It seems that it was Nam Wah Pai who were saying that their master can project qi across a distance. It’s not the Master Sim I know (Sim Poh Huat), but his elder brother , Sim Pooh Ho, who lives and studies Taiji Gong at the Nam Wah Pai centre in Kunming, Yunnan Province, in China. There was an advert in Thursday’s Straits Times for an exhibition to be held today. Unfortunately, something work-related has come up at the last minute, and I don’t think I’ll be able to go. Here’s the text of the advertisment anyway:
In 1964, Master Sim Poo Ho founded Nam Wah Institute of Self-Defence, which was later known as “World Nam Wah Pai”. In 1978, he was accepted by the eminent Grandmaster Wu Tu Nam of China as one of his lineage-holder disciples. In 1986, he was awarded the highest honour of Gold-belt 10th dan by combined Singapore martial arts groups. In the same year, he was awarded P.B.M. by the President of Singapore.
Last Oct, in accordance with his philosophy that personal achienvements should be used for the benefit of all, he and his disciples in Singapore regrouped as the World Nam Wah Taiji Gong Association. Promoting exclusively the true and traditional art of Taijigong as passed down by Grandmaster Wu Tu Nam. This change of status to a non-profit Members Association is to manifest more effectively the belief that World Nam Wah was created to serve its members and ultimately society as a whole.
Under his 42 years of leadership, World Nam Wah extended its establishment to Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador, bringing the Ancient Chinese Art of Health and Well-Being to hundreds of thousands of learners.
World Nam Wah Taiji Gong Association is currently the sole organization representing Master Sim Pooh Ho in Singapore.
In addition, only the instructors tested, graded and appointed by World Nam Wah Taiji Gong Association are authorized by Master Sim Pooh Ho to teach Wu Tu Nam Taijigong in Singapore.
This Sunday come and join us for a demonstration at 2pm, Lam Ann Association, Mohd. Sultan Road.
Master Sim Pooh Ho will be present to oversee the events and, if the response is favourable, he will demonstrate the Taijigong Ling Kong Jin – Self-defence without physical contact. We welcome any questions on Health, Taiji, and Qigong.
excellent!!
Tui shou and fan tang jin:
Wow, that’s a great clip – thanks, Alan!
Don’t know why I hadn’t thought of searching on YouTube. Doh!
you can see master sim pho kok doing his qi mian fan tan & si mian li kong demonstration in you tube also . His jin can be describe as very explosive . Go see it yourself, impressive power . The performing ground maybe too small; i think that the attacking people will fly much further if there is a big ground , those member surrounding fall down and being push backwards also when trying to hold those performers throw out by master sim.
I have heard many things about Wu Tunan from my teacher. I would like to study with some of his students. Where can I find his best student? I am arriving in China in July can I find any of them there?
Regards, Doug
Hi Doug,
Wu Tu Nan’s name is very well known in Beijing martial arts circles, but I don’t have any contacts regarding who studied with him there.
He only had a couple of formal ‘heirs’, though. One of them is Sim Pooh Ho, a Singaporean. He started the World Nam Wah Pai Taijigong Association, which has a lot of branches worldwide:
http://www.namwahtaijigong.com/
Sim Pooh Ho now lives in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in the southwest of China, where he researches and practises taijiquan and qigong full-time. I know that students from his various schools go there regularly to study with him, but I don’t know if he accepts ‘drop-in’ students. You can try contacting Nam Wah Pai through their website, and ask about going to train with him; the main school who run this web site are based in Singapore but I know that they are in touch with him, and some students have only just gone to Kunming. Hope that’s helpful!
In indonesia this method so familiar for non chinise people .
And kids can do to .