Workshop: Taoist Medicine and Martial Arts
Shi Fu Alex Feng: Doctor of Oriental Medicine
Shi Fu Alex Feng was trained by his father, Dr. Wei
Ren Feng, a well-known scholar and spiritual leader.
At age eight, Shi Fu Feng's father placed him under
the tutelage of a private Gong Fu instructor, Master
Wong Jian An. At age twelve, he entered the Academy of
Judo in Tainan, Taiwan. Shi Fu Feng's numerous
teachers include Master Guo Lian Ying (Qi Gong, Tai Ji
Quan), Professor Ray Law (Jujitsu, Judo), Suchida
Sensei (Judo), Tenkai Sensei (Judo), Wakabayashi
Sensei (Judo), Myita Sensei (Kendo), Kubo Sensei
(Kendo), Professor Wang Pei Kun (Tai Ji Quan, Ba Gua),
and Gurumayi (Siddha Yoga).
Shi Fu Feng received a black belt at age nineteen in
Judo and Jujitsu and now holds a second-degree black
belt in Jujitsu and a fourth-degree in Judo. Shi Fu
Feng started teaching internal and external systems of
Gong Fu, Kodokan Judo and Kodenkan Jujitsu in 1966. In
1967, he was the AJJF national heavyweight champion in
Judo.
Wu Tao Kuan Martial Arts Institute opened in 1973 in
Berkeley, where Shi Fu Feng continues to blend the
uniqueness of Chinese and Japanese styles of martial
arts and healing arts into the Wu Chien Pai system.
Zhi Dao Guan - The Taoist Center opened in August
2002. This is the first major center devoted to the
Taoist Arts in the Bay Area. In addition to Wu Tao
Kuan martial arts classes, there are calligraphy and
meditation classes.
Shi Fu Feng is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine,
practicing traditional Chinese medicine in both
California and New York. He is past Chairman of the
National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine and also serves as a consultant
to the California Acupuncture Exam Sub-Committee. As a
practitioner, he was recognized in 1997 by San
Francisco Focus magazine as one of the best
practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine in
Northern California.
Shi Fu Feng's students compete nationally and
internationally. His kungfu students were California
state champions three consecutive years in point
sparring. He has produced one National Junior Judo
Champion. Two of Shi Fu Feng's current Tai Ji students
are repeat medalists at national and international
level Tai Ji Quan competitions, in Yang and Chen style
forms and in Yang sword play forms.
Incorporating the principles of all his teachers, Shi
Fu Feng has taken the path of cross-cultural martial
arts and healing to serve humanity.
ZHI DAO GUAN
The Taoist Center
3824 Macarthur Boulevard
Oakland, California 94619
510-336-0129
info@thetaoistcenter.com
www.thetaoistcenter.com
