| Greetings to all visitors and traditional
training practicioners, I hope that as you read this, you are doing well. It was once
said to me by my Qigong teacher, Zhang, Pui Yang, that the mark of a good martial arts Master or
Shifu is not his ability to shatter bricks or even shatter men...but the ability to embody and plant
the 'seed' of enlightenment or growth in those that are to become better human beings. To
many that just read that, it will seem to be a bit too vague & philosophical, but as we all know it
isn't exactly an easy path to health, longevity, or enlightenment. The Arts I have been
blessed to learn and now teach are composed of a myriad of stairwells, tunnels, and doors.
Some lead to the same place, others take you back to your beginnings years later, and some even open
the door to personal development that will make you seem super human (in your own eyes at least). One of my duties as a teacher is to ensure that while my adepts and students learn to walk the Path to better development & health, they can learn to see the guiding light within themselves. How do I do that? How do we keep you on the Path? Read further... Many of my current students have heard me say that the key to my particular martial arts interpretation is to learn to have a strong foundation...to learn to root at all times! Many, when I say this, immediately begin to adjust their stance which is exactly right! However, I wish you to think a bit more on my words. What am I truly referring to? Well the answer to this question is simple enough to say...it is the truly strong foundation is not only physical but mental as well. There is a serious need to lessen the stress of everyday life that is so very prevalent today! My teachers took time from their life to help me develop and healed me of my many childhood ailments. One such Master, before she passed, taught me that it is the duty of a teacher of anything to find a Path to develop a student Physically, Mentally, & Spiritually with no regard to my own selfish desires. It is for her, Ching Shifu Vicki Jaroscak, that I now teach... |
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| Biography |
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| When my students ask me, when exactly I started my training in martial arts, I always answer that my older brother Ramon, taught me my first technique while taking me to see 70's martial art films when I was a kid! I started my martial arts training at the age of 15 in Kenpo Karate under the tutelage of Raymond Pohl, who was a kind and gentle Champion in his own right. He introduced me to the martial arts as a young man and for that I will be ever greatful. At the age of 19, I started to study Wu Ch'uan Chi Tao Gung Fu or should I say that I wasted time trying to study while making excuses for my horrible attendance & eventually quiting, citing my asthma and work schedule as the reason. The truth was that I was lazy and scared of the other students due to being sickly, as well as barely 140 lbs with horrible internal health. That was long ago and I won't say that it has been easy. I have since had the honor to study many disciplines and arts. with men & women much greater and talented than I. Some of these arts are: |
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Family Intercepting Fist as taught by internal Master Zhang, Pui Yang |
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| My path has taken me to many places, including China many times to stand and train as those before me had. It has taught me to help people and to heal them as Masters of many different arts has done before me. It taught me to appreciate the lessons and achievements of all masters in all walks of life. It taught me that unless I am helping others, I am nothing in the greater scheme of things. It taught me to love humanity. I hope that whatever you choose as your path...it proves to be as fulfilling and gratifying. Take care. |
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| -Timothy R. Davis (Shentaoba Wei Shi), Shifu |
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