Portland, Oregon Workshop

Master Sam F.S. Chin

This weekend Master Sam Chin, and disciple Ashe Higgs, will guide us in learning how to develop specific qualities the internal arts are known for, through solo exercises and partner practice.

By practicing a series of movement drills combined with attention, we will learn to unify ourselves and in turn, with a partner. It is through the physical sensitivity and awareness of the reactions of both our partners and our own bodies that we will begin to feel and act in the moment, rather than thinking and anticipating.

Here is what you will learn this weekend:

   1. Taiji & Chan (Zen) approaches to learning.

   2. Understand, both mentally & physically, five qualities essential to the internal arts:

          * Absorb & Project
          * Open & Close
          * Condense & Expand
          * Concave & Convex
          * 3-D Action

   3. To express the above qualities with a partner through I Liq Chuans specialized Spinning Hands & Sticky Hands practice.

   4. Strategies of action in dealing with an opponent.

   5. Engaging the point of contact. What? How?

Master Sam F.S. Chin

Master Sam Chin (Chin Fan Siong) has spent his life learning and refining the I Liq Chuan system.

He was a Selangor state heavy weight kickboxing champion in 1978.
During the 1980's, Master Chin continually won Push Hand Championships.

After years of study he inherited the family art from his father Chin Lik Keong, the founder of the system. Through his own practice of Buddhist Chan (Zen) philosophies he has gained a deeper understanding of the concept of Awareness. This insight resulted in the tremendous improvement of I Liq Chuan as a martial art.

Master Sam Chin has instructed countless students and promoted a select few to the level of instructor. Master Sam Chin's arduous undertaking has resulted in an increased interest in I Liq Chuan all across the globe. Long time practitioners of many types of martial arts are amazed to see how the study of the internal principles through the lens of I Liq Chuan deepens their understanding of their respective arts.

Instructor Ashe Higgs

He has been devoted to the Chinese Martial Art of I Liq Chuan since 2002 and has been a Certified Instructor since 2005.

In January of 2007 he became an official disciple under Master Sam F.S. Chin.

In July of 2007 Ashe took 1st place in the light heavyweight division (209 pounds) at the full contact Lei Tai of the Taiji Legacy Tournament in Dallas Texas and1st Place at the Kuo Shu International event in Baltimore, MD in 2008. In 2009 he recieved a silver medal at the Lei Tai Legends of Kung Fu event in Dallas, Texas in 2009.

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