We offer CLASSES, WORKSHOPS and PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
in Chinese Internal Martial Arts: Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing-I, Qigong
& Tui Shou/San Shou in San Francisco, Marin & San Mateo Counties.
A formal APPRENTICESHIP program is available for qualified students. |
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( CHI KUNG ) is a category of time tested internal exercises designed to help heal long and short term disease and disabilities while nourishing expanded levels of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and functional ability.
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5 ANIMAL FROLICS: Students practicing "Resting Deer" technique from the "10 Deer" qigong exercise set taught at Level 3 of our curriculum. The Deer exercises are a part of a very ancient school of Chi Kung called "Wuqinxi ( Wu Chi Hsi ) which translates as "Five Animal Frolics. The "frolics" have been around for almost 2,000 years, and many of the techniques were practiced for thousands of years before their codification by legendary Taoist physician Hua To in the second century CE. |
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8 BROCADES: Baduanjin (also Pa Tuan Chin) is a very elegant and effective qigong exercise set formalized in the 12th century by a famous Chinese General, Marshal Yue Fei. This set of movements kept his troops in great physical and energetic shape during the long periods of waiting between battles. "Pressing Heaven with Both Hands" form performed above by one of our classes helps stretch the body while gathering the "Heavenly Qi" from above and working it into the body. |
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Sifu Michael Shaman engaged in a Qigong assisted Meditation at a Taoist Temple in the Himalaya mountains near the traditional boundary between China and Tibet. Seated Qigong methods complement meditational techniques from most religious and spiritual paths. Clearing the meridian channels, cleaning up the glands, organs and circulatory systems of unwanted crud, and energizing the body and the mind before going deeper, the practitioner spends less time waiting for his or her body and thoughts to settle. The higher level practices can then actually begin sooner, the practitioner can be less distracted and the transformational impact can be more effective. |
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BIGU: Bigu (also Pi Ku) is a high level Qigong state achievable by practitioners of this lineage. A form of "fasting", persons practicing Bigu (literally translates "without grain") eat little to nothing for an extended period of time, living off of the ambient energy of the planet, without major discomfort or negative impact on health. Above, Sifu Michael hugs a tree at a Taoist Temple in the Himalayas during an extended Bigu fast. Huggiing trees, smelling flowers, etc. are means of obtaining energy supplementation directly without the internal intake of foods. |
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Dr. Yan Xin invited a group of American practitioners, including Sifu Michael, to China to appear on a Television special about his 3 years spent in exile teaching his Qigong methods in the US. Dr. Yan is the most famous high level Qigong Master in China, and is treated there much the way a rock star is here. His fame, in addition to his extremely high level of ability, is due mainly to his willingness to cooperate with scientific researchers to help separate out the "superstition" that attaches to many of these techniques from the very real truth of the effectiveness of many Qigong techniques for healing of disease or for enhancing of natural and paranormal abilities. |
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Lady Sun is a high level Qigong Master and Healer and an associate of Dr. Yan Xin's in China. When she was 4 years old her natural occuring extraordinary abilities were recognized and she was taken to be taught Qigong techniques. Qigong doesn't take the place of natural ability, but through appropriate training, it reinforces and strengthens innate abilities and allows them to develop and flourish instead of repressing them as is usually done here in the West. |
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Great Shaolin Light Master Lao demonstrates a standing qigong method during a trip to China by a Qigong study group. Master Lao was one of Dr. Yan Xin's high level classmates at the Shaolin Temple under Abbot Hai Teng, the last Abbot of the Shaolin Temple. |
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Master Li is a high level "Heavy Master" from the Shaolin Buddhist order. Master Li was another of Dr. Yan Xin's classmates at the Shaolin Temple under Abbot Hai Teng, the last "Abbot" of the actual Shaolin Buddhist Order. |
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