Articles

NOTE: Sifu Justin’s articles are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded (for free) if you don’t already have it installed.

• The Hun Yuan Taiji of Grand Master Feng Zhiqiang This article was written after studying in Finland with Grand Master Feng during the summer of 2000. It is an updated and revised version of Sifu Justin’s article, which first appeared in Tai Chi Magazine. Also, Sifu Justin had the opportunity to meet privately with Grand Master Feng and ask questions about his Hun Yuan system.

• Revisiting Master Feng Sifu Justin and several other students traveled to Finland to attend Grand Master Feng’s workshop.
• Comparison of Yang Cheng Fu and Cheng Man-Ching
• Practical Taiji Sword

For Beginner students

• Taijiquan Traditional and Expected Classroom Behavior
• 9 BASIC TAIJI PRINCIPLES For Beginners
• Lecture Powerpoint Presentation by Sifu Justin at INTERNATIONAL T’AI CHI SYMPOSIUM 2009

Body Mechanics

• Pumping The Kua
• Taijiquan Energies: Peng, Lu, Jee and An
• Silk-Reeling Article Sifu Justin gives a detailed description of three of Grand Master Feng’s silk-reeling exercises.
• Grand Master Chen Xiao-Wang Teaches Standing Mediation
• A Master Feng Zhiqiang Early Lecture on Taijiquan and Body Mechanics

Qi Gong

• Yin/Yang Supplemental Qigong Excercise

Taoism (Daoism)

• Tao Te Ching (TTC) and the Art of War (AOW) (Stategies for Survival)
• Philosophical Foundations of the Chinese Garden Aesthetic

• 1st bio from www.chinafrominside.com
• Interview with Grandmaster Feng by Jarek Symanski
• Biography of Grandmaster Feng ZhiQiang A short bio of Grandmaster Feng in English and Chinese at Master Zhang’s Site.
• 2001_Feng_Lecture Grand Master Feng’s Lecture – Principals of HunYuan Taijiquan.

• Chen Fa-Ke A biography of one of Grandmaster Feng’s teachers.
• Chen Fa-Ke demonstrating the First Set of Chen Style Taijiquan (Part One) Pictures of Master Chen Fa-Ke doing the first 32 postures of the Chen Style yilu. This is from Jarek Szymanski’s Website with a great deal of text translated by him from the original Chinese

• Hu Yao Zhen A biography of one of Grandmaster Feng’s Xin Yi and Qigong teacher.

• US Feng Zhiqiang Chen Style Taijiquan Academy Master Zhang Xue Xin’s Site with pictures, articles, classes, materials, form descriptions, videos, and more.
• Biography of Master Zhang Xue Xin A short bio of Master Zhang in English and Chinese at Master Zhang’s Site.
• A Magical Qigong Moment with Master Zhang Xue Xin

 Articles featuring Sifu Justin Meehan

• Shifu Justin Meehan and Hun Yuan Taichi
• Health QiGong for Fall Season and Lungs
• Interview on the Secrets of QiGong Masters

• Jason (Meehan), Jardena (Green) and Carolina (Sanchez) from St. Louis Chinese American News.
• Two local teens win International Chinese Kung Fu Championship
• St. Louis Chen Style Taiji Event with Master Zhang
• St. Louis Chinese American News 11th Annual International Chinese Martial Arts Championship Jardena Green, Jason Meehan, Meehan won 1st and 2nd places.
• St. Louis Tai Chi Examiner Jason Meehan – A Poster Child of Taichi