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My Masters
Every martial artist has his or her master! The traditional Chinese martial arts, authentically, have to be passed on in a lineage line.
These masters, are extremely skillful in internal martial arts (Nei Jia Quan) and most respected people who, first of all, mastered their own mind, then, techniques and strategies. My Masters not only a martial arts teacher, each of them represent one of the internal martial arts styles, that passed on systematiclly from old generations, and their willingness and capabilities in transmission of the arts has powered the next generation of practitioners.
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My Masters in Beijing today - Dec. 2009
Northern Wu Style Taijiquan Li Bing Ci & Cheng Style Baguazhang Liu Jing Ru
at the biggest "Bai Shi" ceremony in Chinese Martial Arts History,
When Mr. Qiu was accepted as a formal disciple of GrandMaster Liu Jing Ru.
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Internal Martial Arts Master Frank Allen has more than 30 years experience of practicing and teaching the Chinese Internal Martial Arts of Ba Gua Zhang, Tai Ji Quan, and Xing Yi Quan. He is the founder of the Wu Tang Physical Culture Association - a Chinese Internal Martial Arts School that has been in operation since 1979. Frank has authored over thirty magazine articles on the Internal Martial Arts and related subjects and is the co-author of "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang" and "Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan" He teaches workshops and retreats around the USA and Europe and weekly classes and monthly workshops in New York City, where he lives.
Frank is an internationally well-known Master who has an exceptional teaching style that combines knowledge and humor in his teaching.
His lineages:
Cheng Ting Hwa ⇒ Li Wen Biao ⇒ Luo Xing Wu ⇒ Liu Jing Ru ⇒ Frank Allen
Liu Hong Jie ⇒B.K. Frantzis ⇒Frank Allen
Liu Qing Zhou ⇒ Chan Bun Piac ⇒ Frank Allen
Quotes from the Wisdom of Master Frank Allen: My first Ba Gua/Tai Ji Master, B. P. Chan always taught us, "We all get 'The invitation, but we do our exercises, so ours comes a little later." and " Who has the best Tai Ji? Who is Old and happy? HE has The BEST Tai Ji!"
"If you learn to meditate in a perfect mountain setting - You can Only meditate in a perfect mountain setting. Where As if you learn to meditate in the middle of New York City - You can meditate Anywhere."
"Nothing relieves stress like hitting someone - Nothing gives you confidence like knowing that you can get hit and its no big deal."
"Contact sparring is the best form of Be Here Now Meditation. No other system will remind you so quickly or so graphically each time that your mind drifts from the here and now."
"How can one compare life and death? Death is just another work week, while Life is a vacation time where one gets to enjoy a physical body. Practice meditation, but remember that you can still do that after you are dead --- So enjoy moving your body --- Now!"
For more information, please visit web site at www.BaguaNYC.com
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The Fourth Generation Lineage Holder of Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan Master Li Bing Ci is the president of Beijing Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan Research Center. He has more than 60 years of training in the Chinese internal martial arts of Tai Ji Quan and Ba Gua Zhang, as well as Cha Quan, Da Bei Quan, Xing Yi Quan. Grandmaster Li practices, teaches, and lives in Beijing, China. He has a grandpa's generous and ancient wisdom with more than 60 years of Tai Ji Quan practice and teaching experience with the style of teaching in a very detailed explaination. Li is an authoritative author of a number of Chinese books on Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan.
Li Bing Ci's lineage: Quan You ⇒ Wang Mao Zhai ⇒Yang Yu Ting ⇒Li Bing Ci
Read more about the History of Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan and History of original Beijing school at www.NorthernWuTaijiquan.com
Quote of the Wisdom of Master Li Bing Ci:" My Master Yang Yu Ting who lived to be 96 years old, taught Tai Ji more than 80 years, and smoked, but he knew how to nap."
 (Li Bing Ci's Book Published in Beijing, Jan. 1990)
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The Fourth Generation lineage holder, the most famous Master as Cheng Ting Hua Style Ba Gua Zhang, Liu Jing Ru, who has more than 50 years of practicing and teaching the Chinese martial arts of Ba Gua Zhang, Xing Yi Quan and Praying Mantis. Liu lives and teaches in Beijing, China.
He is a very well-known Master and author of Ba Gua Zhang books in China. Liu Jing Ru is famous for his strong character and powerful voice which are integrated into his great teaching. He is age of 72, who looks like he is still in his 50's, and moves and fights like he is in his late 20's. Liu has incredible energy from his more than 50 years of high level internal martial arts practice, specializing in Cheng Ting Hua Style Ba Gua Zhang and He Bei Xing Yi Quan.
Liu Jing Ru lineages:
Ba Gua Zhang: Dong Hai Chuan, the founder ⇒ Cheng Ting Hua ⇒Li Wen Biao ⇒Luo Xing Wu ⇒Liu Jing Ru
Xing Yi Quan: Liu Qi Lan - Li Cun Yi - Hao En Guang - Luo Xing Wu - Liu Jing Ru
Quotes of the Wisdom of Master Liu Jing Ru:" You all can manage Ba Gua Zhang in a short time period, only with MY teaching!"
"No fighting elements and skills in practicing Ba Gua Zhang in modern Wu Shu - which has lost martial art's roots in its tradition".
"Great Ba Gua Zhang practitioners famous for their mysterious palms, agile stepping patterns, nimble bodies, soft and hard combined powers made it as the best internal martial arts. The health benefit from Ba Gua walking is far beyond Tai Ji Quna and Qi Gong can provide; as the old saying: training Gong (Kung Fu) do not train the legs will leave you nothing but a wasted time when you are old".
His books in Chinese:
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Chen Style Tai Ji Quan master Chen Xiao Wang is from the Chen Village, China. He has practiced and taught the style for his whole life.
He is a 19th generation direct descendant of the founder of Chen family Tai Ji Quan, and one of the top Chen Village Style Tai Ji masters in the world and he teaches around the world.
Lineage: Chen Wan Ting (The ninth generation of Chen family in Chen Village) ⇒ each generation had several outstanding masters⇒Chen Zhao Pi, Chen Fa Ke, and Chen Zhao Kui ⇒Chen Xiao Wang
Quote of the Wisdom of Master Chen Xiao Wang: Natural is the first principle. There is no secret in Tai Ji study,only the levels of understanding.
Read more about Chen Village, China.
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A 88 years old female Tai Ji Master who has no name of fame, but is my hero! She lives in Fou Shan, China.
Lineage: Tai Ji Quan for health and self-defense
Quote from Shi Er Yi:"I'm challenging women, who are 65 years of age and over, in the entire world to come to spar with me!" (She was 88 years of age in 2006)
During February 8 through March 8, 2007, Ms. Number 12 Aunt (Shi Er Yi), who was from FouShan, Guang Dong province, China, challenged women who were 65 years old or up to come to do Tai Ji Sparring with her on a tournament platform. Not a single person showed up within the 30 day period. One lady who was 84 year old Tai Ji practitioner wanted to go, but was stopped by her son.
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Master Liu Jing Ru
Classical Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang
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Master Li Bing Ci
Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan
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Master Chen Zheng Lei
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Master Chen Xiao Wang
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Master Zhu Tian Cai
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Chen Village Style Tai Ji Quan
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