Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Hsu

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The result was speedy keep. Chinese RS with significant coverage were found, happy to withdraw the nomination. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 14:04, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Does not appear to meet WP:GNG, and is currently cited to a single, not terribly credible-looking source. I wasn't able to find any additional coverage in English. I am unable to effectively search in Chinese, so that is one possible place to look for coverage. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:12, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:12, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Taiwan-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 03:12, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: There's plenty of sources I think. However, it would seem that the internet is not best source for them. I hate to be the sole person responsible for this page, particularly since I have no time for wikipedia at the moment. Regardless, I have copied the source code for Adam Hsu if deletion occurs and work it for future release. -- TrickShotFinn (talk) 10:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  
  • There seem to be a lot to be allusion to Adam Hsu in Black Belt Magazine atleast, according to Google Books.^[1]. Sept 1988 issue has one of his columns.^[2]
  • Hsu has also contributed to Kodo Ancient Ways by Kensho Furuya (ISBN 0897501365) - page 215.^[3].
  • Also alluded to in "Women in the Martial Arts" by Carol A. Wiley (1556431368) - Page 36.^[4].
  • Hsu is also referenced in "The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing" by Kenneth S. Cohen (ISBN 1984800426)^[5]
  • Hsu's expertise has been used in works of Michael DeMarco, like Chen T'ai Chi, Volume 1: Traditional Instructions from the Chen Village (ISBN 1893765083)^[6] and Foundations of Korean Martial Arts: Masters, Manuals and Combative Techniques (ISBN 1893765431)^[7]
    

Etc. And please, have mercy. I *literally* am not fully available for this discussion and it would be scummy burn the house down with my back turned. Give at least time till Week 52 for me to fully be ready to talk this.

-- TrickShotFinn (talk) 10:23, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. 何定照 (2013-09-27). "雲門彈腿祕笈 展功夫" [The secret art of Cloud Gate Dance Theater's Tán Tuǐ. Demonstrating kung fu]. United Daily News (in Chinese). p. A25.

     The article notes: "武術家徐紀十三年前開始教雲門彈腿、內家拳，奠定雲門更豐富的東方特色。... 徐紀昨天發表「十路彈腿」（聯經出版）新書，希望藉圖文並茂的動作講解，讓更多人受惠彈腿好處。「武術就像農業，我是老農，在雲門舞蹈教室教授武術的老師是小農；我們一起沾滿兩腿的泥、滿手弄髒，不論晴天下雨，都像面向大地背朝天的農人一樣，希望能耕耘出一些東西。」... 擁有師大國文碩士學位的徐紀，高中起隨父學彈腿，展開武術生涯至今近一甲子，曾入選全美十大武術高手等。他表示來自北派武術的彈腿，是中國武術入門基礎，「就像學英文要先學文法，學好了就能活用無窮。」"

     From Google Translate: "The martial artist Adam Hsu started teaching Cloud Gate Tán Tuǐ and Internal Boxing 13 years ago, laying the foundation for the richer oriental characteristics of Cloud Gate.... Adam Hsu published a new book "Ten Ways Kickboxing" (Lianjing Publishing) yesterday, hoping to borrow pictures and texts. The explanation of the movements will allow more people to benefit from the benefits of kicking. 'Martial arts is like agriculture. I am an old farmer. The teacher who teaches martial arts in the Cloud Gate dance classroom is a small farmer. Together, we are covered with mud on our legs and dirty hands. No matter it is sunny or rainy, we are like farmers facing the earth with their backs upside down. I hope I can cultivate something.' ... Adam Hsu, who has a master's degree in Chinese literature at the National Normal University, started to learn Tán Tuǐ from his father in high school. He said that the Tán Tuǐ from the northern school of martial arts is the foundation of Chinese martial arts. "It's like learning English before you learn grammar. Once you learn it, you can use it endlessly."

  2. 家庭, Volumes 224-227 (in Chinese). Taiwan: zh:台視文化公司. Taiwan Television. 1995. Retrieved 2021-12-18.

     The article notes: "自幼習武的徐紀,從武術大師劉雲樵等名家這樣的練功,不但可以改變情緒(穩定浮躁、不為師。自大師疫,徐紀成為欲攀登武林極拳的「安、緊張、易怒) ,同時也能促進血液循環、新陳代謝、減緩衰老。由此前進」者,他在美國舊金山創武塾授徒十幾在高談生活品質可以 ..."

     From Google Translate: "Adam Hsu, who has been practicing martial arts since his childhood, has practiced from martial arts master Liu Yun Qiao and other famous masters, which can not only change his mood (stable and impetuous, not a teacher. Since the master’s epidemic, Adam Hsu has become a "safe, nervous, irritable" who wants to climb martial arts. ), at the same time it can promote blood circulation, metabolism, and slow down aging. From this forward", he taught more than a dozen disciples at the San Francisco Chuangwu School in the United States to talk about the quality of life..."

  3. 地平綫月刊, Issues 1-13 (in Chinese). 地平綫月刊. 1997. Retrieved 2021-12-18.

     The article notes: "這些武館大都是名師執教授藝,如止戈武塾的徐紀師傅,不但精通八極披掛,還對陳式太極、八卦、形意、螳鄉等拳術深有研究,他是八極拳名師劉雲樵的入室弟子,練拳已有二三十年,教拳也有廿多年了,他的徒弟已遍布全美,其中不少人也已開館授徒。"

     From Google Translate: "Most of these martial arts are taught by famous teachers, such as the master Adam Hsu of Zhige Wushu. Not only is he proficient in Baji drape, he also has deep research on Chen style Taiji, Bagua, Xingyi, Tangxiang and other martial arts. He is Bajiquan. The disciple of the famous teacher Liu Yunqiao has been practicing boxing for 20 to 30 years, and has been teaching boxing for more than 20 years. His apprentices have spread all over the United States, and many of them have also opened schools to teach apprentices."

  4. Passing mentions:
     1. Cohen, Kenneth S. (1997). The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 374. ISBN 0-345-42109-4. Retrieved 2021-12-18.

        The book notes in a footnote: "9. Adam Hsu, "Matching Kung Fu's DNA," Qigong Kung Fu (Winter 1996), p. 21. Hsu, director of the Traditional Wushu Association, is arguably the finest writer on Chinese martial arts in the English language. His articles generally appear in popular American and Taiwanese martial arts magazines. Information about Hsu's work and writings can be found in the journal he publishes, the Celebrated Mountains Journal, P.O. Box 1075, Cupertino, CA 95015–1075."

     2. Wong, Jiaxiang (2015). "A Brief Description of Chen-Style Master Du Yuze". Chen T'ai Chi, Volume 1: Traditional Instructions from the Chen Village. Translated by DeMarco, Michael A. Via Media Publishing. ISBN 978-1-893765-08-5. Retrieved 2021-12-18.

        Via Media Publishing published the Journal of Asian Martial Arts. The book provides two sentences of coverage about the subject. The book notes, "Instructor Adam Hsu, now teaching in the San Francisco area, compared many Chen-styles while in China in 1986. Hsu, previously from Taiwan, wrote in a correspondence that ..."

     3. DeMarco, Michael, ed. (2020). Chinese Combatives: An Anthology. Via Media Publishing. ISBN 9798637688630. Retrieved 2021-12-18.

        Via Media Publishing published the Journal of Asian Martial Arts. The book provides one sentence of coverage about the subject. The book notes: "Adam Hsu, a prominent bajiquan/piguazhang teacher and martial arts scholar summarizes it well within the following: [quote]"

     4. Smith, Robert W.; Pittman, Allen (2012). Chinese Internal Boxing: Techniques of Hsing-I and Pa-Kua. New York: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0442-6. Retrieved 2021-12-18.

        The book notes: "The Sword Polisher's Record. The Way of Kung Fu. By Adam Hsu. A collection of essays about the art of kung fu, highlighted with over seventy photographs and drawings. Each section examines a different aspect of kung fu, including its foundations and principles, the future of kung fu, and most importantly, its place in the martial arts."

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Adam Hsu (simplified Chinese: 徐纪; traditional Chinese: 徐紀) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 12:40, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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