JibPower
White Belt
Hi guys,
Just introducing myself on this great forum I just discovered.
I have been doing martial arts pretty much all my life. At the age of 10, I started practicing Taekwondo (in the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF)). I studied TKD for about 10 years and earned my black belt in 1991. During that same period I also had the opportunity to give TKD classes to young kids and teenagers.
In the late 90’s, my heart was telling me to search for something else, I did try a little bit of other martial arts such as Judo and Aikido, but I also got introduced to Chinese martial arts during that period. This is where I developed a true passion for the Chinese culture and the various martial arts styles coming from this country. Over the years, I accumulated several years of training in Hung Gar and Wing Chun and tried a little bit of Karate in between (something I tried with my oldest son). However, in 2008, I discovered this new martial arts school. This is where I met Shifu Ip for the first time and got introduced to the old art of traditional Baji Quan Kung Fu. I discovered a whole new branch of Chinese martial arts that I didn’t know about and literally fell in love with this style. I had found “my” ultimate style!
I trained with Shifu Ip for about 2 years in which, in addition to Baji Quan, I learned a few basics of another old and rich style called Xin Yi Liu Hue. Unfortunately, life brought Shifu Ip to move to Toronto area where he got married and founded a family. Not finding anything else of interest for me in my area, I stopped training and simply went to the gym, trying to stay in shape ;-)
Years passed by and I stayed in contact with Shifu through Facebook. In 2017, missing Baji Quan too much, I decided to contact him again to see if we could work on some kind of Baji training group under his guidance. We would bring him periodically to visit us for intensive class to continue our learning. Shifu was excited by the idea and came for our first seminar in January 2018.
Since then, I continue learning Baji Quan with him and also started training in English Boxing (with the permission of Shifu) as a way to stay in good shape.
Here's the website of our school, still under development ;-)
https://wuzhongbaji.wixsite.com/bajiquancanada/
Just introducing myself on this great forum I just discovered.
I have been doing martial arts pretty much all my life. At the age of 10, I started practicing Taekwondo (in the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF)). I studied TKD for about 10 years and earned my black belt in 1991. During that same period I also had the opportunity to give TKD classes to young kids and teenagers.
In the late 90’s, my heart was telling me to search for something else, I did try a little bit of other martial arts such as Judo and Aikido, but I also got introduced to Chinese martial arts during that period. This is where I developed a true passion for the Chinese culture and the various martial arts styles coming from this country. Over the years, I accumulated several years of training in Hung Gar and Wing Chun and tried a little bit of Karate in between (something I tried with my oldest son). However, in 2008, I discovered this new martial arts school. This is where I met Shifu Ip for the first time and got introduced to the old art of traditional Baji Quan Kung Fu. I discovered a whole new branch of Chinese martial arts that I didn’t know about and literally fell in love with this style. I had found “my” ultimate style!
I trained with Shifu Ip for about 2 years in which, in addition to Baji Quan, I learned a few basics of another old and rich style called Xin Yi Liu Hue. Unfortunately, life brought Shifu Ip to move to Toronto area where he got married and founded a family. Not finding anything else of interest for me in my area, I stopped training and simply went to the gym, trying to stay in shape ;-)
Years passed by and I stayed in contact with Shifu through Facebook. In 2017, missing Baji Quan too much, I decided to contact him again to see if we could work on some kind of Baji training group under his guidance. We would bring him periodically to visit us for intensive class to continue our learning. Shifu was excited by the idea and came for our first seminar in January 2018.
Since then, I continue learning Baji Quan with him and also started training in English Boxing (with the permission of Shifu) as a way to stay in good shape.
Here's the website of our school, still under development ;-)
https://wuzhongbaji.wixsite.com/bajiquancanada/
