| My name is Kim Allbritain and I am a life long martial artist. I prefer to think of myself as a Journeyman and not a 'Master' because of the culturally loaded meanings with that term. A good martial artist friend of mine refers to himself as an 'Apprentice' rather than a disciple and to be fair I liked the difference the phrase implies. A journeyman is someone who has learned the ropes of a particular discipline, served his apprenticeship well and paid his dues with his sweat and effort. Someone who has spent time honing and sharpening his craft, continually learning and enhancing his understanding of it's details and nuances. |
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| I am now actively teaching in the Tampa, Florida (Brandon) area. I have a separate building on my property that makes for a perfect Dojo, mats, striking equipment and plenty of room dedicated to practicing the martial arts. The reason I am teaching now is that after almost 10 years of learning Chen style from Master Chen Zhonghua, I began to comprhend when he says that teaching functions as a necessary platform to fully learning. I had always believed that one should first reach the highest levels of skill before setting out to teach, but as I discovered, teaching actually enhances one's own ability to learn and progress. |
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| Karate is an art form in which I have developed my skills over the course of many years of training, but it is become a private practice. Currently I am seeking students of Taiji for it is in this discipline that I require the precise laboratory that only teaching may provide. If someone seeks an education in Karate, I would consider it but it is not my current emphasis. |
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| Since this effort is primarily for my educational benefit, I will not charge a fee for this service. I want students who, like myself, wish to learn and eventually master the intricacies of the art. I do not need the money or the administrative overhead of a business. I want to keep this simple. If I make the effort to teach, the student must make the effort to practice. This is the only contract. |
| Contact me about training... |
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| A brief synopsis of Chen Style Taiji Practical Method: |
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| The Chen Style of Taiji is the original Taijiquan, developed in China, (Chen Village), in the early 1600's and passed downthrough successive generations to the present day.This system was taught outside the Chen Family for the first time publicly and made famous by Chen Fake, a legendary 20th century (17th generation), exponent of the art who left Chen Village for Beijing in 1928. |
| Hong Junsheng spent 15 years, (1930-1945), as a direct Disciple of Chen Fake in Beijing. After leaving Beijing and returning home to Jinan in Shandong Province, he spent the rest of his years teaching and refining what he had learnedfrom Chen Fake. |
| The insights of Hong Junsheng became the Chen Practical System Method we practice today. |
Chen Zhonghua (Joseph), is a Chen Style 19th Generation Master, International Standard Bearer
and Disciple of Master Hong Junsheng. |
| For more information about the Chen Style of Taijiquan, it's history, Masters, myself and what is being done here in Tampa,visit the links posted at the top of this page. |
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