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| Patti Li 郝致华 | |
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| Style | Changquan, Yang-style andChen-styletai chi, broadsword,straightsword,staff, spear,Yingzhaoquan,Baguazhang, Shequan,double hook sword, anddouble broadsword |
Hao Zhihua (simplified Chinese:郝致华;traditional Chinese:郝致華), also known asPatti Li, is a Chinesewushu practitioner. She started her training at the age of nine at the Beijing Sports Academy under the instruction ofWu Bin, director of the Beijing Institute for Wushu Research and a pioneer of modern wushu in China. For fifteen years she competed inChina as a member of the world-renownedBeijing Wushu Team, winning the title of National All-Around Champion three years in a row.
Hao Zhihua is the only person in China's history to have won six gold medals, in addition to one silver medal, in a single national competition. She is also one of only two wushu athletes who have ever received the "Ten Best Athletes in China" award. In total, she accumulated over 80 gold, silver, and bronze medals during her competitive career.
In addition to coachWu Bin, Hao Zhihua trained under coachLi Junfeng and studiedYang-style tai chi under masterYang Zhen Duo. She is proficient inlong fist, Yang-style andChen-styletai chi,broadsword,straightsword,staff,spear,eagle claw,Baguazhang, snake fist,double hook sword, anddouble broadsword.
After leaving the Beijing Wushu Team she received a special invitation to attend the Beijing Teacher's College of Physical Education for an intensive degree program in physical education. After graduating she continued to teach at the college for two years before leaving China. She taught abroad before finally settling in Berkeley, California in 1990, where she provides instruction in wushu, tai chi, and bagua in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Hao Zhihua runs a Wushu and tai chi school inOakland, California.[1]
Hao Zhihua appeared in the 1987 video documentary titledThis is Kung Fu with fellow Beijing Wushu Team member,Jet Li.[2]
In 2012,Aesop Rock featured Hao Zhihua in the music video to his single calledZZZ Top.[3]