90-year-old woman extends Taichi challenge to other practicers worldwide

The 12th Aunt in Foshan, who is 90 years old, has good kungfu techniques and even aggressively makes open challenges on the Internet to fight. On the Internet, she challenges old women over 85 years old and old men over 90 years old into a kungfu contest. Unfortunately, by now, nobody has taken the challenge and 12th Aunt has turned into an "uncontested top dog." So, the 12th Aunt of Foshan has become an Internet star.

"12th Aunt in Foshan" exchanges kungfu techniques  with young people

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Because the 12th Aunt doesn't speak Mandarin, her junior fellow apprentice Xiao Bin, the vice-chairman of Foshan Wushu Association, did the interview yesterday. Xiao Bin said, the title of "12th Aunt" isn't meant to be associated with Huang Feihong, "the name of her senior sister apprentice is Yuan Shi'er (means 12th), among which, Yuan is her surname, and Shi'er is her first name, referring to her ranking among her brothers and sisters. Shi'er (means 12th) refers to a dozen, and in Foshan dialect, it's pronounced as DaYi, the same pronunciation as 'Aunt'. She was born on February 6, 1920, and will be 90 years old soon!"

Xiao Bin said the 12th Aunt started to learn Taichi Quan in her fifties, "in order to do physical exercise, she unwittingly learned Kungfu. The practice was very hard, but she learned well." After mastering Kungfu, the 12th Aunt wanted to work on her techniques with a person in the same condition, and therefore brainstormed methods of "setting the arena," through which, she hoped she could find another master around her age in the same camp with her. Xiao Bin said, "The 12th Aunt started to set the arena from the year of 2006, which attracted a lot of criticism at that time and people thought she just wanted to make money and it was only a kind of show. In 2007, we set the global arena, and the arena was open for the females above 75 years old and the males above 80, however, nobody took the challenge. So the 12th Aunt won without even having to fight."

Now, Xiao Bin has opened a micro-blog on behalf of the 12th Aunt, and helps her post statements and manage the blog every day. The 12th Aunt often throws down challenges on the micro-blogs, which turns her into an Internet star. Her bio on the micro-blog is "Let's Practice Taichi Quan to Prevent the Flu and Save the Earth by Pushing our Hands together!" Her Internet friends cannot help laughing, “She not only mentions the fitness of the nation in her slogan, but also saving the earth. She seems like a superwoman! Too powerful!