Qigong and Gohn Dagow

Occasionally I will put in a personal note, since I want to tell you about a wonderful experience I had going to an afternoon workshop in Ashland, Oregon today. I have lived here in Ashland for about 10 years, and there are so many wonderful things happening here.

I would love to share with you, about an amazing Chinese healing program called Qigong. I believe it is becoming more and more known around the world. We have one of the special Chinese Masters here in Ashland, that lived and trained in China. His name is Master Mingtong Gu, and is head of the Wisdom Healing Center. I spent 5 very powerful hours with him, and about 80 participants. I am feeling very fortunate to be able to gather with so many like minded spiritual people, and to create a synergistic Chi energy that was used for healing the individual, the group, and to send out into the world.

This Qigong definitely reminded me of my prior training with a Chinese form of martial arts, called Gohn Dagow. I trained under Master Futzu Treon for 7 years from 1990 to 1997. Today was very special for me. It was very powerful to be working in a group that focused and developed the Chi energy, and being with another Master.

Qigong is more focused on healing the body, and not using it for martial movements, but I found many similarities. Both modalities date back to ancient China. And both help you learn and use your Chi force.

I would love to share a little about Gohn Dagow. It originated in 2800 B.C., and is considered a classical, southern Chinese, soft, monk form of martial arts. Soft style is different from hard style movements, soft styles emphasize internal power, called Chi and exemplify flowing motions. Hard styles emphasize external, physical power, and tense sharp rigid movements. Tremendous speed can be developed in both styles, and both can teach the development of Chi. There were many beautiful ancient philosophies, closest to the Toa tradition, that were taught to us. This and more can be found in the book Gohn-Dagow Movements for Health and Self Defense found at their web site www.gohndagow.com

Also, from today’s event, Master Mingtong Gu’s web site is www.chicenter.com. I would love to have you check out both sites, and learn more about them. My training in Gohn Dagow was life changing for me, and prepared me for many of my challenges in my life,. I owe so much to Futzu Treon who passed on in 1998. And to Futzu Hickmond, who is now head of the American Gohn Dagow Association and lives and teaches in Bend, Oregon.

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