TAI CHI
HISTORY AND LINEAGE
Sifu John Keefe trained in Tai-Chi with Master Sifu Mark for over 10 years and has learned all his Tai-Chi forms (Taste of Tai Chi, Simplified 24 Short Form, Combined Tai Chi Form, Tai Chi Sword and also the 8 Piece Brocade).
Master Bow Sim Mark is the director and founder of the Chinese Wu Shu Research Institute in Boston. She studied Yeung style Tai-Chi, Wu style Tai-Chi, and Combined Tai-Chi Chuan from some of the most famous masters in China.
Many fine students have been trained by Master Mark, her son Donnie Yen (movie star, acting in movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Ip Man, Star Wars-Rogue One, Triple X (The Return of Xander Cage 2017) and Drunken Master), and well known Wu Shu champion and teacher Nick Gacenin. In 1973.
Master Bow Sim Mark is the director and founder of the Chinese Wu Shu Research Institute in Boston. She studied Yeung style Tai-Chi, Wu style Tai-Chi, and Combined Tai-Chi Chuan from some of the most famous masters in China.
Many fine students have been trained by Master Mark, her son Donnie Yen (movie star, acting in movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Ip Man, Star Wars-Rogue One, Triple X (The Return of Xander Cage 2017) and Drunken Master), and well known Wu Shu champion and teacher Nick Gacenin. In 1973.
(Bow Sim Mark and I with two of my students
at an annual student banquet 2018)
She has lectured and/or taught classes in Chinese Wushu at many colleges and universities, she also taught a credited course of Tai Chi for many years at Boston University.
At the first International Tai Chi Chuan Competition and Sword Demonstration in 1984 in Wuhan, China, she was awarded a gold medal for her Combined Tai Chi Chuan. In 1994 and 1996 she was inducted into Inside Kung-Fu's Hall of Fame as the "Women of the Year". One of the most remarkable reasons for her greatness is her detail in performing and teaching her art.
About my teacher teacher
Sifu Bow Sim Mark
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