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Louis Linn (林瑞耀, born in 1947) is a martial artist, teaching his family style of O Shin Chuen (五形拳; pinyin: wu xing quan), a traditional five animal Fukien Shaolin style, in Sweden. He introduced Chinese martial arts, Wushu (武術) also popularly called Kung Fu (功夫), to Sweden in 1975 and soon became a well known instructor within the martial arts society there. Today he is still active as the chief instructor of Louis Linn O Shin Chuen Union, an organization he founded in 1977 to promote O Shin Chuen.

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  • Louis Linn (林瑞耀, born in 1947) is a martial artist, teaching his family style of O Shin Chuen (五形拳; pinyin: wu xing quan), a traditional five animal Fukien Shaolin style, in Sweden. He introduced Chinese martial arts, Wushu (武術) also popularly called Kung Fu (功夫), to Sweden in 1975 and soon became a well known instructor within the martial arts society there. He was commissioned to teach hand-to-hand combat to the officers at Kustjägarskolan (Coastal Rangers in English), the Swedish amphibious special forces, which he did 1979–1983 for which he was awarded the coastal ranger’s statuette (the 12th person to receive this award since 1956). From 1982 to 1985, he taught Stockholmspolisens särskilda insatsstyrka, the Counter Terrorist Unit of the Stockholm Police Force. From 1978 to 1983, Linn taught Wushu at The Royal Opera, and later, the Stockholm International School (1997–1998). In 1979, he established the Swedish Wushu Federation, and was one of the main people in founding the European Wushu Federation in 1985 and the International Wushu Federation in 1990. Later, in 2004, he took part in founding the European Shuai Jiao Union. Today he is still active as the chief instructor of Louis Linn O Shin Chuen Union, an organization he founded in 1977 to promote O Shin Chuen. (en)
  • Louis Linn, (林瑞耀) född 1947 i Tokyo, är en kampsportmästare som undervisar i stilen O Shin Chuen (五形拳; pinyin: wu xing quan), en traditionell fukien shaolinstil, i Sverige. Han introducerade kinesisk stridskonst, wushu även kallat för kung fu, i Sverige 1975 och blev snart en välkänd kampsportsinstruktör. Han anlitades perioden 1979–1983 för att undervisa närstrid för officerarna på Kustjägarskolan för vilket han tilldelades Kustjägarskolans trästatyett ”jägaren”; han var den 12:e personen som tilldelats denna utmärkelse sedan 1956. Från 1982 till 1985 anlitades han av Stockholmspolisens särskilda insatsstyrka. Även Kungliga Operan (1978–1983) och Stockholm International School (1997–1998) anlitade Linn för Wushu träning. År 1979 grundade han Svenska Wushuförbundet och han var en av huvudpersonerna som 1985 grundade European Wushu Federation och 1990 . Senare deltog han även i grundandet av European Shuai Jiao Union 2004.Idag är Linn fortfarande aktiv som chefsinstruktör inom O Shin Chuen Union, en organisation han grundade 1977 för att befrämja utvecklingen av O Shin Chuen. (sv)
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  • Louis Linn (林瑞耀, born in 1947) is a martial artist, teaching his family style of O Shin Chuen (五形拳; pinyin: wu xing quan), a traditional five animal Fukien Shaolin style, in Sweden. He introduced Chinese martial arts, Wushu (武術) also popularly called Kung Fu (功夫), to Sweden in 1975 and soon became a well known instructor within the martial arts society there. Today he is still active as the chief instructor of Louis Linn O Shin Chuen Union, an organization he founded in 1977 to promote O Shin Chuen. (en)
  • Louis Linn, (林瑞耀) född 1947 i Tokyo, är en kampsportmästare som undervisar i stilen O Shin Chuen (五形拳; pinyin: wu xing quan), en traditionell fukien shaolinstil, i Sverige. Han introducerade kinesisk stridskonst, wushu även kallat för kung fu, i Sverige 1975 och blev snart en välkänd kampsportsinstruktör. (sv)
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  • Louis Linn (sv)
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