By WILLIAM J. BROAD
On a cold Saturday in early 2009, Glenn Black, a yoga teacher of nearly four decades, whose devoted clientele includes a number of celebrities and prominent gurus, was giving a master class at Sankalpah Yoga in Manhattan. Black is, in many ways, a classic yogi: he studied in Pune, India, at the institute founded by the legendary B. K. S. Iyengar, and spent years in solitude and meditation.
New research adds weight to the increasingly recognized theory that trauma is a factor in the development of chronic pain.
By Jennifer Davis
Muscle Deterioration In Patients With Lung Disease Seen Connected To Heightened Carbon Dioxide Levels In The BloodScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2009) — Muscle deterioration in patients with lung diseases might be a direct consequence of high carbon dioxide levels in their blood, an international team of researchers headed by Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found.
Sifu Jimmy Wong
Sifu Jimmy Wong is the U.S. Master for the International Chin Woo Federation headquartered in Shanghai, China, and is the founder and Head Master of the America Chin Woo center in Dallas, Texas. Master Wong has trained two National Champions: the Women's Traditional Forms Grand Champion at the 1992 & 1994 U.S. National Chinese Martial Arts Tournament in Orlando, Florida and the 1991 Men's Northern Shaolin Champion at the International Chinese Martial Arts Championships in San Francisco, California.
Mr. Wong holds many National and International Advisory positions to various kungfu organizations and has given workshops in many countries. Mr. Wong has taught kungfu at the University of Houston, Tai Chi and Qigong at the Texas Hei Long Jiang College of Traditional Medicine, Tai Chi and Qigong to doctors at the Beijing International Acupuncture Center, Swedish Wushu Federation, Stockholm and Singapore Chin Woo.
In 1998, his student competed against the Chinese competitors in the 5th 1998 International Yongnian Taijiquan Championship in Handan, China, and won 1st place in Wu(Hao) form and Wu(Hao) Tai Chi sword. During the same trip, Sifu Wong was promoted by the China Yongnian Taiji Association and given the only Wu(Hao) Grandmaster title outside of China. Sifu Wong's mission is to spread the Wu(Hao) Tai Chi in North America and make it available to anyone who is interested. He recently established the North America Wu(Hao) Taiji Federation, which is based in Dallas, Texas. He has a strong belief in preserving the traditional Tai Chi. Sifu Wong was also the first to produce a Wu(Hao) Tai Chi video. Additionally, Master Wong holds several certificates of training and is a Texas Licensed acupuncturist, and is currently the president of USA Taiji Federation.
J.K. Wong Kungfu Tai Chi Academy
1778 N. Plano Rd. Ste. 108
Richardson, TX 75081
972-680-7888
Professional Member of the National Qigong Association
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