When Lihong Koblin was young, her father got up every morning before the first sunlight and met his students in the courtyard of the family home. As a traditional Wu Shu master, he had dedicated his life entirely to practicing and teaching the martial art. „His inner attitude and demeanor made a big impression on me at the time,“ recalls Koblin, a Taiji master and founder of a Taiji institute in Freiburg, Germany. „Sometimes he was called to Wu Shu competitions, where it was not uncommon for young men to get into violent group fights.“