I was a student of Dr. Painter's starting many, many years ago when he first opened a school. I guess that makes me Dale's Kung fu uncle. LOL... Started off with Tao Chi Chuan or daojichuan. After several years trained in baqua and xingyi. Also school had a qigong/mental/philosophical side, too. Have seen pictures of Sifu Painter as a young man with his teacher. I have also taken classes in bagua and xingyi from a Grandmaster. His styles were also a family system, suppressed and kept secret during all the trouble in China, but good enuf to teach to Chinese Army Special Forces. He also taught qigong. Styles were different, but most of the basic principles were the same. all worked for me in the past and still do today. am now mostly practising Yang Tai and again what I learned 30+ years ago applies. Learn basics well and you can adapt to other internal systems. Still learning and when I quit it will be time to dispose of remains. Any more questions you may just want to pm me which would be ok.
sihing,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us in the thread.
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