Wudang Gong Fu and Health Academy

Welcome to Wudang Gong Fu & Health Academy

 

The Wudang Gong Fu & Health Academy is a small school with a genuine education program. The school is located in the legendary Wudang Mountains, Hubei province, China. We invite people from all the world to come here and learn Gong Fu. From spring 2012 we offer a special program that covers the essential training of Wudang Xuan Wu Pai. When you have finished the basic training you have the chance to become a Wudang Disciple and genuine linage holder of the Wudang Internal Martial arts.

The teacher is Tang Li Long who is one of the main disciples of Grand Master You Xuan De. He has a long experience of the Internal Wudang Martial Arts and have created a system that teaches the essence effectively. Under his guidance you will learn the tradition preserved on the mountain.

Tang Li Long’s vision is to spread the Wudang Daoist knowledge around the world by creating and building up a new academy and family within the Xuan Wu Pai. A family were the members always will have a place to call home in Wudang Shan. A family that will preserve the traditional teachings of dào fǎ zìrán ”the natural way” (道法自然) and the 10 Daoist principles of Wudang Pai. A family of brothers and sisters from different countries, backgrounds and experiences. All sharing their knowledge and bring out the dao to better understand the way. Since 2013 Tang Li Long has a place of his own, where he turned the abstract vision into reality. He invites everyone to be part of his school.

 

The Study Program The Wudang Gong Fu & Health Academy offers a program suitable for both personal development with in the Martial Arts and future plans of teaching or opening your own Schools. The Wudang Pai study program is designed to give you a proper foundation with in the Internal Martial arts of Wudang Shan. The study plan is based on 9 sections, every section is 3 months. The program is under guidance from Wudang Xuan Wu Pai 15th Generation Master Tang Li Long.

The Method

According to Tang Li Long the traditional way of Wudang, Wudang Pai has to posses 3 elements, the internal work and health benefits, the daoistic principles and the martial application. If one or two of them are missing, it is not Wudang Pai. Tang Li Long teachings builds from the 10 daoistic principles of Wudang, which contains the daoistic manual of internal cultivation, the meta-structure and narrative of the world and the fighting principles of Wudang Pai. This makes our way seem slow and unstructured but in-fact it is progressive and profound. The focus is on the internal work and to make the body move as one, where the Bufa (foot skills), Shenfa (body skills) and Shoufa (hand skills) will not be separated and the Shen will manifest in the movements. The method will give you the structure and from this structure your physical body shape, Qi and Shen (your “being”), will determine the path you walk and how your expression will look like. In the end our movements will be just a natural respond to our surrounding. Some people like this way and some people don’t, it demands patience and trust. This means that beside the external and internal cultivation there is also, inside the teachings, a self-cultivation of your personality. So, please ask yourself if this is really what you want, if the answer is no, there are many other schools you can turn to. If your answer is yes, please contact us for more information!

Become a Wudang Disciple. If you follow this schedule step by step and train hard you will get a proper foundation and reach a good level of Gong Fu. You start as a beginner but after the full program is over you will be a true disciple of the Wudang Pai. This is the traditional way of the Wudang Neijia teachings from the Daoist Temples of Wudang Shan.

Bai Ri Zhu Ji One Hundred Days to Build the Foundation. It is said that the first 100 days are the most important phase of the training for building up the Qi, body structure and the 6 harmonies. With a good and solid foundation your future training will give good results. The program consists of 9 sections 3 months each to fit the schedule, but of course the sections can be extended for the people who like to come and do a full 100 days.

 

Wudang Mountain, Taiji Lake East Side, South Ravine Village Area