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Michael

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SIFU MICHAEL SHAMAN has taught Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong and related martial and healing arts professionally for over 25 years. He has studied and practiced these arts extensively in the US, China and the Himalayas for over 3 1/2 decades.

Sifu Michael has taught in California since 1987, primarily in the Los Angeles area, and for the past three years in the San Francisco Bay area. He has been a training coordinator for the Los Angeles chapter of the International Yan Xin Qigong Association, is an active member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Jing Mo (Ching Wu) Athletic Association, and is certified as a Tian Gong Healer. He has been featured on American and Chinese TV in focused specials about Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong, and has appeared in a number of TV shows and feature films. He has had articles by or including him published in a variety of esoteric periodicals, including "Inside Kung Fu" and "Internal Dialogue", etc.

His principal teachers have been some of the most accomplished martial, spiritual and healing arts Masters in the world, including:
*Waysun Liao (Author of "Tai Chi Classics", Shambhala Press)
*William C.C.Chen - Grandmaster from the Cheng Man Ching lineage,
(Author of "Body Mechanics of Tai Chi Chuan")
* Peter Ralston: 1978 Full Contact World Champion
("Principles of Effortless Power", North Atlantic Press)
*Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen - Tibetan High Lama;
Representative of the 14th Dalai Lama to the US
*Dr. Yan Xin - World Famous Qigong Healer and Researcher,
( Author of "60 Characters on Traditional Chinese Qigong", Silk Skyway Press).
*Wong Jack-Man - Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster.

Currently Sifu Michael Shaman resides in San Francisco where he offers CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PERSONAL INSTRUCTION and a formal APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. Learn more at www.michaelshaman.com
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FIRE ELEMENT: WHITE CRANE WUQINXI MAY24 SF ( events » arts ) SIFU MICHAEL SHAMAN will present the first of five 3 hour intensive workshops on the FIVE ANIMAL FROLICS (WuQinXi) of HUA TO from 2 to 5 PM, SATURDAY MAY 24, at ZENTER / TEMPLE / PRANA SF, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco 94122. The FROLICS have b... read more
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MAY 24 HEAL YOUR HEART with WHITE CRANE WUQINXI 2PM at ZENTER/TEMPLE/PRANA SF ( events » community ) SIFU MICHAEL SHAMAN will present the first of five 3 hour intensive workshops on the FIVE ANIMAL FROLICS (WuQinXi) of HUA TO from 2 to 5 PM, SATURDAY MAY 24, at ZENTER / TEMPLE / PRANA SF, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco 94122. The FROLICS have b... read more
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HEAL YOUR HEART with WHITE CRANE WUQINXI MAY 24TH AFTERNOON at ZENTER/TEMPLE/PRANA SF ( events » arts ) SIFU MICHAEL SHAMAN will present the first of five 3 hour intensive workshops on the FIVE ANIMAL FROLICS (WuQinXi) of HUA TO from 2 to 5 PM, SATURDAY MAY 24, at ZENTER / TEMPLE / PRANA SF, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco 94122. The FROLICS have b... read more
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Self Healing Qigong Participatory Demonstration May 17 at Health Fair ( events » community ) Sifu Michael Shaman will present a demonstration of Self Healing Qigong techniques Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM. This will be only one of many exciting presentations made during a health fair held at Dance With Life Wellness Center, 1475 9th... read more
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