China's 'hottest Kung Fu fighter': Super-toned martial arts world champion, 31, becomes a fashion star
Ye Yongxiang, from Shanghai, is the sixth-generation heir to Yang Style Tai Chi
She has risen to fame in the Far East after promoting martial arts on social media
The 5ft 2in beauty has frequented glossy magazines and is now a fashion star
By Tracy You For Mailonline

PUBLISHED: 10:23 EST, 8 January 2018 | UPDATED: 10:38 EST, 8 January 2018

With her glowing skin, perfect complexion and stylish outfits, Ye Yongxiang might look like a fashion model.

In fact, the 31-year-old is a world-class Kung Fu fighter whose daily companions include swords, blades and rods.

The Shanghai-born London-educated Tai Chi teacher has amazed the internet with her ripped body and is now a new fashion icon in the Far East.


New icon: Ye Yongxiang, a 31-year-old Kung Fu teacher, has become a fashion icon in China


Dangerous beauty: Yongxiang the sixth-generation heir to the Yang Style Tai Chi and a world champion Tai Chi expert. She has been teaching martial arts to young people on social media


If looks could kill... The 31-year-old is a martial arts teacher whose daily companions include swords, blades and rods. She said she hopes to revive traditional Tai Chi among young people


Practice makes perfect: Born to a family of Tai Chi masters in Shanghai, Yongxiang joked that she started practising Tai Chi when she was still in her mother's womb


Top-notch Kung Fu fighter: Yongxiang won three gold medals - in Tai Chi boxing, Tai Chi blade and Tai Chi sword - at the Hong Kong International Martial Arts Festival in 2014

The 5ft 2in beauty has frequented glossy magazines in China and been dubbed 'the hottest Kung Fu fighter'.

Yongxiang is the sixth-generation heir to the Yang Style Tai Chi, a prominent school of Tai Chi dating back to around 1840.

Born to a family of Tai Chi masters in Shanghai, Yongxiang joked that she started practising Tai Chi when she was still in her mother's womb.

She said: 'My mum is crazy about martial arts. She is the fifth-generation heir to Yang Style. She learned Tai Chi from her mother, who was the fourth-generation heir.'
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