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'''Wu Yanxia''' or '''Wu Yen-hsia''' (1930–2001) was a Chinese [[tai chi]] teacher of [[Manchu]] ancestry.

== Biography ==
She was the daughter of [[Wu Gongyi]] (1900-1970) from whom she learned tai chi. She also helped teach her father's students. Wu Yanxia was the younger sister of [[Wu Ta-k'uei]] and [[Wu Daqi]], and married [[Kuo Hsiao-chung]], who was also a disciple of her father. She held the position of senior instructor of the Wu family from 1996 to her death in 2001 and was succeeded by her cousin [[Wu Daxin]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cai|first=Naibiao|title=In Memory of Wu Daxin|journal=Journal of Asian Martial Arts|volume=15|issue=1|publisher= Via Media Publishing|location=Erie, Pennsylvania USA|year=2006|issn=1057-8358}}</ref>

Wu Yanxia moved to [[Hong Kong]] from [[Shanghai]] in 1948. In an interview late in her life, she mentioned that she had often seconded her older brother Wu Ta-k'uei at his many challenge fights in those years. She mentioned applying [[Traditional Chinese medicine|first aid]] to injuries resulting from the fights, and that she was "fearful that someone would be killed and there would be big trouble for the family" because her brother was "young and overly fierce".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yip|first=Y. L.|title=Pivot|journal=Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness|volume=12|issue=3|publisher= Insight Graphics Publishers |date=Autumn 2002|issn=1056-4004}}</ref>

She attended to the affairs of the [[Jianquan Taijiquan Association]] while training her students and disciples.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yip|first=Y. L.|title=Pivot|journal=Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness|volume=12|issue=3|publisher= Insight Graphics Publishers |date=Autumn 2002|issn=1056-4004}}</ref> She became known as a specialist with the tai chi [[Jian|sword]] and tai chi [[Qiang (spear)|spear]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wu|first=Kung-tsao|title=Wu Family T'ai Chi Ch'uan (吳家太極拳)|publisher=Chien-ch’uan T’ai-chi Ch’uan Association|origyear=1980|year=2006|isbn=0-9780499-0-X }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[108-form Wu family tai chi]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{YouTube|RITBKIzo4UY|Wu Yanxia demonstrating a complete Wu-style 108 posture sword form}}
* [http://www.wustyle.com/ International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation website]

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[[Category:Manchu martial artists]]