Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan
Global Association
Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan
Clifford Martin
Classical Northern Wu Tai Ji Quan Instructor
Norwalk, Conecticut U. S. A.
Cliff Martin has more than 30 years experience in martial arts. He started his Tai Ji training in the mid 1970’s under Yang Master Edmund Wong. He is a student of Frank Allen and Tina Zhang where he has studied Northern Wu Classical Long Forms and Sword Forms, Ba Gua Zhang, and the Nei Gong components of Qi Gong. He is a Master in the Korean internal martial art of Hapkido and a third dan in Tang Soo Do. He is a trained Qi Gong Therapist and a student of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is a student of both Fire and Water Meditation methods. He is also a trained Kundalini Yoga teacher. Please click HERE to read an article "Tai Ji and Success" by Clifford Martin.
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Biography Clifford Martin
Cliff started his martial arts training when he was twenty-two practicing Judo. Very briefly he studied Ishin Ryu Karate but in 1975 started training with Master Edmund Wong in Yang style long form and the two person form. After receiving his degree from graduate school he moved to Connecticut and started studying the Korean art of Hapkido under Grandmaster Yong Man Lee. He has been Lee’s student for almost 29 years. In the ceremony in the picture below ,Cliff received his Master rating from Grandmaster Lee. (Lee is on the right).
He and one other student are Lee’s senior Hapkido students. Cliff is also a 3rd Dan in the Korean art Tang Soo Do, a Korean karate. Cliff is a trained Qi Gong (Chi Kung) Therapist studying under TCM practitioner Dr. Shih from Shanghai. He learned various methods of stimulating the meridonal channels and other Chi Kung forms and methods, including Swimming Dragon form. For the last five years Cliff has been a student of Frank Allen’s and Tina Zhang’s at the Wu Tang PCA in New York City. He is a certified Ba Gua Zhang Assisitant Instructor, and, he has studied Ba Gua Zhang, Qi Gong (Chi Gung), including the Nei Gung and Hua To’s Five Animal Frolics and Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan, including the 45 form, the Classical Long Form and the Classical Sword Form. He has attained Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan Li Bing Ci Lineage - Instructor, level one. He is available for private lessons or group lessons.
Qi Gong and Tai Ji Classes
Are you tired often? Do your joints ache after exercise or after waking up? Would you
like more energy?
If you answered yes to any of the questions then come join us in a Qi Gong and Tai Ji class. On Tuesdays and Thursdays from
We will learn the core energy arts of Qi Gong: the Nei Gong components. These are
the arts that teach you to move energy through your body directed by your mind. You
will learn how to open your joints, feel the energy blockages in your body and open
those energy blockages. You will learn to direct your energy throughout your body
where you need it and become sensitive to the relation between your body, your emotions and your mind.
As an application of this art we will study the Northern Wu Style forms of Tai Ji Quan.
We will start with the 45 posture form and apply our energy lessons learned in the nei Gong to the tai ji. Tai ji then is thus seen as an advanced form of Qi Gong.
Time: Classes are offered every Tuesday and Thursday night
from
Location: At the offices of Integrated Healthcare Associates
25 Third Street. Suite 420, Stamford, CT 06905.
Cost: $20 per lesson with discounts for prepayment.
For any questions, please call Cliff at
or email him at camartin@snet.net
Please click HERE to read an article "Tai Ji and Success" by Clifford Martin.
