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the senior students, a disciple of Tung Hu-Ling,privately demonstrated some of the forms <strong>to</strong> me.2. M<strong>as</strong>ter Gin Soon Chu prefers <strong>to</strong> describe thelineage system he teaches <strong>as</strong> Traditional <strong>Yang</strong>Family Tai Chi Chuan <strong>as</strong> distinguished from otherderivatives of the style (like Cheng Man-Ching'sand Wu-Shu competition forms).Copyright (C) 2004 by RN***This article w<strong>as</strong> first published in Rapid Journal,an internal arts magazine in thePhilippines edited by Daniel Go, a Tai chi chuanteacher and martial arts scholar.Rene J. Navarro, Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM), a licensed acupuncturist,is a senior instruc<strong>to</strong>r of theHealing Tao. He edited Grandm<strong>as</strong>terMantak Chia’s "GreatestEnlightenment of Kan and Li" and"Sealing of the Five Senses," manualsin the high Taoist spiritualpractice of internal alchemy, "Chi Nei Tsang InternalOrgans Chi M<strong>as</strong>sage," the m<strong>as</strong>ter guide onabdominal manipulation, and "Dao-In," the bookon meridian activation and muscle stretching. Histraining in Chinese arts started 50 years agowhen he studied Shaolin Dragon-Tiger Kung-Fuwith M<strong>as</strong>ter Johnny Chiuten and later withGrandm<strong>as</strong>ter Lao Kim of the Philippines andHongkong. In 1989 he w<strong>as</strong> chosen Healing TaoInstruc<strong>to</strong>r of the Year. Rene h<strong>as</strong> been studyingthe curriculum of Traditional <strong>Yang</strong> Family Tai ChiChuan, including fist and weapons forms andPush hands under M<strong>as</strong>ters Gin Soon Chu and VincentChu, lineage m<strong>as</strong>ters of the system. Asidefrom a diploma in acupuncture and certificate inChinese herbology, Rene holds a Bachelor of Artsdegree in political science and a Bachelor of Law.In an earlier incarnation, he worked <strong>as</strong> a lawyerfor indigent clients. He teaches on four continents.For more information, go <strong>to</strong>www.renenavarro.org48 <strong>Yang</strong>-<strong>Sheng</strong> (Nurturing Life) Volume 3, Issue No. 3

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