Daoist Gate Martial Arts

Our new web site is finally finished!

daoistgate — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:30:24 +0000

Xuan Yun’s new home page has finally been completed.

This blog has been relocated to the new site, and we have also incorporated new photos, video, and will be hosting a regular chat on Daoist philosophy and martial arts.

Come check it out!

Second New York workshop added…

daoistgate — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:17:21 +0000

Wudang Kung Fu Workshop

It’s been a busy month. Xuan Yun has been teaching private lessons in Taiji and Qigong as well as a regular class in Boston’s Chinatown. He also spoke and did demonstrations for highschool martial arts students at Boston Latin School, and lectured to a class studying Chinese Religions at Boston University. This weekend we’re are headed to New York for a workshop on Saturday. We have just add a second Wudang Kung Fu workshop on Sunday November 16th in New York’s Chinatown. As Xuan Yun is leaving for China his upcoming Wednesday, this will be his last U.S. workshop before heading back to Wudang (don’t worry, he’ll be back in February).

New York Workshop – Nov 15, 2008

daoistgate — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:32:12 +0000

We’d like to let everybody know about an upcoming workshop in New York. Xuan Yun will be hosted by Sifu J. Teasley, who we were so impressed by at the New England Martial Arts Expo in Connecticut.

To register, click here.

New England Chinese Martial Arts Expo

daoistgate — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:11:24 +0000

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.

Busy days!

daoistgate — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:58:48 +0000

Hi everyone, Xuan Yun here (Julie translating). It’s been an incredibly busy month for the two of us. This month we filmed two DVD’s (Wudang Taiji Quan, and Wudang Kungfu Fundamentals). I also went to New York and participated in the NTDTV Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition. I came in second place, and was given a beautiful Chinese short-sword. But, the best part of the competition was driving out with friends and enjoying New York together, as well as meeting many other martial artists. We have a video montage of the making of the Taiji DVD which is also up at YouTube. Here is is!

New Event Listing

daoistgate — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:11:34 +0000

This weekend (Sept 27-28) Xuan Yun will be participating in the International Chinese Martial Arts Competition hosted by the New Tang Dyansty Television.

New event listing

daoistgate — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:34:30 +0000

Xuan Yun will be teaching a workshop on the Wudang style martial arts at this year’s Chinese Martial Arts Expo New England. The event is held in Hartford, CT on Saturday, October 4th.

U.S. trip update

daoistgate — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:40:07 +0000

Hi everyone! Xuan Yun here (Julie translating). We’ve been very busy lately. I’ve been in the U.S. for almost a month now. I spent the first week or so getting over the jet lag and settling into the different rhythm of things on this side of the ocean. We’re trying to get a lot done, but it hasn’t been easy. Last week we spent a day working in the yard, and I ended up with very bad poison ivy, which lead to my first trip to a U.S. hospital. We don’t have poison ivy in China. It’s no fun. The poison ivy was just in time for a demonstration I did with YMAA (Yang’s Martial Arts Association) who we are working together with on the upcoming DVD’s. I feel good about the demo, and helping to raise money for the Children’s Hospital, but am now taking a few days to get healthy again. Tomorrow I’ve got the first of the Wudang Kungfu Fundamental’s class. I’m sure I won’t be at my best, so hopefully the students will be patient. A reporter at the demonstration told me about an upcoming competition in New York, and we’ve decided to go. I haven’t done competitions in a long time. I’ve always felt that it’s way more useful to focus on my own practice, and I hate dealing with all the competative baggage that comes along with competitions. But, I’m also very curious about the state of Chinese martial arts in the U.S. so it is too much to resist. I definitely want to see who else is there, and what sort of things people are working on. I’m very new to the U.S. martial arts world, so it would be great to make some friends! Anyone else going, please come and say hi.

Demonstration…

daoistgate — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:55:04 +0000

Xuan Yun is doing a martial arts demonstration this Saturday in Copley Square (Boston). All proceeds will go to the Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Anyone interested should come down and say hi!

Upcoming Classes. . .

daoistgate — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:29:39 +0000