GM Johnny Chiuten with Dr. Jopet Laraya and Rene in 2005. Chiuten shifu passed away in 2010. You can read about him in this website.H. Won Gim, Tai chi Chuan master, and Rene doing sanshou/2-man sparring set in Central Park. Gim shifu has a school in Chinatown NYC.Check his classes on the internet.Photo taken in 1970 in Manila’s Chinatown showing from left to right Ching See San, Johnny Chiuten and Rene with GM Lao Kim (seated). Ching See San, Johnny Chiuten and Lao Kim have passed away.GM Chu shifu on his birthday in Boston’s Chinatown 2014 with some of his faithful (and older) disciples. Behind Chu shifu is his disciple H Won Gim who has a traditional school in New York City.In Tao Garden, Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, Thailand last January. With GM Mantak Chia, founder of the Healing Tao, to my right and James McConnell, disciple of Taoist master Wang Liping to my left. I spent two days with James.Rene practicing Wat Let, a rare fist form from the Hong Cha Shaolin system that contains many diagonal and lateral movements, at the Hua Eng Athletic Club, in Binondo, Chinatown in 1970. Photo by Flor Navarro.With David Verdesi in the Tao Garden in 1997. I was teaching David the rare Hong Cha form called “Fairy Child Praying to the Goddess of Mercy Guanyin.” I have taught only three students this form, the most subtle and beautiful of the 10-odd fist forms I learned from the mysterious Shaolin master Lao Kim (AKA Goon Tiong). Since then David became my teacher in different transmissions.A posture called “Snake Creeps Down” from the Yang Family Tai chi chuan form. I studied Tai chi chuan at the Hua Eng Athletic Club in Manila’s Chinatown in 1968. Photo was taken in 1970.“Fist under the elbow” posture from the old Tai chi chuan Chang Chuan form. It’s taught after 5 years of training. Please see the article about this set in this website.Buddhist hermit Xuan Kong and and to his left healer extraordinary Jiang Feng. Photo taken in the foothills of Huangshan/Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province in October 2017. Xuan and Jiang were David Verdesi’s masters. They have passed on the last 5/6 years.In Xihu/West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhjiang Province with David Verdesi, Gonca Denizmen and students.From left to right: Johnny Chiuten, Noli Nolasco, Rene Navarro and Shakespeare Chan. Master Chan, who trained in several Shaolin styles, was the the host at a dinner in MegaMall.
