Every Day Training from the Master with MATT HOLKER
When I started travelling on the road to workshops with Sigung Clear, I needed to get my skills up fast.
With that goal in mind, Sigung Clear invested some personal time and attention into me.
Every day in the office he checked me on ONE THING. He took at least a few minutes testing me and giving me feedback on just One Thing, over and over and over again.
This workshop is an hour long intensive session on getting that One Thing.
Matt first got involved in the Martial Arts in 1984, when he was 5 years old. Drawn to the effortless power of Tai Chi at an early age, he spent nearly 20 years searching for a teacher willing to share the Internal aspects of the Art.
Matt met Richard Clear in May of 2015, and by August 2015 he had moved to Maryville to train with the Master. Since then, Matt has taken on more and more responsibility with the Clear Tai Chi organization.
Matt is the Regional Organizer for the Maryville area in Tennessee, and is the primary contact for Clear Tai Chi students worldwide.
Hanging from a Bungee Cord: Puppet Master or Puppet? – with Mark Michaud
Hanging from a bungee cord is one of the first things you learn in Clear Tai Chi.
It is a component of the Wu Chi ten points and helps in the proper alignment of the other nine points, as well as good Zhong Ding.
- Through this seminar, you will:
- learn to test proper head connection.
- learn to use the Yi to change the length and energetic qualities of the cord.
- Use proper head connection to help attain better alignment.
- MORE SUNG!
Mark began training in the martial arts in 1984, and started teaching in 1994. He earned third degree black belts in Kempo, and Tang Soo Do, as well as a first degree black belt in jujutsu. He has had additional training in long fist kung fu, judo, and filipino martial arts.
Mark is the 2005 middle weight gold medalist in shuai chiao (chinese wrestling) with the US national Kuoshu championships, as well as a two time silver medalist in lei tai (full contact kung fu) in the US international Kuoshu championships.
Mark has had an interest in internal arts since 1990, but was unsuccessful finding true internal arts. In 2018, Mark was fortunate to be introduced to Clear’s tai chi. This was a life changing moment. Mark has been practicing internal arts exclusively since this time.
Mark is the Clear Tai Chi Regional Organizer for mid/west Michigan, covering Grand Rapids and Lansing.