Ni Hao!
I became interested in Baguazhang approximately 17 years ago, there are not many people who teach this art. I started training with a friend who was more experienced in Bagua then I started reseaching this vast and diverse art. In Oct 2004 I came across a workshop with Shirfu John Painter being held in Toronto by Shizi Eric Reynolds. Since I had and had been learning from Shirfu Painter’s video series Nine Dragon Baguazhang for Street combat I decided to go.
The workshop was on Jiulong Baguazhang’s Earth Palm, what really impressed me was how genuinely friendly everyone was and how much time Shirfu Painter spent with everyone especially the new people. It was also very impressive that such a large person could redirect someone with such little force.
There was so much information shared during the course of the 2 day workshop, I realized how much there was to learn. So I started going to the classes in Toronto, now I’m working towards becoming a certified instructor.