Disciple and Sifu ceremony in Minnesota

On Oct 29, 2011, the head Instructor of Chinatown Tai Chi Center of Minnesota, Sifu Phyllis Calph had passed her Senior Advanced
or black fringe level testing of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan with Gm Doc-Fai Wong.

On October 30, 2011, the Bai-si ceremony was held at the buffet lunch party in her senior students Yvonne and Troy's house.

Seminar poster of the seminars conducted by Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong
from Friday, October 28th through Sunday, October 30th, 2011.

Photos are of the 5 Animals Play Qigong seminar.

Photos are of the Tai Chi Five Element Broadsword seminar

Chinatown Tai Chi Center presents
"A Weekend with Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong"
Seminars were given from September 18, 19, 20, 2009 and included Plum Blossom Small Jian (straight sword),
Form and Applications, and the Plum Blossom and Chasing the Wind Fan Forms.

Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong invited by Sifu Phyllis Calph of the Chinatown Tai Chi Center
to teach tai chi two person hand form and the 8 and 16 steps tai chi forms
on September 23 - 25, 2005.

photos provided by David R. Volker & Ben Zvan

Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 16, 2004 to conduct some seminars over
the weekend at Chinatown Tai Chi Center with Sifu Phyllis Calph. Friday evening September 17, Grandmaster Wong
taught a class on push hands techniques for 2 hours. September 18, Saturday morning the Tai Chi forms seminar was
geared for the beginning students of 50 people. Saturday afternoon was an Exhibition open to the public and attended by
over 100 guests. They saw demonstrations of the tai chi straight sword, broadsword, staff, and the fighting fan.
Grandmaster demonstrated the Chasing the Wind Fan Form and Buddha Palm. Simu McRitchie demonstrated a
Lo Han Fuk Foo form. The local Plum Blossom Kung Fu Schools showed some women’s self-defense techniques and
performed a two-person staff fighting form. In the evening, a banquet enjoyed by over 50 students and friends in a
Chinese restaurant with Grandmaster Wong. September 19, Sunday afternoon Grandmaster taught the Plum Blossom
Fan Form seminar. The last seminar was a lecture by Grandmaster about the differences between and the history
of the weapons used in tai chi. Monday September 20, Sifu Phyllis Calph took Grandmaster Wong to the largest
shopping mall in the U.S.A., the Mall of America before his departure back home.

tai chi seminar	snake creeps down	push hand training	tai chi jian
GM teaching	golden rooster standing on one leg	tai chi fan	tai chi saber
the group	tai chi self defense	form application	application of roll back
tai chi fan	tai chi form	Sifu Phyllis Calph	tai chi sword
staff demo	GM performing tai chi fan	Simo Peggy McRitchie	GM watching the demo
two-man staff	GM performing Buddha Palm	inside the mall	GM finishing the fan
Sifu Phyllis Calph	Sifu Calph asks GM to tear a phone book	tearing phone book	tearing phone book
tearing phone book	the school performers	largest mall in USA	presenting a gift to GM
GM with the Plum Blossom kung fu schools	Banquet with Peggy and Phyllis	Banquet	GM in Banquet

Sifu Phyllis Calph of Chinatown Tai Chi School invited
Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong to Teach Seminars in
Minneapolis, MN in October 2002

 

Seminar with Sifu Phyllis Calph	Grandmaster with students of Chinatown Tai Chi School in Minneapolis	Chinatown Tai Chi School in Minneapolis October 2002
Grandmaster with Sifu Phyllis Calph	Sifu Phyllis Calph and students	Seminar in Minnesota. October, 2002

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