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Maryland Yin Cheng Gong Fa
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North American Yin Cheng Gong Fa - Master Zhang Yun
Shi Style Bai Yuan Tongbei - Master Strider Clark
Maryland Yin Cheng Gong Fa
Paul J. Cote, MS, PhD
Academic Training Traditions
PO Box 475
New Market, Maryland 21774
e-mail: att8@verizon.net
phone: 240-994-0475
The YCGF logo and the photographs of Master Zhang Yun and of the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng of Beijing are courtesy of Master Zhang Yun and the North American Yin Cheng Gong Fa Association. Grandmaster Wang is demonstrating representative postures (L to R) from Northern Wu style taiji quan, from Hebei style xing-yi quan, and from Yin Fu, Cheng Tinghua, and Liu Dekuan styles of bagua zhang.
Maryland Yin Cheng Gong Fa Internal Martial Arts
Yin Cheng Gong Fa Fellowship 2008. This coming weekend, August 16 and 17, we will be at Penn State in University Park, Pa., participating in this event. The Penn State Karate Club (see our MKC Isshin-ryu page) is hosting the YCGF Internal Martial Arts Family headed by GM Zhang Yun for a series of demonstrations and seminars. For information on the program, please refer to the YCGF page, and click on the Fellowship Event. In addition to participation in the training, we will be presenting a short seminar on Sunday morning on selected aspects of linear bagua methods. Spectators are welcome to the opening ceremony for the event as space allows. Participation in this event is by invitation only.
Regular Classes (Fall 2008)
SUNDAY (10:30 AM-12:30 PM): Yin Cheng Gong Fa Wu Style Taiji Quan Study Group
Aug 31; Sept 7; Oct 5, 19, 26; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23; Dec 7, 14
[11 classes in Wu style taiji; no classes Sept 14, 21, 28; Oct 12; Nov 30; Dec 21]
SUNDAY (12:30 PM-1:30 PM): Yin Cheng Gong Fa Yin Fu & Liu Dekuan Bagua Zhang
Aug 31; Sept 7; Oct 5, 19, 26; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23; Dec 7, 14
[11 classes in YCGF bagua; no classes Sept 14, 21, 28; Oct 12; Nov 30; Dec 21]
Fall Classes held at:
Gilbert Academy of Martial Arts (GAMA)
9867B Main Street
Damascus, Maryland
The GAMA facility is located in Damascus on Main Street (Rt 108) across the street from the "Druid", in the back and downstairs of the dark gray Enterprize Rent-A-Car building (next to a Mobil Gas station). You can enter a Safeway shopping center as you approach Rt 124 on Main Street (Rt 108), or directly from Rt 124N, or enter directly off of Rt 27 via High Corner St. The area around the building has been undergoing construction lately and so parking may be problematic. You can park in the area near Safeway and walk to the rear of the dark gray building where the facility is located. Alternatively, you can pull in from Main Street along side the Mobil gas station and circle down around behind the station and park in available spaces near the GAMA facility entrance.
Yin Cheng Gong Fa - Wu Style Taiji Quan Study Group. This 2-hour class features the Wu style taiji passed on from GM Wang Peisheng via Master Zhang Yun. This class is ongoing and consists of continuing practitioners of this style, and practitoners who have studied other styles and who wish to join in at an intermediate level of form practice and martial arts applications. Two-person drills include methods from Wu style taiji tui shou (push hands) and da lu (big roll back), along with various internal application drills inherent to the taiji form.
Yin Cheng Gong Fa - Yin Fu & Liu Dekuan Bagua Zhang. This 1-hour class features instruction and practice of selected forms from the circular changes of Yin Fu style bagua, and from the straight line forms of Liu De-kuan style bagua passed on from GM Wang Peisheng via Master Zhang Yun. This class is designed mainly for continuing students of these styles. This fall we will provide continuing instruction and review for the first 16 of the 64 linear methods of Liu style, and also for the last 8 of the 64 circular methods of Yin Fu style.
New Students - Please Note: New students interested in taiji are welcome and should plan to come initially during the 12:30pm-1:30pm time frame. At that time, you can receive introductory instruction for several weeks in Wu style taiji that will prepare you to join in with the regular study group. New students interested in bagua can join in with the ongoing bagua group at any time.
Please wear comfortable clothing. In deference to the wishes of our host (GAMA), no street shoes may be worn on the training hall floor. Practice in bare feet, socks, or indoor-only tai chi shoes.
THURSDAY (6:00 PM-8:00 PM): Beginner & Intermediate Taiji Courses
Sept 18, 25; Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Nov 6, 13, 20
Note: These two introductory classes are sponsored by Hagerstown Community College (HCC) and are available only to those who register for the respective courses via HCC Continuing Education, Healthy Living. For course descriptions, go to the Healthy Living link and scroll down after you click here. You need to register in advance for these courses via HCC by September 16.
Fall Classes will be held at:
Emma K. Daub Elementary School Gym
1221 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Take I-70 to Exit 29 and Route 65N toward Hagerstown. Proceed 1.1 miles on Route 65N (S. Potomac St.) and the school is on your left. Turn left into the parking lot and come to the side door at the loading dock to enter the gym.
6:00-7:00 PM: 10 classes, beginners, taiji primer form for wellness. The material covered in this course is strictly for health and wellness, but can also serve as an introduction to the intermediate level practice of taiji for health and martial art.
7:00-8:00 PM: 10 classes, continuing students, primer form review and Wu style taiji. This intermediate level course includes continuing review of the primer form and the first one-third of the authentic Wu style taiji form. The class is offered mainly for those interested in health and wellness, but can also provide an introduction to taiji as a martial arts practice.
Wu Style Taiji Quan is passed on today by Master Zhang Yun of Pittsburgh, Pa., who inherited it from his teacher, the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng of Beijing. GM Wang's Wu style taiji lineage derives from Yang Luchan, Yang Banhou, Wu Quanyu, Wang Maozhai, and Yang Yuting.
Please wear comfortable clothing and footwear, or practice in bare feet, socks, or tai chi shoes.