Yuan Shimao, founder of Wudang Taoist Traditional Kung Fu academy, gestures as he speaks on the grounds of the academy near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

The 16th-generation successor of the Wudang Sanfeng lineage, Jake Pinnick, from the United States, performs Wudang Tai Chi at Yuxu palace near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Guo Xinyi, a Chinese student at the Wudang Taoist Traditional Kung Fu Academy, speaks during an interview near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Students practice at the Wudang Taoist Traditional Kung Fu Academy near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Students practice at the Wudang Taoist Traditional Kung Fu Academy near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Yuan Shimao founder of Wudang Taoist Traditional Kung Fu Academy performs on the grounds of the academy near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Students practice at the Wudang Taoist Traditional Kung Fu Academy near Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in central China's Hubei province on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

In this photo taken with a smartphone, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ryan Thornell attends a legislative hearing in Phoenix on June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacques Billeaud)