Marshall Ho'o (1910–1993) was an American practitioner of tai chi.

Ho'o was born in 1910 in Oakland, California, and in his youth campaigned on behalf of trade unions.[1] Having previously studied tai chi with Choy Hok Pang, Ho'o rediscovered the art in his 50s whilst on a health retreat in Mexico.[2][3] After this, he began teaching as an assistant of Huang Wenshan, one of his early instructors. The two of them founded the National T'ai Chi Association, a loose affiliation of tai chi schools, in 1962. In 1967, Huang left to teach at a university in Taiwan, leaving Ho'o in sole charge of the Association. On his return to China, Huang sponsored a teaching visit to America by Dong Huling to provide instruction to his American students.[4]

In 1973, Ho'o founded the Aspen Academy of the Martial Arts, a centre for the study of martial arts located in Aspen, Colorado.[2]

He held the post of professor of Oriental History at the California Institute of the Arts, and was Chairman of the National T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association.[3] Ho'o was a licensed acupuncturist, and a member of the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame.[5] He developed his own form of tai chi, extracting movements from a number of different styles. His approach stressed the health benefits of tai chi, and focussed on exercises to relax and soften the body.[4]

Ho'o died in 1993, survived by his seven children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Boucher, Vincent (November 9, 2013). "Going with the flow for 45 years". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Mendel, Bob (March 1977). "A Martial Arts Hideaway in John Denver Country". Black Belt Magazine. 15 (3). Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 "1973 Black Belt Hall of Fame". Black Belt Magazine. 11 (10). October 1973. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Kroll, Paul William (November 1976). "The World's Most Popular Martial Art Comes to America". Black Belt Magazine. 14 (11).
  5. ↑ Odsen, Dorothy (November 1988). "The T'ai Chi Workshop: A Condensed Course in Internal Kung Fu". Black Belt Magazine. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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