Louis Linn
Martial artist teaching in Sweden
- Born
- 1947
- Sport
- martial arts
- Occupation
- martial artist
Louis Linn (林瑞耀, born in 1947) is a martial artist, teaching his family style of O Shin Chuen (Chinese: 五形拳; pinyin: wuxingquan), a traditional five-animal Fujian Shaolin style, in Sweden. He is credited with introducing Chinese martial arts, referred to as Wushu (popularly known as kung fu), to Sweden in 1975, after which he 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).
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