Master Mu Yuchun ( 穆玉春) was born on February 25, 1948, in the family of a Beijing engineer Mu Xui Xuan.
At that time their family stayed at, Xuanwu, Yunguansi, an old district of the city, where high rank army officers and the clerisy of Beijing used to live, including the wushu teachers of the Emperor’s guards. One of the followers of this tradition has become the first teacher of the gifted six-years-old boy.
During the next 10 years master Mu was polishing up his skills, studying Shaolinquan.
In 1960 Mu Yuchun entered first wushu school at Shichahai.
An outstanding master He Dequan 何德全, who had trained several generations of wushu masters, was his teacher (taught him shuang qiang, gun, jian and so on).
Wu Binlou 吴斌楼 – his teacher of chuojiaofanzi, jian, dao, qiang, gun and so on.
He studied xingyiquan from the teacher Ai Yushan, bajiquan and bajidaqiang from Wang Jinsheng. Mizuquan teacher：刘佩伟 Liu Peiwei the first coach and director of Shichahai wushu school and 张益民 Zhang Yiming.
When he was sixteen, he started practicing baguazhang under the leadership of a famous master Guo Gumin 郭古民, who has become a legend of Chinese wushu and 刘建民 Liu Jianmin, `韩杰 Han Jie, 徐振彪 Xu Zhenbiao.
跤坛 shuaijiao – teachers – 名师 杨宝和 Yang Baohe, 钱德仁 Qian Deren, 李三占Li Sanzhan. Huaquan style from master Song Zhiping 宋志平. Shaolin bafaquan from master Ren Zhengfang 任正芳.
Mu Yuchun also studied tuishou from Zhang Hungji 张红吉, Xu Zhenbiao 徐振彪 and Han Jie 韩杰, the leading masters in xinyiquan, baguazhang and taijiquan.
Since 1968 he has been studying Dachengquan (yiquan).
Xu Futong 许福同, then Wang Xuanjie 王选杰 were his teachers.
He also was in contact with the other masters of Yi Quan.
Later on, in the 70-ties, master Mu was upgrading his skills in xinyiquan under the leadership of another famous masters Ma Runtian and Tang Zhenrong.
In 1962, upon graduating from the secondary school, he entered a medical college, and in 1965 – the Shandong Medical Institute, where he studied the traditional Chinese medicine: various types of acupuncture therapy and massage.
During this period he used to visit his teacher Xu Futong from whom he studied not only the martial art of Dacheng quan, but also the art of calligraphy – “Shufa”, and playing the flute – “Xie”.
In the year 1969 Mu Yuchun entered Beijing Wushu School and, after graduation, he obtained the right to teach in the state institutions of China.
In 1974 the master took the job of a coach in the sports school Taoranting in Beijing. The year 1982 was a momentous year in the destiny of master Mu. This year he became a champion of China in Sanda, regulated by rules, in the category of 56 kg. Afterwards he won the title of “the best judge of China” at the judge contest. The same year he entered the Shandong Sports Institute, where he obtained the 6th duan (grade) by the decision of the qualified commission.
Since 1985 he had been working as the children coach in Beijing sports school Shijingshan.
At the same time the master started his co-operation with different cinema studios of China as an actor and production director of different combat scenes.
There are many Chinese films with the participation of numerous students of Mu Yuchun, the master himself had shown an outstanding actor’s talent in some of those films as well.
In 1989 the master was invited to the Central Police School of Beijing city for teaching wushu. The same year he took the extension course in Beijing Wushu Institute.
In 1993 Mu Yuchun visited Ukraine for the first time.
In 1995 he arrived in Kiev and began teaching the internal wushu styles.
In 2005 Mu Yuchun has established the All-Ukrainian Association of Chinese Traditions and Culture.
From 2006 Mu Yuchun began chief consultant of Ukrainian Wushu Federation.
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