MMTCA November Newsletter 2025

Prof. Zheng Manqing, showing the perfect foot and navel alignment for Golden Rooster.

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”

~Richard Bach

 November is upon us, the days grow short and nights are getting longer, and darker. A good time for reading, meditation, and going deep inside yourself with your practice. You are a seed, deep in the Earth…

Thank you to my subs during my Delaware Seminar, I always get good reports back on your teaching, and I’m grateful. Thank you, Margo, Julie, and Fred.

Thursday Hybrid classes start November 6^th. Here is the link and you will find the links regularly on my Patreon Page. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82282055017?pwd=La4FMOBq15lNbKJurldJNKFTUh7JbW.1

 It is with a heavy heart and a grateful spirit that I inform you of the passing of my classmate, brother, friend, and medicine man/shaman, Robert “Bob” Klanderud. Bob used to drive me to St Cloud for class with Master Liang in the early 80’s. Bob was generous in sharing his knowledge about Native American healing and spirituality. I’ll see you on the other side Hoka Hey!

No classes on Thanksgiving, Nov 27^th , but there will be classes Saturday, Nov 29^th.

People have been asking me about astrology and getting their charts read. I recommend Karen Barton, my astrologer for many years. Call Karen and make an appointment to have your chart read, get a deeper understanding of astrology, and find out some amazing things about…YOU! 

Karen Barton 612-819-8943

 

Paul Brennan translation= The Study of Xingyi Quan by Sun Lutang

https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/the-xingyi-manual-of-sun-lutang/

 

 I don’t usually share videos of clips in the newsletter, but this one is pure gold! It gets to the difference between pushing and punching, something we’ll be exploring in Willow #4.This is from Joe Lewis, the pioneer of full contact karate and kick boxing, and a teacher par excellence. Grandmaster Joe Lewis founded American Karate and catalogued his extensive career as a professional fighter in a system that is being taught today, years after his passing. Learn and enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eYK7wtGi2wQ

 

Book suggestion= I’ve recommended this book many times. If you don’t own it, you are in for a treat! If you already have it, take it out and give it another read, you’ll be surprised! My suggestion is,

Tai-Chi Chuan and Meditation by Da Liu

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31353852039&dest=usa&ref_=ps_ggl_18382194370&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade0to10-_-product_id=COM9780805240115USED-_-keyword=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17190383930&gbraid=0AAAAAD3Y6gvl-V55XTS72D_-SBNTc5BKL&gclid=Cj0KCQiAq7HIBhDoARIsAOATDxATLcSPmYGSnyOWpgNy3i6HNcw67fN7hxgdlB0bRzgV41C22xW2W2waAnP8EALw_wcB

 

The monthly Pushing Hands Zoom class begins Monday , November 24^th. I’ll send out an invite closer to the date. If you haven’t been receiving an invite, and want to be included, email or text me.

Niu Chunming, right, student of both Yang Jianhou and Yang Chengfu.

Thank you all for journeying with me on the inward path to relaxation, awareness, and self-discovery, otherwise known as Taiji.

-Sifu Ray

 

“Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.”

~ May Sarton

 

 

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Grandmaster Wang Ziping teaching his grand daughter the sword.