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32841 SE 47th Pl Fall City, WA 98024
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425-392-4712
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QI GONG (chi gung) - Exercises for the Life Force
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Learn the secrets of Time Away From Time
Overwhelmed?
Not enough minutes in a day?
No matter where you go, there you are?
Do you lack energy to do your own daily routine?
Do you suffer from recurrent fatigue or illness?
Have you forgotten how to relax, how to breath, how to stand straight,
or how to hold yourself with relaxed ease? Not enough minutes in a day
to exercise? Not enough time to take care of yourself? Learn the secrets
of Time Away From Time
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Qi Gong Classes are
Monday & Wednesday from 7:00PM to 8PM.
Qi Gong is also taught during private lessons.
Cost for private lessons is $60 per hour
Qi Gong Seminars -
February 20th & 21 2010 San Domingo Ranch - Time Away From Time Seminar
Many thanks to my most gracious host
Patricia Dougherty at the San Domingo Ranch in Beeville Texas
I was a pleasure to teach Qi Gong, Xiong Jiang Wing Chun and to serenade
everyone on the Piano
I look forward to returning to continue my teaching.
Daoist Ceremonies and Marriage Rituals - by
appointment
Many thanks to my friend and mentor Dr Thomas McCombs
for compling this information on our
History of Dao Dan Pai Qi Gong
Dao Dan Pai
The Daoist Elixir School
a history of a Daoist Lineage
Thomas McCombs DO
He Feng Dao Shi
abbot, Jin Dan Guan
The Li Family had been the Imperial Family of the great Tang Dynasty, from
618 to 907 CE.
In the discord following the Tang collapse, five different families/dynasties
each held the Imperial Throne for a few years before the era ended
in 960 with the ascension of the Song Dynasty.
During this Five Dynasties period, the second of these five dynasties was
again (briefly) the Li family. Five Li emperors ruled from 923 - 936 CE,
and the fourth of these five was Li CongHu, known as the Compassion Emperor.
His son, Li ShaoYang, was a sickly young man, deemed too frail to become
Emperor. The imperial throne passed to the adopted brother of the Compassion
Emperor, Li CongKe, who had only ruled two years when the Li Family fell
from power in 936 CE.
Li ShaoYang, the frail young prince, was allowed nearly free rein to amuse
himself with rides in the countryside while his adopted uncle was groomed
for the throne. It was on such an excursion that Li ShaoYang met Lu DongPin.
Prince Li was intrigued by the exercises that he saw the old man performing,
and asked if he could become his pupil.
Lu DongPin was a Daoist Immortal, the pupil of JungLi Chuan (sometimes called
Han JungLi, having been a general in Han Dynasty times). Lu DongPin is the
Founder of the Complete Reality (Quan Zhen) School of Daoism, and remains
highly revered today.
Lu DongPin trained Prince Li for three years, so improving the Prince’s
vitality that the Compassion Emperor insisted on meeting with his son’s
teacher. Following his formerly frail son (in secret) to observe the man
& training that had so empowered him, the Compassion Emperor interrupted
the training and Lu DongPin vanished.
When the Li Family again fell from power in 936, Prince Li ShaoYang went
into hiding in a Daoist Monastery. The exercises that he had learned from
Lu DongPin became the Cloud Hand (the 31), the Shen, the Six Sections (6
Stars), the Nine Pieces Lotus Flowers (9 Flowers), the Tendon Change (Shake-hands),
the Five Dragons and other internal & external practices of the Dao Dan
Pai (Daoist Elixir School). This sect is one of the many of Ancestor Lu DongPin’s
sects, such as the Dragon’s Gate Sect (Lung Men Pai), still practiced in
modern times.
The transmission of Dao Dan Pai from one teacher to the next is documented
by the Lineage Poem (bei fen shi). Each teacher’s generation is represented
by one word of the poem, and each teacher takes his/her Daoist surname from
the word that corresponds to that generation’s level of transmission. In
this tradition, the first word/name of the Dao Dan Pai Lineage Poem is Xuan,
meaning the dark or the hidden. It makes sense to assign such a name to Prince
Li, as he had to remain in hiding from the next Imperial family. His students
cultivated the practices that Ancestor Lu had taught Li ShaoYan, transmitting
them from one generation to the next over the next ten centuries.
The Dao Dan Pai remained in active practice at GuiLin Guan (Acacia Grove
Temple). The location is not known to this writer. It is possibly located
in the region of GuangXi Province known as Gui Lin. A 24th generation master,
Chen Poi (Daoist name: Jing Feng) left GuiLin Guan for a Dragon’s Gate (Lung
Men) temple on Mt LoFa in GuangDong Province in the 1920’s. Residing in Yellow
Dragon Temple (Huang Lung Guan) as the Vice-Abbot, Chen Poi took several
students from the region to train in Dao Dan Pai. His fifth student was from
Dragon Virtue Village (LongDe Li in TaiShan, LiAo region) in Guang
Dong Province: Share K. Lew. Lew trained with Chen Poi for 13
years; learning the practices, and living the rituals of Daoist monastic
life with the Dragon's Gate monks in residence. Master Lew left the temple
in 1946, and China in 1948. Chen Poi remained at Huang Lung Guan and
was imprisoned by the new communist government in 1949.
The 25th generation of Dao Dan Pai is represented in the USA by Grand Master
Share Kimyuen Lew (Daoist name: Yi Feng). He trained with Chen Poi
at Huang Lung Guan from the early 1930’s to the mid 1940’s. After leaving
the temple in 1946, Master Lew trained in the TaiJi Ruler system under Chao
JungWa. In addition to the Dao Dan Pai system, Grandmaster Lew’s heritage
includes the first three exercises of TaiJi Ruler (Chih, Shen and Two-person
Chih), as well as Iron-hand technique & ChoiLiFut gongfu from his uncle,
Lau (Lew) Ben of San Francisco. The Dao Dan Pai heritage includes the
Internal (qigong) alchemical practices listed above, the external (boxing)
skills, animal forms (Tiger, Crane, Dragon Palm, Snake), weapons skills
& forms (double daggers, spear, staff, cane/umbrella, bench & hoe),
external qi healing, manipulative medicine (tui-na), and a herbal formulary
with three liniments: dit da jow, dit da shang and hand-practice, and ten
internal recipes: seasonal change, bone/sinew, eye brightener, anemia, cold
feet & week knees, itching & damp, high blood pressure, uterine bleeding,
and internal injury.
Teacher, Warrior, Healer (herbalist, bonesetter and external qi), Alchemist,
Sage & Priest: many ancient masteries were embodied in this tradition.
Master Lew taught non-Chinese beginning in the 1970’s, and has been a honored
teacher at the Taoist Sanctuary of Los Angeles (later the Taoist Institute),
and the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego. He has students across the USA, in
Europe and Japan.
Master Lew is a profoundly skilled and culturally unique individual. His
skills are broad and his attainment is deep. It is an honor to have trained
in these traditions under him and with my school siblings, his students.
Thomas McCombs DO
He Feng Dao Shi
Abbot, Jin Dan Guan (1993 - 2001, Issaquah, WA)
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Tai Ji Chih (Ruler)
Sundays 10 am—3 pm, with an hour break for
a group lunch, (included)
Qi Gong seminars are taught quarterly at the Kung Fu Club of Fall City/Issaquah,
by Sifu Johann Sasynuik. The one day seminar costs $90 Class time usually
runs about four hours per day with an hour break for a group lunch. Tai Ji Ruler - Tai Ji Chih Chao family
system Qi Gong This rarely taught system of Qi Gong, uses a carved wooden
ruler (Chih),
cupped between the hands to practice the Tai Ji – great pivot. (Qi Gong
- literally - Life Force Cultivation, Qi (Chi) = vital energy) The Chih is
moved slowly through the aura to strengthen the life force by promoting
spinal flexibility, body symmetry and relaxed movement, while maintaining
the present moment. A unique Tai Ji Qi Gong form; the complete form consists
of a set of eight exercises including standing, seated and reclined practices.
The entire set, once learned, takes about 25-30 minutes to complete, perfect
for persons with a busy schedule. Participants will have their breathing
skills deepened and their leg strength increased, as they learn these powerful
exercises to promote longevity, health and resolve illness.
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Dao Dan Pai Shen Gong
Great Bird Spreads Wings—Tonic
for Mind & Spirit
Two Dragons Come Out of Cavern—Strengthens Muscle
Spirit Dragons Meet—Builds the Life Force
Green Dragon Out of Water—Good
for the Tendons
Push
Window Observe Moon– Good for Eyes
Hero
Subdues Tiger—Strengthens Bones
Orchid
Hand—Good for Internal Lungs
Double
Spread Palm—Good for External Lungs
Swimming
Dragon Appears—Good For Liver
White
Snake Thrust Tongue—Good For Heart
Yin and
Yang Mix—Good for Spleen
Right and Left Reverse Wind Wheels—Good
For Kidney
Photographs
courtesy of Dr. Tom McCombs D.O. / He Feng Dao Zi / Abbott of Golden Elxir
Temple. Sifu Dr. McCombs represents the 24th generation of the Dao
Dan Pai Lineage
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Dao
Dan Pai Cloud Hand (Short Set)
Heron— healing exercise for the entire body
Circling Palms— good for Heart & Blood pressure
Squats—good for Lungs and morning cough
Pinch Up & Swallow—good for Liver
Arms Cross—good for digestion
Straight Legged Prayer—good for Kidney
Earth Meditation— to improve your sleep
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Dao Dan Pai Six Stars Set
Right, Left Cross Word
Right Left Penetrate Hand
Bosom Embrace Great Pivot -The Tai Ji
Front Back Encircle Hand
Everything in Universe returns to Origin
Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain
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Sifu Sasynuik can teach you how to help yourself.
TODAY
Taught by a former fortune five hundred corporate salesman Survivor of
twenty-one years of 100% commission sales, Turned Entrepreneur, Master Warrior,
Philosopher, Musician and Sage
Owner of the Kung Fu Club Fall City/Issaquah/Fu Shan Guan,
Kung Fu / Qi Gong Teacher Sifu Johann Sasynuik
Qi Gong - Exercises for the Life Force / Kung Fu - Great Work
Personalized Private Lessons One on One
Enjoy the benefits of your own personal Kung Fu/Qi Gong Trainer
Enjoy your private lessons in the comfort of the Kung Fu Club Fall City/Issaquah
and Treat yourself to an immersion in the restorative powers of
Sifu Sasynuik's Private Gardens on the banks of the Raging River
Private Lessons by Appointment: Contact:
Sifu Johann Sasynuik @425-392-4712 or johtzu@mindspring.com
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Earth Meditation - Seated Practice; considered the most important Qi Gong
exercise
Floating Palm Seminar - Mother's Day May 11th 2003
Tai Ji Ruler Seminar - 4/25/99 Seminars taught by Sifu Dr. Tom McCombs
D.O. and Sifu Johann Sasynuik
Shen Gong of Dao Dan Pai Seminar - 9/20/98
DAOIST LINKS
Tao Institute
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Daoist Studies
National Qi Gong Association
Qi Gong Association of
America
Abode
of the Eternal Dao
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Healing Dao
USA
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Healing Arts
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