Ma Yue was born in 1959 to a Muslim Hui

Hui people

The Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's...

 family in Hebei

Hebei

' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...

 whose association with martial arts goes back six generations.

As a five year old, his father Ma Xianda

Ma Xianda

Ma Xianda was born in 1932 to a Muslim Hui family in Hebei whose association with martial arts goes back six generations. Ma Xianba was taught by his father Ma Fengtu and uncle Ma Yintu...

 took him to train with his grandfather, Ma Fengtu where he learned his family styles Tongbeiquan

Tongbeiquan

Tongbeiquan is a school of martial arts popular in northern China. Tongbeiquan's basic precepts are Taoist in nature and many of the training methods in Tongbeiquan are similar to those of the internal styles...

, Piguaquan

Piguaquan

Piguaquan , also known as Piguazhang due to its emphasis on palm techniques, is often practiced along with Bajiquan and is a style of wushu that features explosive, long-range power...

, Fanziquan

Fanziquán

Fānziquán is a Chinese martial art that emphasizes offense and defense with the hands. Its movements have been described as:Fānziquán routines are usually quite short and very fast...

, Bajiquan

Bajíquán

Bājíquán is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power and is famous for its elbow strikes. It originated in Hebei Province in Northern China, but is also well-known in other places today, especially Taiwan...

, and Cuojiao. At the age of 11, Ma Yue won the Xian city and Shaanxi

Shaanxi

' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...

province all-around championships and beat renowned International Wushu champ Zhao Changjun.

In 1983, he won a four gold awards, placing firsts in fanzi, pigua, short weapon and straight sword. Ma Yue has since had a long career in the martial arts. He is a Chinese National Wushu Champion, two-time gold medallist and a graduate of Wushu University of China.