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Tiger Celebration

By admin, 1 March, 2010, 1 Comment

Two days ago the Academy has a “closed door” seminar to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. And what did they practice?

Tiger Celebration Pictures

By admin, 1 March, 2010, No Comment

More images from out New Year’s get together…

Pirates and Prevaricators

, the truth about rank

By admin, 25 February, 2010, No Comment

I hear this all the time, two sides of the same story. “Black Belt 
doesn’t mean a thing!”

Event: Tiger Kung Fu for the Tiger Year

By admin, 21 February, 2010, No Comment

For all students at the Academy including our new Self Defense group with John Ottenberg, we will be celebrating the Year of the Metal Tiger this Saturday, February 28th, with a number of events.

Event: Movie Night

By admin, 14 November, 2009, No Comment

Friday the 13th welcomed a friendly, “family” gathering of students and teachers at the Academy of Martial Arts, Santa Cruz. “

At the Academy: Qigong seminar

By admin, 5 October, 2009, No Comment

October 4th, 2009. We had a great, tough but great, seminar on the famous Qigong regimen known as the Wu Dang. If you want to read about it here’s the link to our copanion site.

What is Bagua Zhang…

By admin, 5 November, 2008, No Comment

It is often said that the martial studies are about fighting. This is hardly the whole story any more than mathematics is about adding up your shopping receipt.

Event: Benefit for St. Jude Childrens Hospital

By admin, 28 June, 2008, No Comment

Two schools, under teachers Luke Gelin and Ted Mancuso, held a benefit on Saturday, June 28th. The money collected will go to research to find cures for children with catastrophic diseases—a special mission of this fine organization.

Click to see some photos from the exhibition.

Event: Grandmaster Willy Lin at the Academy

By admin, 18 September, 2007, 1 Comment

linimar3September 18, 2007: It’s 12:25 a.m. and we just finished our GRANDMASTER WILLY LIN SEMINAR a few hours ago. We had thirty participants and to say it was a success would be an understatement. Instructor Ted Mancuso started with a little background on Willy (as he likes to be called) mentioning that he was the first person to bring BajiQuan to the United States; the first person to write an English language book on the art of Chin Nah; the first to introduce the Rope Dart in demonstration and, of course, the carrier who introduced T’ien Shan P’ai to the Western world.

Profile: Ted Mancuso

By admin, 13 September, 2006, No Comment

Our Head Instructor, Mr. Ted Mancuso, has been instrumental in promoting Chinese Martial Arts through his articles and teaching.