St. Louis Taijiquan instructor, Sifu J. Justin Meehan and his school have been invited to return to China for the 3rd International Hunyuan Taiji Exchange Conference to be held in Beijing China this October 2011. This is a special event at which Sifu Justin and his students will be honored for their contributions to traditional Chinese Culture, especially TaijiQuan, Qigong and Taoist philosophy. This event is honoring world famous Grand Master Feng Zhiqiang who will also be celebrating his 83rd birthday. His students will also be competing in international Taiji Form and Push Hands competition and attending workshops. Sifu Justin has been asked to present a special Taiji demonstration for the International Taiji Masters Demonstration and his St. Louis school will be officially recognized by GrandMaster Feng and his HunYuan Taiji/Qigong Association. (www.hunyuantaiji.com.cn)
J. Justin Meehan, a local St. Louis, Mo. lawyer, first began studying Taijiqian in 1967 and continued studying under many of the world's most famous Grand Masters and with Grand Master Feng Zhiqiang in Beijing in 1981. He is also the formal disciple of Master Zhang XueXin. (www.SilkReeler.com) of San Francisco, CaL. His many articles in martial art magazines helped to popularize Chen Taijiquan, HunYuan Taiji/Qigong and Grand Master Feng throughout the world. He is a world recognized WuShu Competition Judge of Taiji Form, Sword, Push Hands and Free Fighting. He is President of the Chinese Internal Arts Association; the Taoist Research and Resource Forum; the St. Louis HunYuan Center, which recently sponsored a workshop with Master Feng XiuQian; and the Regional Director of the Feng Zhiqiang Taijiquan Academy, USA under Master Zhang Xue Xin. Website: www.StLTaiji.com
He is accompanied on this trip to Beijing for the Third HunYuan International Taiji Exchange Conference by Carolina Sanchez Donas, who will become the new Director of the Feng Zhiqiang HunYuan Taiji Association in Santiago, Chile; Beckah Voight Reed, head of the Webster University Dance Dept.; St. Louis/New York Actress/artist Kennedy Yanko, who is donating artwork for the HunYuan Conference Charity Auction; the youngest US female Push Hands Champion and teacher of Taiji for Seniors, Jardena Green; US martial artist and Court Sheriff, Richard Green; and Dr. R. Shawn Tucker, P.T, co founder of Therapeutic Taiji for Health (www.therapeutictaichiforhealth.com) which combines scientific physical therapy methods with simplified HunYuan Taiji and Qigong for students with physical and age related challenges. |
