Of more than 100 million people who practice T’ai-chi regularly, most train outdoors, even in severe weather conditions of northern China. The reason is simple and can be understood only when you accept elements and embrace opportunity to integrate with nature. Year-round, outdoor training is good for spirit, heart, mind and body.

Instructor Certification:

T’ai-chi Ch’uan

First – Third years: White Sash Introduction to internal arts studies Yi Bai Ching Kung Zhan Zhuang Basic Health Maintenance Tui-Na Tao Yin T’ai-chi Chi-Kung Stance and kicking drills Tui Shou Postures training for Yang or Guang Ping T’ai-Chi Ch’uan

Fourth Year: Blue Sash 18 Therapies Chi-Kung T’ai-chi Chi-Kung Breathing patterns in T’ai-chi Ch’uan T’ai-chi Kun/Dragon’s Head Staff #1

Fifth Year: Green Sash T’ai-chi KunDragon’s Head Staff #2 T’ai-chi Chi-Kung Continued physical and respiration studies in T’ai-chi Ch’uan

Sixth Year: Gold Sash Five Animal Frolics T’ai-chi Chien/Rapier #1 T’ai-chi Chi-Kung Cont’d studies in T’ai-chi Ch’uan

Seventh Year: Black Sash T’ai-chi Tao/Saber #1 T’ai-chi Chi-Kung Original thesis researching T’ai-Chi Ch’uan

[ Change or die. You are here to evolve, and that means transformation—rarely pleasant, always necessary if we wish to do more than languish in a past of illusions. That which does not change dies soon thereafter. It’s important to keep your training fresh and stimulating; this usually will mean putting some quality hours into solitary disciplines.

[ Comfort is dangerous, seek difficult. In training, eat bitter every day. Don’t forget to hammer basics: they will keep your workouts honest—and provide you with powerful tools to manifest new ideas.

[ Bitter alone is a poor diet. Eating bitter every day is only one side of tri-lateral equation. One thousand kicks daily will not stretch your mind’s rational capabilities, nor will it feed psychic circuits of intuition. A complete Art of leg maneuvers combines proper attention, visualization, and conscious breath control patterns, along with repetitions of well-aligned kicking form.

[ Suffering is a great Teacher, but life-threatening poverty is not Noble. It is a fact of human existence that we learn a great deal more from our struggles than from complacency. But if we are to advance in training, we must maintain a decent standard of living, thus guarding Three Treasures of Temple.

[ Chasing illusions of wealth, position, status, social power will stunt your evolution. Modern men have been divested, emasculated, and tamed through social programming by culture of commerce. We are told to defend marketing strategies, bottom lines, and aggressive growth policies of business cartels. These social programmers love money. What do you love?