternity and to those who were very close to him in social circles.
Biography
He was claimed to have been born in 1893, although there are confusions still surrounding around his actual date of birth.Career
According to reports, he had been conducting and practicing martial arts at the age of 118 thereby shattering the stereotypes surrounding around the age factor. He is also reported to be a canny operator in terms of having mastered the essence of traditional Chinese medicine. He prioritised and emphasized the paramount importance on the aspect of maintaining a disciplined lifestyle which was enhanced by his medicinal knowledge and it remarkably increased the longevity of his life, while it also helped to build up and shape up his body fitness levels which transformed his physical agility in order to convincingly perform martial arts even at a late age.He is widely touted to be a multifaceted personality due to having mastered the craft in Xingyiquan, Baguazhang, and Taijiquan. There are several legends that have been dedicated and incorporated about Lu Zijian including the era during the 1920s, when he single-handedly took down a gang of dacoits by risking himself through carrying the task on his shoulders, he also used his bag of tricks that he learnt in martial arts in order to beat up a pervert factory owner in 1931 and he also escaped the Nanjing Massacre in 1944.