Shigong Dr. John P. Painter
Shigong Painter is the head instructor and inheritor of the Li family art called Daoqiquan, teaching out of his school The Gompa in Arlington, Texas. He is the source of all material concerning Jiulong Baguazhang, and other Daoqiquan arts, globally.
He began training in the Li family styles of Baguazhang, Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, Tibetan Snake Boxing, Tibetan Blue Heron Boxing, Daoist Qigong Yoga and weapons in 1957 with his Shifu Li, Long-dao. In 1969 he was provided with a letter of lineage naming him the Zongshi (inheritor) of the Li Daoqiquan family style lineage.
Dr. Painter is the chief instructor at The Gompa in Arlington Texas, the oldest Chinese martial arts school in Texas. He also oversees a network of branch schools in several countries around the world. Dr. Painter was elected to the Inside Kung Fu Hall of Fame, The Texas Martial Arts Hall of Fame and was named as one of the most sought after Chinese martial arts seminar instructors in America by Inside Karate and Black Belt magazines.
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Shifu Dr. Yancy Orchard
Shifu Dr. Yancy Orchard is the founder and owner of Orchard Kung Fu, teaching Martial Arts, Health and Vitality programs and private lessons at the Orchard Kung Fu Xin Fu Gompa in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Dr. Yancy Orchard began training in martial arts in 1983. He first encountered Dr. Painter and his Jiulong Baguazhang in an article in Inside Kung Fu Magazine. Several years later, in 1994, Dr. Orchard moved to Dallas, TX to study chiropractic at the Parker College of Chiropractic. He then sought out Dr. Painter’s school, at the time called The Wholistic Fitness Center, and dove in, whole-heartedly, to the most comprehensive mind-body martial program he’d ever come across.
Dr. Orchard is now recognised internationally as a highly skilled instructor of Jiulong Baguazhang. Well-known for his uncompromising technical ability and clear and penetrating teaching style, Dr. Orchard helps each student toward what they need individually both martially and with regards to health and vitality.
Shifu Orchard has been teaching Xiangdao Baerg since 2011.
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Xiangdao Brett Baerg
Xiangdao Baerg teaches Jiulong Baguazhang at his school Baerg Martial Arts in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He began studying Jiulong Baguazhang in 2011 and earned his Xiangdao certification in January 2018. Xiangdao Baerg had studied Wing Chun for several years in his home town of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada before he found Orchard Kung Fu where he began his studies under Shifu Dr. Yancy Orchard. He spent two years attending Shifu Orchards classes before deciding to move to Australia where he continues to study through remote lessons and trips back to Saskatoon. He has also participated in several seminars ran by Shigong Dr. John P. Painter, head instructor of all Li family Daoqiquan, at Shifu Orchard’s Xin Fu Gompa in Saskatoon.
After years of study with Shifu Orchard, in January 2018 Xiangdao Baerg travelled to The Gompa in Arlington Texas to do his final Xiangdao certification with Shifu Castaldo who is one of several teachers at The Gompa, the home of Li Family Daoqiquan lead by Shigong Painter. This certification has been followed by certification in Heaven Palm, Lake Palm, and Fire Palm. Xiangdao Baerg is currently working towards certification in Thunder Palm.