Bow-sim Mark was born on 1942 and is a Chinese martial arts grandmaster who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, US.
11 Facts About Bow-sim Mark
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Bow-sim Mark is the mother of martial arts film star, Donnie Yen.
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Bow-sim Mark began studying martial arts at elementary school, training seriously in high school and then at Wushu training schools, specialising in tai chi and Northern Shaolin.
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Bow-sim Mark learned Fu-Style Wudangquan by training under Fu Wing Fay for 10 years; Wing Fay was the eldest son and top student of Grandmaster Fu Chen Sung.
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Bow-sim Mark was an instructor at Wing Fay's school from 1968 to 1974.
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Bow-sim Mark still teaches and performs in the Boston area.
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Bow-sim Mark was one of the first to provide Chinese wushu instruction in the West, and is credited with popularizing the term Wushu outside of China.
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Bow-sim Mark gave the first demonstration of Combined tai chi in the United States, and published the first description of the technique in 1975.
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Bow-sim Mark won a gold medal at the first International Tournament of tai chi in Wuhan City in 1984.
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Bow-sim Mark was named Black Belt magazine's Kung-Fu artist of the year for 1995.
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Bow-sim Mark played the part of a 'kung fu diva' in a play, Mum and Shah at the Lyric Stage theater in Boston in 1995.