* * * ZHANG SAN FENG FESTIVAL UPDATE * * *

[Guest guest]

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER!!!

 

Hi all,

 

Due to the last minute avalanche of registration inquires, we have

decided to " say uncle " and extend the deadline for registration to

the Annual Zhang San Feng Festival to May 31st. The deadline for pre-

ordering tee shirts is May 23, however, after which we will be

removing the option from on-line registration. If you haven't been

able to make up your mind and figured it was too late to register by

now, you've got another chance.

 

Festival weekend is 3 weeks away so don't miss this opportunity to be

a part of historic revival!! Hope to see everyone there!!!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

--

James F. Donnelly

 

American Society of Internal Arts

PO Box 598

Unionville, NY 10988

(973) 670-6582

www.americansocietyofinternalarts.org

 

 

**********************************************************************

 

The Annual Zhang San Feng Festival - a legendary event returns!!

 

 

Hi All,

 

I joined this group recently but have yet to introduce myself. In

doing so now, I apologize ahead of time and ask everyone's

indulgence, as I'll be including a shameless plug for a terrific

event my wife and I are hosting, one fairly relevant to the group

topic. In fact, many of you may have attended our event in the past,

or at least heard of it. My name is Jim Donnelly and together with my

wife, Loretta, I manage a new organization called the American

Society of Internal Arts, or A.S.I.A. Some of you may know my wife

(maiden name " Wollering " ) as she spent most of the 1990's studying

with the late taijiquan Grandmaster Jou Tsung Hwa, author of the " Dao

of Taijiquan. " Throughout most of that period, she was also

Operations Manager of Jou's legendary 103-acre school, the Tai Chi

Farm, and Operations Director of the Annual Zhang San Feng Festival,

the event he founded in the mid 1970's. For those of you not familiar

with the Festival, it was a weekend event held at the Tai Chi Farm

once a year where attendees paid one price and attended all the

workshops they wanted to, all weekend long. The workshops were given

by many of the top people in internal arts, Chinese medicine and

related fields and, at its height, the Festival drew over 700

attendees a year. It was very inexpensive fun offering a friendly

atmosphere of sharing and cooperation, the kind of event whose

endearing warmth kept you coming back every year.

 

Sadly, Grandmaster Jou was killed in an auto accident in 1998, the

last Festival was held on the Farm in 1999, and the property was sold

in 2000. From then until now, the Zhang San Feng Festival has

remained in limbo. Fast forward to 2003.

 

For the last two years Loretta and I have been working towards

reviving the Festival. This has included months spent scouting

locations, in addition to some pretty intense negotiations with the

folks who run the place we finally settled on. Along the way we've

picked up some very helpful sponsors including TigerClaw, Kungfu

Qigong Magazine, and Inside Kungfu Magazine. For the past year we've

been mounting a long-term ad campaign to let everyone know we're back

and most recently our efforts were written about in Doctor Nan

Lu's " Traditional World Newspaper. "

So far, the positive buzz has been more than we could have hoped for

with folks having started to register for this year's revival as far

back as this past January.

 

At the same time we've been working on the Festival revival, Loretta

and I decided to take this opportunity to build something more from

the ashes. Thus A.S.I.A. was born. This year A.S.I.A. is a membership

organization providing discounts to the Festival for its members. In

addition, members will receive our newsletter, which is shaping up to

be quite a nice little publication. Next year A.S.I.A. will launch a

trade membership program for professionals in the internal arts,

Chinese medicine and related fields (wellness industry). Wishing to

keep it simple, the trade membership goes hand-in-hand with an

affiliate program that offers commissions to its members for signing

people up for the Festival. In this way, industry professionals are

encouraged to help us continue to grow the Festival while giving us

the opportunity to support their schools and businesses by providing

a new source of revenue. Details will be announced at an open meeting

which will be held at this year's Festival, followed by details

provided on our website. Below is a packaged blurb about this year's

Festival that gives the highlights. The deadline for registration is

May 15th and FULL ON-LINE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. For more

information or to register, please visit

www.americansocietyofinternalarts.org.

 

Thanks again for your patience and I look forward to seeing everyone

at this year's Annual Zhang San Feng Festival.

 

*******************************************

 

THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY!!

 

The Annual Zhang San Feng Festival Returns!!

 

Where: East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg PA

When: June 6th, 7th, 8th 2003

Cost: $150.00 for the entire weekend (with A.S.I.A. discount)

Workshops: 25 presenters offering over 50 workshops!

Registration: visit www.americansocietyofinternalarts.org to register

or call: 973-670-6582.

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 15TH, 2003.

 

Please note: The Zhang San Feng Festival is now a " pre-registration "

event only!

No walk-ins!

 

*******

 

Workshop topics include: tai chi, bagua, xingyi, weapons forms,

martial applications, chin na, dim mak, qigong, push hands, Chinese

medicine, Daoist philosophy, meditation, and teaching workshops for

professionals.

 

Plus ** internal development techniques in Shaolin, Hung Gar,

taekwondo and more!!

 

*******

HIGHLIGHTS

 

- Pay one price and attend all the hands-on workshops you want, all

weekend long!!

 

- Free catered party with musical entertainment on Saturday night!!

 

- Includes Traditional Chinese Lion Dancing and Friendship

Demonstrations on Sunday!!

 

- Push hands room available all weekend long!!

 

- University room and & board packages available. $120.00 provides

you with a room Friday and Saturday night and meals from Friday

dinner to Sunday lunch in an " all you can eat " setting. Now you can

park on Friday and stay the weekend!!

 

- Authentic Shaolin training presented by special guest Master

Hengxin of China's Shaolin Temple!!

 

- 4-day post-Festival bagua intensive available with acclaimed bagua

instructor, Doctor John Painter!!

 

********************

 

With presenters from all over the country and attendees from all over

the world, this is one event that's worth the travel!! See for

yourself why the annual Zhang San Feng

Festival has become one of the most talked about martial arts events

in the country!!

[Guest guest]

where is the festival ?

 

Jim Donnelly <asia wrote:IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO

REGISTER!!!

 

Hi all,

 

Due to the last minute avalanche of registration inquires, we have

decided to " say uncle " and extend the deadline for registration to

the Annual Zhang San Feng Festival to May 31st. The deadline for pre-

ordering tee shirts is May 23, however, after which we will be

removing the option from on-line registration. If you haven't been

able to make up your mind and figured it was too late to register by

now, you've got another chance.

 

Festival weekend is 3 weeks away so don't miss this opportunity to be

a part of historic revival!! Hope to see everyone there!!!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

--

James F. Donnelly

 

American Society of Internal Arts

PO Box 598

Unionville, NY 10988

(973) 670-6582

www.americansocietyofinternalarts.org

 

 

**********************************************************************

 

The Annual Zhang San Feng Festival - a legendary event returns!!

 

 

Hi All,

 

I joined this group recently but have yet to introduce myself. In

doing so now, I apologize ahead of time and ask everyone's

indulgence, as I'll be including a shameless plug for a terrific

event my wife and I are hosting, one fairly relevant to the group

topic. In fact, many of you may have attended our event in the past,

or at least heard of it. My name is Jim Donnelly and together with my

wife, Loretta, I manage a new organization called the American

Society of Internal Arts, or A.S.I.A. Some of you may know my wife

(maiden name " Wollering " ) as she spent most of the 1990's studying

with the late taijiquan Grandmaster Jou Tsung Hwa, author of the " Dao

of Taijiquan. " Throughout most of that period, she was also

Operations Manager of Jou's legendary 103-acre school, the Tai Chi

Farm, and Operations Director of the Annual Zhang San Feng Festival,

the event he founded in the mid 1970's. For those of you not familiar

with the Festival, it was a weekend event held at the Tai Chi Farm

once a year where attendees paid one price and attended all the

workshops they wanted to, all weekend long. The workshops were given

by many of the top people in internal arts, Chinese medicine and

related fields and, at its height, the Festival drew over 700

attendees a year. It was very inexpensive fun offering a friendly

atmosphere of sharing and cooperation, the kind of event whose

endearing warmth kept you coming back every year.

 

Sadly, Grandmaster Jou was killed in an auto accident in 1998, the

last Festival was held on the Farm in 1999, and the property was sold

in 2000. From then until now, the Zhang San Feng Festival has

remained in limbo. Fast forward to 2003.

 

For the last two years Loretta and I have been working towards

reviving the Festival. This has included months spent scouting

locations, in addition to some pretty intense negotiations with the

folks who run the place we finally settled on. Along the way we've

picked up some very helpful sponsors including TigerClaw, Kungfu

Qigong Magazine, and Inside Kungfu Magazine. For the past year we've

been mounting a long-term ad campaign to let everyone know we're back

and most recently our efforts were written about in Doctor Nan

Lu's " Traditional World Newspaper. "

So far, the positive buzz has been more than we could have hoped for

with folks having started to register for this year's revival as far

back as this past January.

 

At the same time we've been working on the Festival revival, Loretta

and I decided to take this opportunity to build something more from

the ashes. Thus A.S.I.A. was born. This year A.S.I.A. is a membership

organization providing discounts to the Festival for its members. In

addition, members will receive our newsletter, which is shaping up to

be quite a nice little publication. Next year A.S.I.A. will launch a

trade membership program for professionals in the internal arts,

Chinese medicine and related fields (wellness industry). Wishing to

keep it simple, the trade membership goes hand-in-hand with an

affiliate program that offers commissions to its members for signing

people up for the Festival. In this way, industry professionals are

encouraged to help us continue to grow the Festival while giving us

the opportunity to support their schools and businesses by providing

a new source of revenue. Details will be announced at an open meeting

which will be held at this year's Festival, followed by details

provided on our website. Below is a packaged blurb about this year's

Festival that gives the highlights. The deadline for registration is

May 15th and FULL ON-LINE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. For more

information or to register, please visit

www.americansocietyofinternalarts.org.

 

Thanks again for your patience and I look forward to seeing everyone

at this year's Annual Zhang San Feng Festival.

 

*******************************************

 

THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY!!

 

The Annual Zhang San Feng Festival Returns!!

 

Where: East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg PA

When: June 6th, 7th, 8th 2003

Cost: $150.00 for the entire weekend (with A.S.I.A. discount)

Workshops: 25 presenters offering over 50 workshops!

Registration: visit www.americansocietyofinternalarts.org to register

or call: 973-670-6582.

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 15TH, 2003.

 

Please note: The Zhang San Feng Festival is now a " pre-registration "

event only!

No walk-ins!

 

*******

 

Workshop topics include: tai chi, bagua, xingyi, weapons forms,

martial applications, chin na, dim mak, qigong, push hands, Chinese

medicine, Daoist philosophy, meditation, and teaching workshops for

professionals.

 

Plus ** internal development techniques in Shaolin, Hung Gar,

taekwondo and more!!

 

*******

HIGHLIGHTS

 

- Pay one price and attend all the hands-on workshops you want, all

weekend long!!

 

- Free catered party with musical entertainment on Saturday night!!

 

- Includes Traditional Chinese Lion Dancing and Friendship

Demonstrations on Sunday!!

 

- Push hands room available all weekend long!!

 

- University room and & board packages available. $120.00 provides

you with a room Friday and Saturday night and meals from Friday

dinner to Sunday lunch in an " all you can eat " setting. Now you can

park on Friday and stay the weekend!!

 

- Authentic Shaolin training presented by special guest Master

Hengxin of China's Shaolin Temple!!

 

- 4-day post-Festival bagua intensive available with acclaimed bagua

instructor, Doctor John Painter!!

 

********************

 

With presenters from all over the country and attendees from all over

the world, this is one event that's worth the travel!! See for

yourself why the annual Zhang San Feng

Festival has become one of the most talked about martial arts events

in the country!!