John F practicing Tai-Chi in the Black Hills. Nice kick! |
-Gary John Bishop
I am writing this somewhere in the Pike National Forest... Wow August is upon us! I hope you are enjoying your Summer so far. State Fair, Irish, Fair, Renaissance Festival, all the Summer in Minnesota good times are coming up.
Thank you to the guest teachers who are covering my classes! I'll be back mid August and we'll change up the curriculum a little bit.
A great deal of work, research, and generosity has been done for us nonspeaking Chinese martial arts practioners. Many of the classical works, including books by some of Master Liang and Master Choi's teachers, have been translated into English by the scholar Paul Brennan. Check out his site and support him if you can.
http://taijihawaii.com/pages/paul_brennan15.html
Book suggestion=Wu Style Taijiquan by Wang Pei-sheng. Lots of excellent training ideas and history for all styles, with many applications.
https://www.amazon.com/Wu-Style-Taijiquan-Peisheng-Wang/dp/9622380158
I will not be accepting new students, and my classes and practice times will be closed September 1st. I am taking time to focus on the current, active students and supervising their training and progress. I have been getting many inquiries now that the pandemic is slowing and I have excellent disciples and students who are now offering beginning classes for new Tai-Chi students. If you have referrals, you can have them contact me and I will put them in contact with someone near them.
Thank you for all your support and appreciation. I am filming in the mountains and will be posting new information and lessons on my YouTube channel and my Patreon page. Please consider subscribing to my YouTube Channel, and if your are not on Patreon, supporting me on my page. Both are titled "Ray Hayward, The Inspired Teacher." I AM inspired to share these wonderful arts and sciences with you.
I'll see you soon! Keep cool, keep calm, and keep practicing,
-Ray
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Master Chen Wei-ming, 4th generation. |
Thank you, Master for the link to Paul Brennan’s translations! This is a treasure-trove of great information. I have barely stopped reading since I checked your blog and I’m going back for more now.
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