Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan

                                           

                     The Wu Tang Physical Culture Association 

       Welcome Everybody from Anywhere to join us

                      the Eighth Annual

Beijing Internal Martial Arts Training & Daoist Study Trip

                                                           Dec. 27, 2010 – Jan. 9, 2011              

            What makes our trip so unique?   

♦ Exceptional quality of training with top internal martial arts grandmasters in the world.  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 trip  also provides enough free time and respectful space for each individual to explore more culture in the city.     

 

                                              Itinerary

Dec. 27. Departure for Beijing.

Dec. 28. Arrival in Beijing – Wan Yi Hotel, Marriot Courtyard, and a welcome dinner. 

Dec.㺝. 30, Training.

Dec.31. Visit the Tomb of Dong Hai Chuan, the founder of Baguazhang & the Great Wall (lunch).

Jan.1, 2, 3, Training. A “Kungfu show” on one of the 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, or raw food enthusiasts.   

Jan.æ. Free time.   

Jan. 9.Returning home.

•  Taijiquan -- training with Northern Wu Style Master Li Bing Ci & Master Wei Dong Zhen.
• Cheng Style BaGuaZhang & XIngYiQuan training with Master Liu Jing Ru.

 All courses will translated by Tina Zhang.

 $2800 (single room supplement add $449) Including: 8 days of training and certificates.  Hotel accommodation double-occupancy & Historical sightseeing - Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, White Cloud Temple, Founder of BaGuaZhang's Tomb, and "The Legend of Kung Fu" show.

Not including air fare to Beijing (air fare: Approx. $950 departure from New York.  Departure from Europen countries are a lot cheaper than USA.  We strongly suggest you book early in order to get good fare airlines tickets.

Deposit $300 due by June 15, 2010.  Total payment due by Nov.15, 2010.

Check payment: make check payable to Tina Chunna Zhang

Credit card payment via www.QigongforWomen.com

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Greater details on the Eighth Annual Beijing Internal Martial Arts Training Trip

                              - Dec.27, 2010 - Jan.9, 2011

 

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. 27^th, 2010, end Jan.9^th, 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 3^rd and 4^th 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!

Tina Zhang