Martial Arts - Wise Orchid Taijiquan & Qigong

September Events!

Sifu Viola August 30, 2015 August 30, 2015Broadsword, Burien, capitol hill, Chen Tai Chi, Classes, free, Master David Leung, QiGong, Seattle, Tai Chi

Special Weekend with Master Leung! and Free Trial Classes to celebrate the coming of fall!

Master Leung returns to Seattle on September 19th & 20th for a weekend workshop series to push your practice to a new level. Get your registration in by September 5th to save $10 per class!

Join us Saturday the 19th for Yin Yang Medical Qigong and Universal Tai Chi Principles.

Then Sunday, all are welcome regardless of experience level to practice the Yang Tai Chi Broadsword.

Details below:

Register for Master David Leung's Tai Chi and Qigong Workshops coming up on September 19th & 20th here in Seattle!

Also coming in September, Burien Community Center’s Free Fitness Trial Week! Join us for the following free classes:

Tuesday, September 15th, 10:45am, Tai Chi for Everyone in the Lakeview Room, Burien Comm. Ctr.
Tuesday, September 15th, 6:00pm, Chen Style Tai Chi in Hilltop, Burien Community Ctr., and
Wednesday, September 16th, 10:45am, Qigong – Health of Body, Mind & Spirit in the Lakeview Room, Burien Community Center

Also, we are offering a demonstration class and trial of Tai Chi and Qigong at South Seattle College on September 23th at 6pm at the Chan Center, Classroom 101.

For more information about any of the classes, contact Sifu Viola Brumbaugh.

Celebrating World Tai Chi Qigong Day – 2014

Sifu Viola April 28, 2014 April 28, 2014benefits, Cal Anderson Park, capitol hill, Classes, free, health, QiGong, Seattle, spiral, Tai Chi, taijiquan, World Tai Chi Qigong Day, Yang Tai Chi

April 26, 2014, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA – With over 35 people coming together at Cal Anderson Park, we joined with millions of people in over 70 countries worldwide to celebrate World Tai Chi Qigong Day…
Join us next year, 10am the last Saturday in April and again wrap the world in healing… One World… One Breath…

Seattle World Tai Chi Qigong Day 2014 – 5 Element Qigong Water Yang

5 Element Qigong Standing Post – Fire Yin

Wave Hands Like Clouds

Chen Taiji Cloud Hands Play

Tai Chi Play at Cal Anderson Park

Tai Chi at Cal Anderson Park

Silk Reeling

2014 World Tai Chi Qigong Day – Silk Reeling Practice

World Tai Chi QiGong Day 2012, Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA

Sifu Viola April 30, 2012 June 11, 2012Beacon Hill, Classes, Gallery, Jefferson Park, QiGong, Seattle, Tai Chi, taijiquan, World Tai Chi Qigong Day

Part the Wild Horse's Mane, Yang Tai Chi's 24 form, World Tai Chi Qigong Day 2012

One World …. One Breath ….

What an incredible morning! Saturday, April 28, 2012, World Tai Chi Qigong Day, I woke to the forecast of clouds and occasional showers. Â I was braced for the changeable spring weather of Seattle such as we had last year, with a torrential downpour just before we got started and then brilliant sun. Â This year, I brought sunscreen just in case, and the skies did not disappoint. Â Down to just a t-shirt and no hat, you’d think it was already summer in Seattle.

And so we arrived at Jefferson Park, not knowing how many people would be able to come. Â I know weekends in the spring are a slam of opportunity as we Â come out from under the cover of winter… You have many options and obligations of things to put your energy toward. Â But you came, you practiced, and together we created some positive qi and inspiration to all our bystanders at Jefferson Park. Â I thank you all who were there in person and in spirit, joining in the wave of healing circling the planet. Â With 35+ people in attendance and several dozen onlookers, we had an amazing turn out! Â Folks came from Bellevue, Auburn, Renton, Burien, West Seattle and around Seattle proper as well.

We practiced some Joint Lubrication Longevity Qigong exercises, Silk Reeling, Tai Chi Walking, and then jumped into some Yang 24 Tai Chi form, Topping it off with some Chen Taiji Laojia Yilu and the finale’ the Yin Yang Medical Qigong! Â Whew! Â Such a treat to have two hours to play together in the park!

2012 World Tai Chi Qigong Day Participants, Jefferson Park, Beacon Hill, Seattle,WA

Yang 24 Tai Chi Group at WTCQGD 2012

Wise Orchid Taijiquan & QiGong, World Tai Chi Qigong Day Seattle 2012 Yin Yang Medical Qigong

for more pictures, check out my flickr page

Thank you to Rusel DeMaria and Leo Manzano for taking these great pictures!

chance encounters, walks with Masters, bumpy roads & wet laundry

Sifu Viola October 1, 2010 November 18, 2010China Travel and Training

Friday early evening, 9/10, somewhere in Henan Province, China, Just gave up on drying my laundry in my room, so took my tree climbing throwline which I brought as a clothes line and took it out to the trees for some different kind of tree rigging.Â My roommate, Janet, and I now have our underwear hanging out in the grove just outside the building here at the fishing villa resort.

We are located about a half hour drive from Chen Village, so this morning after practice and breakfast, we 13 plus loaded into the bus and headed for the birthplace of Taijiquan.Â We had just parked outside the shrine entrance when Zhu Tiancai appears walking toward us.Â We had hoped to be able to arrange some sort of get together with him at some point, but to meet in the middle of the lane was such serendipityâ€¦Â We took a stroll with him down through the famous drainage ditch of Chen Village, passing old men training young men along the path, stopped to do a little demonstration for the Grandmaster (insert bug eyes here) and of course got the feedback that we work hard and need to keep practicing.Â Then we continued on down the ditch and up the path to where his house is being reconstructed.Â It was so cool, he gave us a personal tour of his new home and training spaces.Â This was all before even touring the shrine and museum.Â Â Â We completed the tour, including having some of his students from Venice who were staying there forÂ a month of study, demonstrate for us, and then went on with our tour of the villageâ€™s shrine to Taijiâ€™s origins and ancestors.

Chen Taiji Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai shows our traveling Taijiquan group around Chen Village

We were given a personal tour through the halls and temple and grounds and museum taking pictures and paying our respects, and then went on to a tailorâ€™s shop and were measured for custom Qipao outfits.Â Exhausted by the humidity and the heat and the long morning, we headed to lunch which turned out to be another banquetâ€¦Â I head down to the hall for dinner here shortly and am looking forward to more of a family dinner again.Â The place where we are staying, not only catches and serves you fresh carp, but is also an organic farm that serves you all the vegetables they are growing.Â So far this trip has been an amazing journey. And I havenâ€™t even been here a week.Â Hydration and rest are the biggest difficulties.Â But so far my gut is in good shape and I am staying healthy.

The Taijiquan Shrine in Chen Village

Yesterday we went to Yun Tai Mountain which is a national heritage site and hiked down through the red rock gorge and up to the Grand Waterfall.Â Imagine Yosemite and the Rock Wonders of Utah together on steroidsâ€¦Â I canâ€™t even begin to describe the awe of this place.