Welcome Everybody from Everywhere to Join with us in Our Proud Traditions!
The Wu Tang Physical Culture Association The Eighth Annual
Beijing Internal Martial Arts Training & Daoist Study Trip
Dec. 27, 2010 – Jan. 9, 2011
What makes our trip so unique?
♦ We are not interested in learning the arts from these casually claimed Chinese Master who are from no where and not whole timetime traditionally trained. We are proud learning and carrying-on the traditional system of the arts from THE ONLY LINEAGE HOLDER MASTER in their arts, and exceptional quality of training with true information! Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan study with Li Bing Ci, and Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan with Liu Jing Ru. They give special attention to everyone to experience the deep and meaningful level of the internal arts!
♦ Frank Allen and Tina Zhang professionally organized the study program with the masters in Beijing to make sure the study will benefit all levels of practitioners. Tina Zhang translates the courses, which enables the true understanding for non-Chinese speakers.
♦ We stay in a central located and comfortable hotel that creates a friendly and fun atmosphere. The training hall is in one of the community college of Beijing. The trip also provides enough free time and respectful space for each individual to explore more culture and activities in the city.
♦Going to Beijing - the city where the Internal Martial Arts originated and explore the Chinese culture.
Click HERE to read past year's trip report.
Itinerary
Dec. 27. Departure for Beijing
Dec. 28. Arrival in Beijing – Wan Yi Hotel - Marriott-Courtyard, and a Dinner. 
Dec. 29, 30. Training.
Dec.31. Visit the Tomb of Dong Hai Chuan, the founder of Baguazhang & the Great Wall (Lunch).
Jan.1,2,3,. Training. “Legend of Kung Fu” a show” on one of these evenings.
Jan. 4. Visit the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, lunch at “the hundreds of kinds of dumplings restaurant”.
Jan. 5,6.7, Training. “Hot Pot”dinner for meat lovers, vegetarians, on one of these evenings.
Jan. 8. Free time
Jan. 9. Departure from Beijing back home.
Ø Taijiquan (Tai Chi) training with Northern Wu Style Grand Master Li Bing Ci & Master Wei Dong Zhen
Ø Cheng Style Baguazhang and Xingyiquan training with Grand Master Liu Jing Ru.
Ø All Courses will be translated by Tina Zhang.
Ø Course Completion Certificates will be presented and signed by the Masters.
$2800 (single room supplement add $490) including: 10 days of training and Certificate, Hotel accommodation double-occupancy, daily breakfast. Historical sightseeing – Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, White Cloud Temple, Founder of Ba Gua Zhang’s Tomb, special meals listed in the itinerary, and “Legend of Kung Fu” Show…Not including air fare to Beijing
(Air fare: Approx. $950 departure from New York, we strongly suggest you book earlier in order to get a cheap ticket. The Airlines tickets to Beijing from Europe are a lot cheaper than departure from the USA).
Deposit $500 due by June. 15, 2010 // Total payment due by Nov. 15, 2010
- Pay by check: Checks payable to Tina Chunna Zhang.
- pay by credit card: pay via Paypal through www.qigongforwomen.com click On-line store to pay.
More Information on The Eighth Annual China Trip 2010/11
by Tina Zhang
Again, we had another great annual training trip in Beijing!
What I really wanted to address is that Ba Gua Zhang Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru and Northern Wu Tai Ji Quan Li Bing Ci are the oldest generation Chinese internal martial arts Masters who represent the styles and most respected by the martial arts community in China. In fact, there are not many of them still alive and teaching in traditional styles. Master Li is one of two masters in the fourth generation of Northern Wu Tai Ji Quan lineage, and both happily living in their 80’s. Master Liu, no doubt, best of the best internal martial art master today! There is no one else teaching the same way of theirs teachings - totally, intellectually, and classically explained and helped us to practice the arts externally and internally correct! Since we all love the internal martial arts and wish to practice real and gain life-time knowledge, simply to say, they are the masters who we do not want to miss to study with, and the systems that we all can pass on to further generations.
Our eighth year’s annual training trip will start Dec. 27th, 2010, end Jan.9th, 2011.
We will have only 8 training days for both masters due to their busy schedules.
Tai Ji Quan training will include the 83 form correction, applications, and 64 Sword study. We expect that Master Li will teach a few times during the training; Master Wei, who studied 27 years directly with Li Bing Ci, will be our main teacher in Tai Ji Quan.
Ba Gua Zhang training will be scheduled to learn the 3rd and 4th of 64 Palms, expected 16 palm changes, strategies in total (These palm changes are relatively short).
Training schedule:
Taijiquan: 10:00am – 12:00noon
Lunch break: 12:00noon – 1:00pm (training location has lunch provided at $2, optional)
Baguazhang: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Private lessons with the masters can be arranged after the group classes from 3:00pm – 4:00pm.
Besides home of internal martial arts, Beijing is a very cultured city coupled with its historical sites and modern architectures that beautifully sets its own characters that everyone falls in love with. Food is rated (by a professional food lover) as good, excellent, and fantastic! Night life ranges from a bar (or a gay-bar) to these overnight playing/staying salons that you can fully relaxed in an Asian way, plus, massage is great and cheap…Anyway, there never is enough time to explore all the local activities.
Marriott-Courtyard, aka WanYi hotel is the one we always stay and very satisfied with its very central location, comfortable room, breakfast with huge selections of Eastern and Western food, and a big shopping center connected the property where you get everything you need.
One thing I need to make the coming trip successfully is a deposit of $300 per person for the trip due on June.15, 2010. If you plan to go, please financially prepare early.
Looking forward to seeing you in Beijing!
Happy & Healthy New Year!
