GM Johnny F.Chiuten in Hongkong with GM Lao Kim (Dragon Tiger Fujian Temple Kungfu) and to his left GM Lao Que Tong (Hung Gar) sometime in the late 1970s. These masters have since passed away.
GM Gin Soon Chu in Shoot the Goose posture of Traditional Yang Family Tai chi chuan sword/jian form #2. Chu shigong was the second disciple of the legendary Yang Family Tai chi chuan master Yang Sao-Chaung.
Len Roberts, award-winning poet and teacher, who mentored Rene in poetry for more than 2 decades.
GM Gin Soon Chu in Shoot the Goose posture of Traditional Yang Family Tai chi chuan sword/jian form #2. Chu shigong was the second disciple of the legendary Yang Family Tai chi chuan master Yang Sao-Chaung.
GM Lao Kim of Dragon Tiger Fujian Temple Kungfu at the Hua Eng Athletic Club in Binondo, Manila, Philippines in 1970.
GM Johnny Chiuten with his disciples Dr. Jose Santiago Laraya and Rene Navarro in 2004.
Rene at the Sta.Lucia waterfalls in Mount Banahaw, the sacred mountain south of Manila, Philippines. This is the first station in the pilgrimage.
At the stone circle in Mull in the Hebrides, Scotland.
Sunrise in Huangshan/Yellow Mountain in 2006.
Acupuncturist, masseuse and martial artist Karen A. Borla in the Kuanyin Twist posture from the Dragon Tiger Fujian Temple Kungfu form “Red Boy Praying to the Goddess of Mercy,” a rare Buddhist martial art set. She wrote the Afterword for the book “Of Fire and Water: Alchemy and Transformation.” She has studied with Rene since 1985.
Rene demonstrating the posture “Snake creeps down” from the Yang Family Tai chi chuan 108 movement set of GM Han Ching Tang he studied at Hua Eng in the Philippine Chinatown in 1968.
Rene demonstrating “Snake Creeps Down” posture from the Traditional Yang Family Tai chi chuan 108 form he studied with GM Gin Soon Chu. Photo was taken by Laura Billingham in 2000 in NY.
At Tiandi/Heaven and Earth in Xihu/West Lake, Hangzhou in October 2007 with David Verdesi, Gonca Denizmen and students.
