New England Chinese Martial Arts Expo

I’m just back from the first annual New England Chinese Martial Arts Expo.   Before I went there, I didn’t really have any idea of what it would be like, but we had a great time.   What I liked the most is that when it was time for the workshops, all of the organizers changed their shirts, and ran in to work out with the other students.  You could really see that the expo was born out of their love for the martial arts.  I met and made friends with Shifu Teasley, from New York who has studied the Wudang martial arts, both here in the U.S. and also in China.  He knew a lot of the guys who I grew up with in the martial arts school, so it was great to talk to him.  I also appreciated the fact that he took many of the other workshops.  In China most teachers put themselves on a pedestal, and would never work out under another teacher.  It’s great that things are more down to Earth here in the U.S.