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Courses in Tui Na, Injury Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Orthopedic Medicine taught by Tom Bisio and Frank Butler. http://hi.baidu.com/%D5%C6%CA%F5%CA%C0%BC%D2%B8%DF%BC%CC%CE%E4 & This is Gao Ji Wu's Website in China. It contains footage and photos of Gao Laoshi and some of his students. http://martinlaplatney.com/Martial%20Arts.html Martin LaPlatney and I have trained together for many years starting in the Filipino martial arts. Later we went on to study in China with a number of teachers of Ba Gua and Xing Yi. His website contains a wealth of interesting information on the different styles of Chinese martial arts and biographies of various teachers. Jonas Brenner is an excellent practitioner of Tung Style Tai Ji Quan in Copenhagen Denmark. He is also a practitioner of Chinese healing arts including Tui Na and Acupuncture. He can be contacted through his website. The Saratoga Martial Arts Festival (SMAF): This event organized by Steven Pearlman each year brings together 20-30 instructors from different martial disciplines for a sharing of their arts, philosophies and techniques. Not only is there a lot of knowledge in one place but across the board everyone is friendly and willing to share their knowledge. New York Hung Ga offers authentic and inspired instruction in traditional Hung Ga Gung Fu in the lineage of the famous Wong Fei Hung. Traditional five animal forms and weapons as well as San Da Kickboxing. Click here to read my review of The Physical Body 2: Competition Training and the Dangal. Click here to read my review of The Buddhai Sawan Path Deluxe 2 DVD set. A former NYC detective, Mike Codella is a very serious martial artist. I recommend his academy to anyone interested in authentic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Gerald Sharp offers instruction, books and descriptions of the major internal Chinese Kung Fu Styles. Bill Schettino's hybrid street-tested estacada system shares many principles in common with Xing-Yi Chuan. David Schneider and Ivy Yew promote traditional Chinese Martial arts in Hong Kong, Mainland China & Southeast Asia. They also organize special packages offering traditional instruction in Shaolin Kung Fu for school groups. William McGrath openly teaches the complete Pekiti-Tirsia system of Filipino martial arts, a method that has many principles in common with Ba Gua Zhang. Hard to find, rare books on the Chinese martial arts both in Chinese and in translation. Also DVD's and VCD's. Jim Dees, a practitioner of the Chinese Internal Arts, offers some interesting articles and insights on Xing Yi Chuan. Tim Regan is the principal instructor for WaterWheel Tai Chi. He began his study of Tai-chi in 1988 as a student and assistant to instructor Reggie Jackson, a student of Da Liu. Tim has gone on to study many styles of Tai-chi, both traditional and modern, as well as Chi-kung, Hsing-i and Pa-kua for both health promotion and self-defense. His most extensive studies have been under B.P. Chan and his students. Tim is a great teacher with a a lot of knowledge. http://sites.google.com/site/torontobaguazhang/ Mark Bégin is an Instructor of Liang Chen Pu Ba Gua affiliated with New York Internal Arts. He teaches in Toronto Canada and is proficient in all aspects of Ba Gua Zhang. For those in the Toronto area who want authentic instruction in Ba Gua Zhang contact Mark Begin. Wesley Tasker is a very skilled martial arts practitioner with extensive knowledge of a wide variety of styles including Pekiti Tersia Kali , Bai Yun Ba Gua Zhang, Quan Chu Xing Yi Kuntao and various styles of Silat. I highly recommend him to anyone who wishes to learn traditional martial arts in a realistic manner. Steven Pearlman and Single Step Productions produce quality martial arts videos which focus on how different styles use the same principles in different ways. Each year Single Step Productions promotes the Saratoga Martial Arts Festival (SMAF), This event typically features 15-20 instructors working together to present their respective arts in the context of a larger picture - how the principles of different martial arts overlap and flow into each other. Hence the event's motto: "100 styles flow into One. " |
