defining medicine/malpractice--my training

[Guest guest]

Ooops! Perhaps my training and degree are bogus!! I have trained

with Jampa MacKenzie Stewart(of the Mantak Chia lineage), Dr. Wu

Qian Zhi(Jamie Wu), and at his request, with Mater Li Jun Feng for a

very short time. My " bogus " degree was awarded at an exhibition (I

guess it's called that) in Austin in 1997 by The World Martial Arts

and Qi Gong Federation, Zhang Yuan Ming, president. I was aware at

the time that Tai Ji (thanks for the correction) did not award belt

degrees but I think this was sort of an ambassadorial thing to

promote the spread of Tai Ji practice and teaching. I have no idea

wheather it is recognized outside it's own federation and I guess

maybe it isn't. So let me revise by saying I have four years of

formal tai ji and qi gong training and have been " requested " by the

federation to pass my knowledge on through teaching the 24 form Yang

Style tai ji. I have a cumulative 8 years of practice in Tai Ji. If

desired, I can fax a copy of my bogus certificate to anyone who

cares to examine it--it would be nice to know just what the thing

represents!

Thanks, Shanna

[Guest guest]

, " shannahickle "

<shannahickle> wrote:

> Ooops! Perhaps my training and degree are bogus!! I have trained

> with Jampa MacKenzie Stewart(of the Mantak Chia lineage), Dr. Wu

> Qian Zhi(Jamie Wu), and at his request, with Mater Li Jun Feng for a

> very short time. My " bogus " degree was awarded at an exhibition (I

> guess it's called that) in Austin in 1997 by The World Martial Arts

> and Qi Gong Federation, Zhang Yuan Ming, president. I was aware at

> the time that Tai Ji (thanks for the correction) did not award belt

> degrees but I think this was sort of an ambassadorial thing to

> promote the spread of Tai Ji practice and teaching. I have no idea

> wheather it is recognized outside it's own federation and I guess

> maybe it isn't. So let me revise by saying I have four years of

> formal tai ji and qi gong training and have been " requested " by the

> federation to pass my knowledge on through teaching the 24 form Yang

> Style tai ji. I have a cumulative 8 years of practice in Tai Ji. If

> desired, I can fax a copy of my bogus certificate to anyone who

> cares to examine it--it would be nice to know just what the thing

> represents!

 

Thanks for clarifying. It looks like you have learned and are

teaching the Chinese " state " sponsored version of Taiji that popped up

in the early days of the creation of the modern wushu movement.

 

I see you have met master Li Jun Feng, former trainer for the Beijing

Wushu Team. The last I heard, he was teaching Medical Qigong at a TCM

school in Texas.

 

Do you know if Li is a TCM doctor? Does he practice herbology and

acupuncture, or just Medical Qigong.

 

Brian C. Allen

[Guest guest]

Hi brian

Yes, I have met Master Li who gave me invaluable help with my form

(I think he said his teacher was the originator of the form which is

a simplified version of longer Yang style forms). I don't think he

does acu/herbs.

My Med Qi gong training was with Jampa who is an acu/herbalist

taught by Chia who I don't know about wheather he is trained in TCM--

I think his studies were more in anatomy/physiology. I first learned

the 24 short form from my Chinese TCM teachers who just did monkey

see, monkey do--not much in the way of really helping to learn Tai

Ji. I think this is the main form they all learn in school.

I also studied Liang Gong Shi Ba Fa, wild goose and iron shirt qi

gong and tia ji qi gong along with some more internal (nei gong)

forms including Inner Smile and the other Chia stuff for Medical Qi

Gong. These were all indispensible in helping me improve my 24 form

practice which is the one I decided to " keep " as my main practice.(A

teacher once told me a monkey can only hold, at most, two banana's

at once, even when surrounded by a forest full of banana trees)

Jampa's background is definitely Tai Ji and with his help (and

untimitely Master Li's) my practice has evolved--hopefully in a not

to bogus direction.

Shanna