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SIFU MICHAEL SHAMAN
Tai Chi Chuan & Qigong
Master and Teacher.
SIFU MICHAEL SHAMAN has taught Chinese Internal Martial Arts and related martial, healing, meditative and transformational arts professionally for over 25 years. He has studied and trained in the US, China and the Himalayas for over 3 1/2 decades under the direction of some of the most accomplished Masters in the World.
His principle arts include: Tai Chi Chuan ( Taijiquan ), Hsing-I Chuan ( Xing Yi Quan ) Traditional Chinese Qigong ( Chi Kung, Chi Gong, Ki Gong, Nei Gong, Nei Gung, Nei Kung ), Tui Shou ( Internal Style Grappling, Wrestling,"Push Hands") and San Shou ( Internal Style boxing, kick-boxing, free-fighting ).
Since 1987, Sifu Michael has taught ongoing classes in his native California, primarily in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas. He has conducted workshops and demonstrations around the US as well as in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
He has been a training coordinator for the Los Angeles chapter of the International Yan Xin Qigong Association, is an active member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Jing Mo (Ching Wu) Athletic Association, has certification to instruct Cheng Hsin Tui Shou and is certified as a Tian Gong Healer.
He has had articles by or including him published in a variety of esoteric periodicals including Inside Kung Fu and Internal Dialogue. He has appeared in a number of feature films and TV shows, and has been featured in several US and Chinese TV specials and news reports on Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong. He hosts and narrates a series of non-public instructional Videotape and DVD presentations for the exclusive use of his students.
His direct Lineage Masters and principal instructors include:
WILLIAM C.C.CHEN - Grandmaster from the Cheng Man-Ching lineage, (Author: "Body Mechanics of Tai Chi Chuan").
WONG JACK-MAN - Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster; Founder of the San Francisco Jing Mo Athletic Association (Ching Wu).
DR. YAN XIN - World Famous Qigong Healer and Researcher, (Author: "60 Characters on Traditional Chinese Qigong" and numerous articles on Traditional Chinese Qigong in medical and scientific journals).
GESHE TSULTIM GYELTSEN - Tibetan High Lama; Representative of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to the US (until his passing this year).
WAYSUN LIAO, Temple Style Grandmaster (Author: "Tai Chi Classics", "CHI - How To Feel Your Life Energy" and "The Essence of Tai Chi").
Sifu Michael was the only Westerner specifically invited to attend the festivities in Sichuan Province, China, celebrating the "legalization" of Qigong in China (under the Sports Authority) in 1996.
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