GUESTBOOK ARCHIVE (2003-2006)

Date :    8 March, 2005 First Name :   alejandro Age :   27 City/Country :   chía Comments (40 words max) :   great page! I´m a yang shi practitioner from colombia, south america. There are no chen shi teachers here, so your page is great info while I find a sifu. Keep it up!! Congrats!!! My Martial Arts background :   Yang shi tai chi Wing Chun kung fu Kali BJJ Email :   alejogonzalez77@yahoo.com Website :    Date :   08-03-05 First Name :   Ian Age :   32 City/Country :   Scranton, Pa USA Comments (40 words max) :   This is a great site for tai chi. Love the clips and informative information. My Martial Arts background :   20 years wing chun 6 Years yang tai chi 11 years xing yi quan 3 years ba gua 1 year Liu He ba fa 6 months sun tai chi Email :   shifu@shenlungyi.com Website :   www.shenlungyi.com Date :   Feb 27, 2005 First Name :   Eric Age :   53 City/Country :   Betrmuda Comments (40 words max) :   Hi, From a chen style tai chi practioner in Bermuda My Martial Arts background :   Tai chi since 1998 Email :   emartin@gov.bm Website :    Date :   Feb 27 2005 First Name :   Vincent Age :   31 City/Country :   Atlanta USA Comments (40 words max) :   Here is Master Zhenglei Chens web site: www.cstjq.com (Chen Shi Tai Ji Quan web site). You can view the real Chen style there. My Martial Arts background :    Email :   liuwenkai@yahoo.com Website :      Date :   Feb 27 2005 First Name :   Vincent Age :   31 City/Country :   Atlanta USA Comments (40 words max) :   I mean that the moves that you teach here is not as accurate as what Master Zhenglei Chen demonstrates. Please improve your moves and postures. My Martial Arts background :    Email :   liuwenkai@yahoo.com Website :    Date :   Feb 27 2005 First Name :   Vincent Age :   13 City/Country :   Atlanta USA Comments (40 words max) :   I like this web site. However, I have seen the video of Old Frame II and Sword demonstrated by Master Zhenglei Chen of the original Chen family, I dont think the moves of the routines are authentic enough. Some of your moves or postures have lost its power. My Martial Arts background :   Been practicing Chen Old Frame II and Sword since 1992. Email :   liuwenkai@yahoo.com Website :    Date :   1/25/05 First Name :   Kevin Age :   39 City/Country :   Davenport, IA USA Comments (40 words max) :   Looking fwd to your club when I complete chiropractic school and move to NZ. My Martial Arts background :   20 yrs Karate/5 yrs Yang Tai Chi currently learning Old Frame and Bagua. Email :   kms18d@yahoo.com Website :    Date :   25 January 2005 First Name :   Mike Age :   21 City/Country :   Slovakia - Bratislava city Comments (40 words max) :   I think that this is the one of the best sites about Chenshi Taiji quan. My Martial Arts background :   Im studying Chenshi with teacher Qin mingtang /disciple of Zhu tiancai and some of the other teachers/ and with teacher Wang yingshen. Im practising Taiji about 3.5 year. Im really love Chenshi! :-) Email :   lilong@zoznam.sk Website :    Date :   29/12/04 First Name :   Kieran Age :   22 City/Country :   Gainesville/USA Comments (40 words max) :   I am very pleased with the free videos you offer. it is in the Taiji spirit to spread the word of the art free of charge. Im looking forward to seeing more! Kieran McGrail My Martial Arts background :   approximately 4 months studying chen style Email :   kieranmcgrail@hotmail.com Website :      Date :   25/12/04 First Name :   Joanna Age :   36 City/Country :   Todmorden/England Comments (40 words max) :   What a generous web-site. Thank you - Ive really enjoyed downloading and watching the performances over the last couple of days. I love Chen style, too. Its really the only genuine Taiji style. My Martial Arts background :   Bagua, Xingyi, Taiji (various), Praying Mantis, Eskrima, Silat, Email :    Website :      Date :   1/12/2004 First Name :   Tou Age :    City/Country :   Cook Islander Comments (40 words max) :   Kia orana Malisa Ng, excellent website. My Martial Arts background :   I have been practicing Tai Chi with the Northshore Chinese Society and took part in the Tai Chi Day at Howick. Meitaki Maata (thank-you)for the opportunity to be part of and to of learn this amazing old tradition. (known as Toto by my new friends) Tou Email :   tauhau@xtra.co.nz Website :    Date :   12 Oct, 2005 First Name :   oliver Age :   20 City/Country :   auckland Comments (40 words max) :   nice looking website bernard! keep up the good work. thanks malisa for being such a great teacher! My Martial Arts background :   chen taichi 2 and 1/2 years Email :   oli@pl.net Website :    Date :   17\08\04 First Name :   Evan Age :   22 City/Country :   Jamestown, OH USA Comments (40 words max) :   Great site. I cant help coming back to see some of the new demos, which are some of the best Ive seen. I think your site is a wonderful contribution to the promotion of Chen style Taijiquan. Keep up the great work. My Martial Arts background :   I have studied Yang style Taiji for 3 years now. I have also been a student for 2 years of Jeff Radcliff and Vinnie Rivera,whom are indoor disciples of Grandmaster Chen Qingzhou. Email :   heifner.2@wright.edu Website :    Date :   08-03-2004 First Name :   Tero Age :   33 City/Country :   Finland Comments (40 words max) :   Nice videos of the old Chen style form. Read most of the background information wiht great interest. My Martial Arts background :   Karate, Jiu-Jiutsu, Aikido, Kendo, Savate... Email :   tero.pajunen@satama.com Website :    Date :   15 Jul 04 First Name :   Darren Age :   32 City/Country :   London, UK Comments (40 words max) :   Excellent site... I am from NZ and will be travelling there next year... will definitely look in when I am there... keep up the great work... one of the best Chen sites on the web... My Martial Arts background :   Just started Chen taiji, had very minimal training in TKD, Okinawate, Wu Chi Tao, Wrestling Email :   shadowdh@yahoo.co.uk Website :    Date :   8/7/04 First Name :   Sue Age :   50 City/Country :   Manchester United kingdom Comments (40 words max) :   Hi, my student found your web site which is really well made. We are always expanding our Tai Chi family, our motto is Friendship Through Tai Chi My Martial Arts background :   1990 began to study Xinjia yi lu. 1197 Lao jia yi lu with Chen Xiao Wang 1998 trained with Master Liming Yue in UK, Xin jia yi lu, Xin jia er lu, dan jian, tui shou 1999 In Chia with Chen Zheng Lei revised Xin jia yi lu 1999 to date close student of M Email :   taichicollege@supanet.com Website :   www.taichicollege.co.uk Date :   1/7/04 First Name :   rosa and jim Age :   60+ City/Country :   auckland Comments (40 words max) :   excellent site My Martial Arts background :    Email :   rosaandjim@clear.net.nz Website :    Date :   06/29/2004 First Name :   Martin Age :   26 City/Country :   Jakarta/Indonesia Comments (40 words max) :   Nice page and really helpfull for chen taichi practitioners. My Martial Arts background :   Chen taichi xinjia (Yilu), Mixed Baji Quan (Zhang, Huo, Li) Email :   mrizal@rtmglobal.com Website :    Date :   6/21/04 First Name :   David Age :   34 City/Country :   St. Louis/USA Comments (40 words max) :   I just wanted to thank you for the wealth of information on you website, and also to tell you that Malisa performs the forms beautifully and I look forward to future vidos. My Martial Arts background :   beginner Email :   davidallenleonard@yahoo.com Website :    Date :   28/05/04 First Name :   Denshichiro Age :   36 City/Country :   San Diego, USA Comments (40 words max) :   Nice site. I find your explanative mindset to be well balanced. Not overly provocative, nor overly cautionary. Have I found taiji in your words? ;) My Martial Arts background :   1st year taijiquan. (24 yang, 73 sun, 32 sword, now Chen laojia yi lu) Email :   denshichiro_kuroyama@hotmail.com Website :    Date :   10/4/2004 First Name :   Colin Age :   53 City/Country :   Auckland Comments (40 words max) :   Very impressed with the website (and I have looked at a few) The body is not as young as it once was, Tai Chi looks like the next step on the path,(when the student is ready the teacher will appear) My Martial Arts background :   Iado,Karate,37yrs - Black Belt, Email :   xtr251933@xtra.co.nz Website :    Date :   25/03/2004 First Name :   Jose Age :   33 City/Country :   canary islands Comments (40 words max) :   Hello, with your videos i know chen style, i practise yang style, but i like very much chen style, do you thing that i can learn chen form if i adquire a video. In canary island there isn´t a teacher. My Martial Arts background :    Email :   mancompu@idecnet.com Website :    Date :   23/3/2004 First Name :   Blue Age :   45 City/Country :   New Zealand Comments (40 words max) :   Malisa, congratulations on becoming 20th Generation Disciple of Master Zhu Tian Cai at tea-ceremony last Sunday amongst your students & friends. Great feeling & enthusiasm amongst Workshop attendees. My Martial Arts background :   Yang TaiChi Email :    Website :    Date :   22/03/2004 First Name :   Kelvin Age :   25 City/Country :   New Zealand Comments (40 words max) :   Congratulations Malisa!! & Thanks a lot to you and Bernard for all the time & efforts you guys put into the club, this seminar and this wonderful website!! We all had a good time training this month, didnt we?!! :P My Martial Arts background :   Tae kwon do, Aikido, Capoeira, Yang family Taijiquan, and Chen Style Taiji Email :   kelvin@taichichen.com Website :   www.taichichen.com Date :   20/03/2004 First Name :   moses toyota Age :   25 City/Country :   singapore Comments (40 words max) :   this website need to improve My Martial Arts background :   Aiikido 7th dan; Tan Lang Quan; Ba Gua Zhang;Hong Quan; Chen Style Taiji Email :    Website :    Date :   08/03/04 First Name :   Kelvin Age :    City/Country :    Comments (40 words max) :   (from the office :P) It was GREAT last Saturday, wasnt it?! Im sure all of us down here were honoured to be able to see Master Zhus performance in person. Looking 4ward to the seminars! My Martial Arts background :    Email :    Website :   www.taichichen.com Date :   11-2-04 First Name :   sp.lee Age :   29 City/Country :   penang,malaysia Comments (40 words max) :   you was train under master wong in KL, i am train under the supervising of master LEE in penang.it is nice of you to buit this website as a sign to honoring master wong.well done. My Martial Arts background :   11 years in chenshi taijiquan, 2nd-done black belt in taekwondo. Email :   splee10@yahoo.com Website :    Date :   1-27-04 First Name :   Mario Age :   54 City/Country :   San Francisco USA Comments (40 words max) :   I am grateful for the video clips, they give me a wider appreciation for the form. I have seen a Sifu practice and teach in Golden Gate Park and I am thinking of begining to learn it. How do I obtain the video? My Martial Arts background :   I studied Kendo and Sun style Tai Chi when young, about 3 years ago I began learning the Yang long form, but have fallen in love with the movements of Cen style fter watching Sifu Bryant Fong perform. I know it is more demanding, but I am willing to learn Email :   Dawg1e@aol.com Website :    Date :   13 January 2004 First Name :   Annette Age :   46 City/Country :   Auckland, New Zealand Comments (40 words max) :   Hellow Melisa! I thoroughly enjoyed being back into the swing of classes yesterday - was surprised that my body remembered as much as it did! See you Wednesday! My Martial Arts background :   Nil! Email :   askannette@xtra.co.nz Website :    Date :   18/12/2003 First Name :   Kelvin Age :    City/Country :    Comments (40 words max) :   Hi Bernard, Malisa & everyone else, hows things? Kindest regards and seasons greetings from Monica and I. Very hot here in Kuching. Train hard and have a great holiday!! :P My Martial Arts background :    Email :    Website :    Date :   4 12 03 First Name :   Ray Age :   53 City/Country :   glos/england Comments (40 words max) :   The site is very informative, especially the TuKy Lam articles which I have been using for a while. Have learned much that I would not have learned otherwise. Congratulations Ray My Martial Arts background :   Hung Gar for many years with Jimmy Chan Liverpool - taught for a while then Chen Tai Chi with Kam Lau and Grand Master Chen Xiao Wang for about 11 years. Hve small school in Glos Email :   rayrb1949@hotmail.com Website :    Date :   21.11.2003 First Name :   Ruzica Age :   47 City/Country :   Split,Croatia /Europe Comments (40 words max) :   Thank you for your nice article inintro,it gives me needed courage for go further in my own treining and teaching . I have been chen style practicioner and is become my way of life My Martial Arts background :    Email :   rozas57@hotmail.com Website :    Date :   10th Oct 03 First Name :   Jules Age :   52 City/Country :   Norwich (UK) Comments (40 words max) :   Very nice website (much better than mine), thank you for the tour. I thought the lady performing the pao choi on video did really well. My Martial Arts background :   Student of Tse Wei Jing (Michael Tse) , who is a student of my sigung Chen Xiao Wang. Been training in Chen for 12 years. Still trying to get it right. Email :   julian.wilde@ntlworld.com Website :   www.norwichtaichiandqigong.co.uk Date :   sept.25 , 2003 First Name :   Bernard Cotroux Age :   45 City/Country :   Belgium Comments (40 words max) :   Thanks for this beautiful site and all the resources, esp. the free video clips. I found this site while looking for information. Im an abolute beginner (first session last week !). My Martial Arts background :    WebSite :    Date :   24/09/2003 First Name :   Craig Age :    City/Country :   Auckland Comments (40 words max) :   Hello there We are a production company that is putting on the NZ Matrix Revolutions Premiere in Auckland on the 5 November. We would really like to have a Tai Chi Display going on as the special guests enter the cinema. Probably about 10 people may My Martial Arts background :    WebSite :   craig@madant.co.nz Date :   20Sept2003 First Name :   TP Age :   55 City/Country :   Malaysia Comments (40 words max) :   Found the website and saw the name. Taijicise and Malisa are two familiar name I used to know. Perhaps they still the same. It is wonderful to note that Chen Taiji is now popular in New Zealand where I once lived. My Martial Arts background :   After leaving Taijicise in Bangsar. I was offered to teach Chen Taiji in Chungling Alumni Association KL until now. WebSite :    Date :   18/09.2003 First Name :   habe Age :   15 City/Country :   papua new guinea Comments (40 words max) :   malisa, i am a great fan of your site (even though Ive only been on it for a couple of days. Im also a great fan of taichi since I first heard about it. anyway Id like to too send some pictures and intructions to me becuase where I live we have nothing My Martial Arts background :   yellow belt in karate WebSite :    Date :   17/9/2003 First Name :   Yanlong Wang Age :   36 City/Country :   Zheng Zhou/China Comments (40 words max) :   Want to visit your school,or learn and help to teach Taiji Chen-style. My E-mail is: cyyjch@sina.com My Martial Arts background :   I begain to learn Taichi Chen style when I was 10,from Chen Zhenglei, who is the famous master in China ,from more than 10 years, Im the master to teach Taichi for nearly 10 years. WebSite :    Date :   09.09.03 First Name :   Michael Age :   25 City/Country :   Winston Salem, NC. USA Comments (40 words max) :   Came across this site while looking for fellow Chen stylists. Malisa, I very much admire your talents and I sincerely hope that we meet up one day. New Zealand is definately a place Id like to visit...and to meet more of my tai chi brothers & sisters woul My Martial Arts background :   Shaolin. Wushu. Hunyuan Tai Chi. Chen Style Tai Chi & Chi Kung. WebSite :   www.geocities.com/deiter630/hunyuan.html Date :   26th Aug. 2003 First Name :   Kathleen Age :   69 City/Country :   Auckland NZ Comments (40 words max) :   Have just signed up today for a course with Malisa. I will come back to this in December Im rather excited about finally doing this. My Martial Arts background :   None WebSite :    Date :    First Name :   Kelvin Age :    City/Country :   Auckland Comments (40 words max) :   Really looking forward to Master Zhus seminar next year. By the way, Bernard and Malisa, good job with the website - theres always something new everytime I logged on ~ COOL My Martial Arts background :   Malisas student WebSite :    Date :   26/7/03 First Name :   Kelvin Age :    City/Country :   Auckland Comments (40 words max) :   Hi everyone(u all know who u are), havent seen you all for a while, has been kept busy by my work. Anyway, train hard and ENJOY!-Best Regards from Monica and I My Martial Arts background :   Malisas student WebSite :    Date :   July 22, 2003 First Name :   Terry Age :   22 City/Country :   Houston, TX Comments (40 words max) :   Wonderful site and videos of the Chen Style. I always loved to see the chen style because it combines the essence of Taiji, combing the hard and powerful with the soft and suppleness. My Martial Arts background :   Student under Grandmaster Wang JuRong studying, Changquan Wushu, 5 major styles of Taijiquan, and Baguazhang WebSite :   ttkidd.tripod.com Date :   june 06. 2003 First Name :   Alessandra Age :   40 City/Country :   Italy Comments (40 words max) :   Complimenti per il sito! Pratico Tai Ji dal 1997 ed ho conosciuto Ma Hong in Cina. Articoli di Tu Ky Lam molto famosi in Italia! Compliments for the site! I practice TJ from 1997, and I ve met Master Ma Hong in China. Tai Ji Articles by Tu Ky Lam very fam My Martial Arts background :   Judo, Shotokan Karate-Do. Taiji chen style WebSite :   http://www. taijichen.it/ Date :   05-21-03 First Name :   Alan Age :   28 City/Country :   Brentwood, CA Comments (40 words max) :    My Martial Arts background :   Gokyu in Aikido WebSite :    Date :   21 May 2003 First Name :   Annette Age :   46 (young) City/Country :   Auckland Comments (40 words max) :   Couldnt resist the opportunity to view your page while I am at work. See you Saturday. I cant receive Emails back! My Martial Arts background :   In training with Melisa! WebSite :    Date :   May 19, 2003 First Name :   Benjamin Age :   74 City/Country :   Miami, FL, USA Comments (40 words max) :   Very interested webside and I will be coming back to it. I want to learn the Chen Style. My Martial Arts background :   12 years in Shotocan, 2 years in Tai Chi Yang style and begining to learn the Chen Style. I have also practice Qigong for 4 years of which I read a lot and like it very much. WebSite :   BNodal@msn.com Date :   12 may 2003 First Name :   Nikola Age :   34 City/Country :   Rijeka, Croatia Comments (40 words max) :   I like your site. I conducted world taichi day here in Croatia 5 years now and enjoy every year more and more My Martial Arts background :   From 1985 All style Karate and Taekwondo. From 1988 Taichi Yang style, and at European Taiji Champ bronze medalist (www.tcfe.org) and Swiss Champion in Taijiquan 2002.My site (in Croatian language)Adding 56 Chen style form into curriculum WebSite :   www.poslovniforum.hr/taichi Date :   05/01/03 First Name :   Arnell Bertumen Age :   47 City/Country :   Salt Lake City, UT (USA) Comments (40 words max) :   Very informative site. Keep it up ! My Martial Arts background :   Aikido, Jujitsu, Karate, TaiChi WebSite :   http://www.TaiChiMe.org Date :   04/21/03 First Name :   Cathe A. Brown Age :   49 City/Country :   Norwich, USA Comments :   Very informative site! As a Chen Style practitioner, Thank You! The thurst to expand ones knowledge by reading, viewing and practicing Tai Chi is a life-long endeavor. Thank you for providing an excellent tool towards the fulfillment of that lifelong ques My Martial Arts background :   1st degree (Chodan) Black Belt Tang Soo Do; Chen Style Tai Chi practitioner; Certified Acupressurist WebSite :   www.poetryvisionspoetryquest.homestead.com/HomePage.html Date :   April 21, 2003 First Name :   Barbara Age :   59 City/Country :   USA Comments :   Enjoyed your World Tai Chi & Qigong Day pictures--Yall got the event started off right for the rest of us. My Martial Arts background :   Tai Chi - Wu, Yang, now adding a little Chen WebSite :    Date :   4/16/03 First Name :   Stephen Age :   56 City/Country :   Drexel Hill, Pa. Comments :   What a great, informative site! Nice work. The Taiji videos are terrific! Such wonderful form, indeed. Thanks so very much for sending me the e-mail directing me to your site. My Martial Arts background :   Started Tae Kwon Do in 1968 while in Vietnam. Continued with Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do and Aikido up until 1981, when I first started the Hsiung style of Taiji with my Shifu, Mr. Hen-Ping Chiang. I studied with him up until the time of his passing in 2002. WebSite :   www.geocities.com/huephubai Date :    First Name :   MUHAMMADrizwan Age :   20 City/Country :   pakistan Comments :   i find this site as an excilent sourse of learning tai chi.i am a new commer to tai chi and want some help? My Martial Arts background :   i HAVE learned JET KUNE DO,INDIAN STICK,AND I AM AN EXCILENT FIGHTER IN BOTSTICK AND JKD. MUHAMMADrizwan@HOTMAIL.COM WebSite :    Date :   15.03.03 First Name :   Orlando Garcia M. Age :   41 City/Country :   Auckland Comments :   This is a very good site for those interested in Chen Style Taijiquan. As well as a bridget to followers of Taijiquan in general. I personally know Teacher Malisa and all the wonderful promotion for Taijquan done in NZ by her. Congratulations Malisa NG a My Martial Arts background :   Wushu Culture Association, Director and Head Coach. WebSite :   www.1wushu.co.nz Date :   13/03/03 First Name :   Chan Age :   29 City/Country :   AKL,NZ Comments :   Hi Mellissa, this is chan from wulin-nz, it has been great to work with you on the demos, looking forward to alot more with you and your team:) My Martial Arts background :   Boxing/Judo/Tae Kwon Do/Hap Ki Do/Wu Shu WebSite :   www.wulin-nz.org Date :   2003 March 9th First Name :   Michael Age :   22 City/Country :   Manukau/NZ Comments :   Great site! Nice and simple with loads of stuff! cooooool My Martial Arts background :   Modern Wushu since 16 WebSite :   www.wulin-nz.org Date :   2/20/03 First Name :   Lelah City :   Eugene, Oregon Feedback :   Thanks for the great video clips! Very interesting. My Martial Arts background :   4 yrs tai chi: yang 24, combined 42, now working on Chen old style 74. My Web Site :    Date :   20/2/2003 First Name :   Matthew City :   San Jose, CA Feedback :   I loved the video clip demonstrations on your site. I was first captivated by Chen style when I saw it being performed in the program: Healing and the Mind, with the journalist Bill Moyers. I had only seen (and done) a modified Yang style up to that point My Martial Arts background :   Yang style tai chi, Uechi Ryu Karate Do My Web Site :    Date :   8th Feb, 2003 First Name :   John City :   Canberra, Australia Feedback :   Thanks for those free videos Malisa! Keep up the great chen style promo. My Martial Arts background :   Two years karate, one year Taichi My Web Site :   pass