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WU-TANG
PHYSICAL CULTURE ASSOCIATION
7 1/2 SECOND AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003
212-533-1751 |
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The Wu Tang Physical Culture Association was
founded in 1979 by its director, Frank Allen. The goal of the Association
is the spread of Taoist Ideology throughout Western Culture. To further
this goal we offer courses in Taoist Martial Arts, Meditations and related
subjects. All classes are taught by Frank Allen and/or the Wu Tang P.C.A.
staff instructors. The Wu Tang PCA offers its members an informal yet serious
atmosphere where hard work and common courtesy replace the uniform and
ritual codes of many modern martial arts studios.
* Pa Kua Chang * Tai Chi Chuan
* Hsing I Chuan * The Fighting for Health System
* Chi Gung * Mandarin for the Martial
Artist * Taoist Martial Arts and Meditation
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| Frank Allen
Frank Allen has studied and practiced the
Internal Energy Arts since 1973. He was an early student of Master B. P.
Chan from whom he learned the Internal Martial Arts of Ba Gua Zhang, Hsing
I Chuan and Tai Ji Quan as well as the healing art of Qi Gong. Frank began
to study with Master B. K. Frantzis in 1976 and over the next two and a
half decades studied Frantzis’ Internal Arts, including Ba Gua Zhang, Tai
Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan Nei Gong, and Taoist Meditation. He has also studied
the Internal Martial Arts with Master Jiang Jian Yee. Currently Frank travels
annually to Beijing where he studies Cheng style Ba Gua Zhang with Grandmaster
Liu Jing Ru and Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan with Grandmaster Li Bing
Ci. Since 1984 Allen has been the disciple of Western Boxing Master, Verne
“The Bulldog” Williams.
Frank was the first person certified to
teach the Ba Gua of B.K. Frantzis and has been certified to teach Ba Gua
& Tai Ji Quan by Jiang Jian Ye. |
Testimonials
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In 1979 Allen founded The Wu Tang Physical
Culture Association of New York City which has a brother branch in Frankfurt
Germany. Over the years the Wu Tang P.C.A. has produced many tournament
champions and a core of competent instructors.
With Tina Chunna Zhang, Frank Allen is
the co-author of “Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan: The Fighting
Art of the Manchurian Palace Guard” and he has authored or co-authored
over thirty articles for the major martial arts and Taoist related periodicals
in the U.S.A. He and the Wu Tang P.C.A. video production crew have
produced twelve instructional videos covering the subjects of Ba Gua Zhang,
Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan, Taoist Philosophy, Meditation, and The Fighting
for Health System.
Allen teaches workshops around the
U.S.A. and in Europe as well as his regular classes in New York City. He
has been the Internal Martial Arts Instructor of Healing Tao U.S.A. University
Summer Retreats since 1999 and in 2005 started a joint Healing Tao U.S.A.
– Wu Tang P.C.A. Ba Gua Zhang Instructor Certification
| Terri Ferrari
Terri Ferrari began studying Yang style
Tai Chi Chuan with Robert Smith in Bethesda in 1977 and continued with
Maggie Newman in NYC. In 1986 he began studying Chi Kung with Frank Allen
and then B.K. Frantzis. Later he added both Pa Kua Chang and Wu style Tai
Chi Chuan. Terri is a certified instructor in Pa Kua Chang, Wu Style Tai
Chi Chuan and Chi Kung. Terri has a double undergraduate degree in mathematics
and psychology from NYU and a Masters in computer science from the University
of Rhode Island. To cope with his high powered positions on Wall Street,
Terri has specialized in applying his Chi Kung skills to stress reduction. |
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Terri also hosts the Wu Tang PCA website on
his Metal
Tiger Technologies Server and produced the Wu Tang PCA Videos and TV
Segments:
The
Pa Kua Chang of the Wu Tang Physical Culture Association Volume 1
- Beijing Pa Kua
Year
of the Ram Baguazhang Demonstrations for Out on the Edge IN-NYC TV
Year
of the Ram Taijiquan Demonstrations for Out on the Edge IN-NYC TV
For a more complete discription of Terri's
experience and skills go to his personal website:
http://metal-tiger.com/TerriFerrari/
| Tina Chunna Zhang
Tina Chunna Zhang has experienced Chinese
Martial Arts and dance since her childhood in Beijing, China and moved
to the U.S. in the 1980’s. She has studied and trained with the most
skillful and experienced internal martial arts masters in China.
She is a disciple of Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan Master Li Bing Ci, the
president of Beijing Wu Style Tai Ji Quan Research Center. She also
studies Classical Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang under the Master Liu Jing Ru.
She won gold medals twice in women’s sparring in Chinese Martial arts tournaments.
She is a highly nationally ranked medalist in both Tai Ji Quan and Ba Gua
Zhang forms, weapons, and push hands and she was the U.S. National Champion
in Women’s Wu Style Tai Ji Quan in 2005. Tina is also the co-author
of Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan: the Fighting Art of the Manchurian
Palace Guard, and the establisher of the Earth Energy Qi Gong for Women
program.
Serving as a cultural bridge between the
East and West, and as a professional Tai Ji Quan and Ba Gua Zhang instructor
and personal trainer, Tina Zhang has helped many people with their physical
and emotional health through her training methods and by actively teaching
Tai Ji Quan, Ba Gua Zhang and Qi Gong classes and retreats in New York,
and workshops in Europe. |
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