New Advancements The Zhong Xin Dao Academic Approach Program – DEC 2018


ZXD ILC Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Nancy Watterson and Lan Tran, in their role as Co-Directors of the ZXD Academic Approach, have been
busy in 2018 with various academic initiatives. Their proposal, “Stillness and Motion: Using Body
Mindfulness to Observe and Connect” has been accepted for the University of Pennsylvania’s
Ethnography in Education Research Forum (Feb. 2019 with Rich Kelly and Ezekiel Mathur assisting in the
presentation). In October, Nancy and Lan presented at another scholarly, peer-reviewed conference as
part of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (ACMHE) Conference held at the
University of Massachussetts (Amherst).
On Cabrini University’s campus, Nancy and Lan piloted the inaugural cohort of the “Balance Learning
Community” for 18 first-year students enrolled in “Conflict & Cooperation,” a full-credit academic
course which revolves around Zhong Xin Dao; the course also fulfills the Values Core Curriculum
requirement for the University. Nancy and Lan received a small grant from the 1976 Foundation to
travel to the instructors’ retreat in Oregon, offered several on-campus ZXD mini-workshops to faculty
and staff across the disciplines, conducted an on-line session for graduate students in the Masters of
Education program, and gave short interviews for the campus radio station and student newspaper.
Beyond these academic endeavors, the Philly group traveled to Baltimore, MD for the Taiwan / US Tai
Chi Cultural Exchange in May (with Lan and Inari gave a demo), gained some new members and
welcomed returnees: Lan and Nancy became disciples of GM Sam Chin at the Fishkill Intensive (Feb.
2018), 4 members (Lan Tran, Nancy Watterson, Raj Singh and Ezekiel Mathur) graded for level 4 and
Ezekiel also joined them in completing his Instructor level 1; two students (Dwight Epps and Bruce
Tomascik) recently graded for student level

ILC Russian Students Outstanding Performance – Feb 2018

1) 10 Feb 2018 I did the exam for 2 children from my group (14 years old), they showed 3 dimension fajing and butterly iliqchuan form. Now they got 4th junior student level. 

2) 17 feb 2018 Iliqchuan team (26 students) participated in Moscow Kung-Fu Championship in taolu taichi form with 21 iliqchuan form,  in taolu fast forms with butterfly form, then butterfly form with butterfly knifes (children), push hands and da- dzen (fighting on the soft swords, children). The first time children showed butterfly form bare hand in competition.

The results: 16 gold,11 silver, 11 bronze. The team was consisit from  Moscow and Saint-Petersburg students from 4 ILC coaches: Alex Skalozub (sportclub KANON), Daria Sergeeva (sportclub KANON and sportclub TENGU), Marina Gubnitskaya (sportclub KOKON) and Daniil Novikov (sportclub PODNEBESNAYA). The Iliqchuan team also got special Cup and Diploma for group demonstration of 21 ILC form (5 people).

The results of ILC Team:

Coach Alex Skalozub, sportclub KANON, adults:

  1.  – Araslanov Andrey  – gold in push hands, gold in fast forms, gold in taichi form
  2. – Kulikov Sergey – gold in push hands, bronze in fast forms, bronze in taichi form 
  3. – Malakhova Tatiana –  silver in push hands, silver in fast forms, bronze in taichi form
  4. -Orlova Dina –   gold in taichi form, silver in push hands

Coach Daria Sergeeva, sportclub KANON, children 13-15 years old:

  1.  – Arkhipov Egor –  gold in push hands, gold in da-dzen, silver in fast form with pare weapon
  2. – Zverev Ilya –  gold in push hands, gold in da-dzen, bronze in fast form with pare weapon
  3. – Bogdanov Egor –  gold in push hands
  4. – Markachev Artem –  gold in push hands
  5. – Savosin Fedor –  gold in push hands
  6. – Badaev Ivan –  silver in push hands,  bronze in da-dzen,
  7. – Malakhov Svytoslav – silver in push hands
  8. -Zdetovetskaya Yulia –  bronze in push hands
  9. -Orlova Vlada –  bronze in push hands

Coach Daria Sergeeva, sportclub TENGU, adults: 

  1. -Zadernovskaya Tatiana –  gold in push hands, gold in fast forms, gold in taichi form
  2. -Zakharov Alexey – silver in push hands 
  3. – Regentov Vasiliy –   bronze in push hands

Coach Marina Gubnitskaya, sportclub KOKON, adults:

  1. – Strashnenko Ilia –  gold in push hands
  2. – Murakhovskiy Eduard –  silver in push hands
  3. -Shabardin Ruslan –  silver in taichi form
  4. – Tyulkin Anton –  bronze in push hands
  5. – Sizyaev Sergey –  bronze in fast forms, bronze in taichi form 

Coach Daniil Novik, cportclub PODNEBESNAYA:

  1. – Novik Daniil -silver in push hands, silver in fast forms, bronze in taichi form

Passing Down of The Art

On August 29, 2009, the founder of I Liq Chuan – Chin Lik Keong, officially announced his eldest son – Chin Fan Siong (Sam F.S. Chin) as the
1st Lineage Successor Holder of I Liq Chuan.

The ceremony was held during the same time as the founder’s annual birthday banquet at Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Everyone in attendance received an autographed copy of the newly published – 2nd edition I Liq Chuan System Guide.

In celebration, the founder also gave an one week intensive workshop.

 

Gatekeeper Ceremony Photos