INTENSIVE TAIJIQUAN COURSE IN SABAH 2013
Participants of Intensive Taijiquan Course Sabah 2013
Sifu Mark Blohm
Shaolin Wahnam Taiwan
26th June 2013
Last week I traveled to Sabah to see my Sifu and attend his Intensive Taijiquan Course!
Where is Sabah?
Lying on the northeast section of the island of Borneo, Sabah is one of the 13 states of Malaysia, which together with the state of Sarawak make up what is known as East Malaysia.
Sabah at the north of Boneo Island
Sabah is a land of beautiful seas, majestic mountains and good food! The course was held at the foot of Mt. Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Southeast Asia and a UNESCO Word Heritage sight. The course venue was inside Kinabalu National Park at an elevation of 1500 meters. The air is fresh and the climate is cool with no air conditioning necessary.
Mr Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Southeast Asia
Taijiquan Course
Participant countries included Finland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Brunei, Taiwan, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Austria, and Singapore.
Course attendants traveled from all around the world to learn Taijiquan from Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit.
Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit
Some key skills highlighted in the course included Entering Tao, Chi Flow, Stance Training and Footwork, Exploding Force, Pushing Hands, and Striking Hands.
Sifu Mark Blohm performing Taijiquan Pushing Hands with Claudius from Italy
Many people practice what they call Taijiquan, or "Tai Chi" yet they never develop some of the basic skills which were covered in depth in this course. For example, many Taijiquan practitioners have never heard of Striking Hands, yet it is the next step in basic training after Pushing Hands.
Many Taijiquan practitioners, even so-called Masters, do not have the skill of Exploding Force, which in our school is a basic skill. Taijiquan when practiced correctly is a wonderful art enabling practitioners to attain good health, vitality, longevity, combat proficiency, mental clarity and spiritual joy.
Grandmaster Wong demonstrating a Taijiquan skill against Sifu Leonard of Austria
On the weekend preceding the Intensive Taijiquan course was the Intensive Chi Kung course, which enables participants to attain good health, vitality and long life. Many have overcome their diseases which Western Medicine considers incurable such as asthma, allergies, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer.
What a wonderful set of courses! Thank you Grandmaster Wong. You are a rare teacher bringing back the essence of these arts!
Participants of Intensive Chi Kung Course came from many countries
The above post is reproduced from Shaolin Wahnam Taiwan
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