White Crane master Kwong Bun Fu made it to at least 95.
My teachers are still fairly active in their late 70s despite being heavy smokers. I heard that 70 is the new 50.
I'm 56 and not feeling so well, myself.
jd
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White Crane master Kwong Bun Fu made it to at least 95.
My teachers are still fairly active in their late 70s despite being heavy smokers. I heard that 70 is the new 50.
I'm 56 and not feeling so well, myself.
jd
Any reason you leave out Hung Kuen masters like Chiu Kao and his wife Shiu Ying, or even living ones like Lam Cho?
Making a list like that is very very subjective...
PS: How you determine when someone retired? Where you found all this info?
Actually, you might should not mention the martial arts. Most people view you as a particular type of person that is prone to violence or whatever. Most people watch the TV fighting you know. Besides, none of it will assure you longivity or health. Your personal lifestyle will usually dictate that. Diet, exercise, personal hygene, habits, like smoking and drinking or doing drugs, unprotected sex, and the type of people you hang with. All these things can effect longivity. Genetics will only have a small effect if you are aware of that aspect and remove the factors that apply. Life is tough. No one survives it. It is 100% fatal.
With China longevity now being 61.2 for men, 63.3 for women (WHO 2000 - perhaps a bit dated), I would say that the standard of health is not as good perhaps in the 19th century.
You can refer to http://www.who.int/inf-pr-2000/en/pr2000-life.html for more info.
Lately China has a lot of pollution, additives and preservatives in foods, smoking, obesity, diabetes and modern diseases like heart disease and cancer.
Your list might be exceptional, with outstanding examples of past ancestors, but clean water, food, air pollution, and the medical system have a lot more to do with longevity. Even more so than martial arts practice which may be considered a luxury, or supplement to daily lifestyle habits.
Please also refer to:
http://www.who.int/whr/2000/media_ce.../en/index.html
and also look up countries ranked by health system here:
http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html
You'll see China as number 144, and the USA at number 37 of 190 countries. That's pretty bad. And the USA, why aren't we number 1, or top 10? That's glaringly problematic considering how much we spend.
Best regards,