Kelley G's blog

As i read through student posts I get the sense that you all want to hear something more about the training process.  In short, each of you are recognizing the difference between the Tai Chi Chuan mindset and the I Liq Chuan mindset. Although tai chi principles support both training methodologies, the training approaches are very different.

Thank you to everyone who made the 1st Annual ILC Winter Retreat an amazing success.

Thank you Sifu Sam Chin and Simo, Yen Lee and Yin Yin for choosing Tucson as the location for the ILC Winter Retreat and the first public 7 Days training intensive in the US.

It was wonderful seeing students from the US get a chance to meet and train with Alex Skalozub, Daria Sergeeva, as well as see, in the Russian visitors skill, where our training curriculum can take students dedicated practice.

In order to know what I know and do what I do, you must train like I train.

Thank you all for your dedicated practice. As this Year of The Dragon commences let us all feel deep and abiding gratitude for the great treasure that is our lives and in our curriculum that helps to enrich our everyday experiences. I wish each of you the best of health and prosperity in the coming year. Train well and regularly.

For UCB Program students who have completed the 8 week course, I am making live classes availble over the web. If you are an active student paying tuition, there is no additional charge. For those who are not active students, please setup an automatic payment for distance learning using the form on the 'classes' page.

Chi factory students are eligible once they have completed Stage 2 training and have been designated as 'Ongoing' students. Create an account on UCB Program using a different email address than the one used on Chi Factory.

Now UCB students can train anytime, anywhere.

Weekly live online instruction and self paced curriculum.

Find out more at http://ucbprogram.com/distancelearning

Enjoy!

Below is our official translation, however one of my students was kind enough to have a non martial artist friend translate. I have found it helpful to shed some light on a very challenging read.

Here's a sample of our Chi Factory Distance Learning Program.

Master Sam FS Chin makes an appearance for the Russian TV show 'TV Channel Fighter' to demonstrate his family's martial art, I Liq Chuan®.

You may find this video interesting. Springs, Latches, Saddles and Hydrodynamics are all there.

Every year Tom Elias and The Kung Fu Studio run mini Self Defense workshops for the women at the Salvation Army. I ran an introductory standing meditation and KOLD Channel 13 did a Live piece on this issue. Thanks to all who attended and those students who helped out.

If the video does not load, please use this direct you tube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGHyYINV88.

You can read all about it here:
http://iliqchuan.com/content/martial-arts-attention-recognizing-space

This year the 4 Day Intensive was great! Ashe and I met new students and reconnected with old. Training was great and we got to visit the Monestery where sifu first shared his familiy art.

On Chinese New Year I completed the Discipleship ceremony and am now a formally adopted member of the I Liq Chuan Family.

Another great workshop with Master Sam F.S. Chin has come and gone. What a great time! I was happy to meet some new practitioners and revisit friends and was sorry to have missed several this time around. I am also happy to announce that I have been graded by Master Chin and received Student Level Five ranking in the I Liq Chuan system.

so here's an article that caught my eye...
video here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN88QIsMHqA
enjoy,

This story was told by Master Sam Chin at the 2006 I Liq Chuan Intensive retreat in NY (I recall it fairly well, let me know if I've missed something):

There are 8 brothers working together to run a store.

Check out our videos from Phoenix promoting I Liq Chuan and Master Sam F.S. Chin's terriffic book!
First two feature Ashe and yours truly... The last,  Ashe and Benjamin.
Enjoy!

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