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Previous Special Events
2008 Special Events
Third Annual Maryland Yin Cheng Gong Fa Seminar with Master Zhang Yun. Academic Training Traditions sponsored a workshop by Master Zhang Yun on May 3rd and 4th, 2008, at the Trinity School Gymnasium in Frederick, Maryland.
Master Zhang Yun is heir to the Wu Style Taiji System passed down from the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng. Master Zhang has authored a book on taiji jian (sword) and recently co-authored a book on principles and practice of internal martial arts with his boxing brother, Master Lu Shengli. The above weekend workshop provided instruction in Wu Style taiji straight sword (jian) and staff/spear methods (sticking staff), as well as in taiji quan form, applications, and push hands sets.
CURRICULUM:
10:00am-1:00pm Complete Taiji Sword Form (Detail postures 19-32; Review postures 1-19)
2:30pm-5:30pm Taiji Spear/Staff (Basic Spear Methods and Sticking Staff Training for Spear)
Sunday, May 4, 2008
10:00am-1:00pm Taiji Quan (Form and Applications)
2:30pm-5:30pm Taiji Quan (Tui Shou and Moving Step Tui Shou)
Friday, May 2, 2008: Special Evening Session
7:00pm-10:00pm Taiji Quan Form, Corrections, and Applications
Sponsors: Paul Cote (ATT) and Robert Galeone
Capital Aikikai Dojo
Silver Spring, Maryland
Karate Clinic: A free clinic on Naihanchi kata was held on Sunday, April 20, 2:00-5:30pm, at the Frederick Area YMCA. The seminar was presented by Sensei Paul Cote of ATT (an Isshin-ryu stylist and student of Kyoshi Dane Sutton) and Sensei Charles Radi (a Koryu Uchinadi stylist and student of Hanshi Patrick McCarthy). Participants at the seminar included practitioners from the Arlington and Montgomery Karate Clubs (Isshin-ryu) and from the Frederick YMCA Karate Club (Koryu Uchinadi), and also several ranking practitioners from other styles of karate (see photo). The presentations included a look at the form and bunkai for the classical Shorin version and for the common features and some of the modifications that were adapted into the Isshin-ryu version. Emphasis was placed on how to analyze individual hand and foot techniques and the form sequences for combinations in order to develop self-defense skills inherent to the kata, and also to see how some of these basics filter through other kata as well. A variety of ideas were presented, some from Sensei Cote's added experience with Chinese internal martial arts methods.
Okinawan Karate Clinic: This clinic was held at Gilbert's Academy of Martial Arts (GAMA) in Damascus, Maryland, on Saturday, June 21, 2008, 1:30-3:30pm. The clinic covered selected fighting skills derived from Jion kata.
Don Bohan/Rick Niemira Memorial Martial Arts Championships, June 27-28, 2008, Fredericksburg, Va: We were in Frederickburg, Va. attending seminars by several recognized karate and kobudo masters and instructors, and competing in the various events. Please visit the website maintained by Sensei Wayne Wayland and his colleagues. Don Bohan's Memorial Website
Penn State Karate Club Dan Testing and Seminars. Academic Training Traditions participated in this spring's event at Penn State Main Campus, University Park, Pennsylvania on March 29, 2008. See our Isshin-Ryu Montgomery Karate Club page for group photo and description of the the seminars.
2006 Special Events
Second Annual Yin Cheng Gong Fa Seminars with Master Zhang Yun: Academic Training Traditions sponsored a workshop by Master Zhang Yun on November 4th and 5th, 2006, at the Doubletree Hotel in Rockville, Maryland. This seminar featured the Wu style Taiji Quan and Taiji Jian passed down via the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng (Yin Cheng Gong Fa Internal Martial Arts).
Master Zhang Yun is heir to the Wu Style Taiji System passed down from the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng. Grandmaster Wang authored the standard Wu style taiji instructional text that was one of three translated from Chinese along with those from Yang and Chen style lineages. Master Zhang has authored a book on taiji jian (sword) and recently co-authored a book on principles and practice of internal martial arts with his boxing brother, Master Lu Shengli. The above weekend workshop provided a comprehensive introduction on Wu Style taiji for veterans and interested newcomers, as well as an opportunity for practitioners of other taiji styles to cross-train in authentic Wu style taiji methods.
CURRICULUM:
Saturday, November 4, 2006
10:00am-1:00pm: Wu Style Taijiquan (37-Posture Form I, Tui Shou & Da Lu)
2:00pm-5:00pm: Wu Style Taiji Jian (Sword Form I, Postures 1-10)
Sunday, November 5, 2006
9:00am-noon: Wu Style Taijiquan (37-Posture Form II, Martial Applications)
1:00pm-4:00pm: Wu Style Taiji Jian (Sword Form II, postures 11-19)
Friday, November 2, 2006: Special Evening Session
7:00pm-10:00pm Taiji Quan Applications and Aikido
Sponsor: Paul Cote (ATT) and Robert Galeone
Capital Aikikai Dojo
Silver Spring, Maryland
2005 Special Events
First Annual Yin Cheng Gong Fa Seminars with Master Zhang Yun: Academic Training Traditions sponsored a workshop by Master Zhang Yun (seated 4th from the left) on October 22nd and 23rd, 2005, at the Fraternal Order of Police facility, Lodge #91, in Frederick, Maryland. This seminar featured the Wu style Taiji Quan, Liu Style Bagua, and Yin Fu Style Bagua passed down via the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng (Yin Cheng Gong Fa Internal Martial Arts).
CURRICULUM:
Saturday, October 22, 2005
9:30 am-10:00 am Arrival and Registration
10:00 am-11:00 am Qigong Warm-up
11:00 am-1:00 pm Wu Style Taiji Quan: Essential Form
1:00 pm-2:00 pm Lunch Buffet at FOP
2:00 pm-3:00 pm Lecture: Taiji Theory & Principles (Form & Push Hands)
3:00 pm-4:00 pm Wu Style Taiji Quan: Essential Form (continued)
4:00 pm-6:00 pm Wu Style Taiji Quan: Push Hands
6:00 pm Adjourn (YCGF Saturday Evening Activity)
Sunday, October 23, 2005
9:30 am-10:00 am Arrival and Registration
10:00 am-11:00 am Brunch Buffet at FOP
11:00 am-12:00 pm Lecture: Bagua Zhang: History, Theory, & Principles
12:00 pm-2:30 pm Liu Dekuan Style Bagua (Section 4)
2:30 pm-3:30 pm Demo/Hands-On: Bai Yuan Tongbei (Shi Fu Clark)
3:30 pm-6:00 pm Yin Fu Style Bagua (Section 2)
6:00 pm Adjourn
Zhang Laoshi lectured on tiaji history and theory at the luncheon on Saturday, and then on bagua history and theory at the brunch on Sunday.
Saturday morning's workshop included a qigong warm-up and Wu style taiji quan (essential form), with important details from taiji theory in relation to form practice. The afternoon featured additional details on form practice, and then moved on to Wu style push hands methods (tui shou). The push hands session included details on the theory and applications from various two-person drills, including peng-lu-ji-an.
Sunday afternoon's workshop included the movements for 8 of the 64 linear Liu style bagua methods (Section #4) and for 8 of the 64 Yin Fu circle changes (Section #2). Zhang Laoshi provided a detailed analysis on the theory and applications for 2 or 3 of the methods from each section taught.
In between the two Sunday bagua sets, Shifu Strider Clark, Zhang Laoshi's senior student in YCGF (seated 3rd from the left), provided a vigorous demonstration and some hands-on practice of several fighting methods from Shi style Bai Yuan Tongbei.