Kelly interviews Neil Ripski - fellow martial artist and friend. Neil spent ten years of his life not knowing any Kung Fu. Unfortunately that meant some years in primary school were spent being harassed and bullied. Luckily, in 1986 at the local video arcade a poster for self defense lessons changed his life.

After spending the first eight years training in a Chin Woo Kung Fu 精武 society club he met Master Ma Qinglong 馬青龍 in the frozen wasteland of Edmonton, Canada.

Living with Master Ma came about due to some bad/good luck as Neil lost his apartment. Still today Neil trains the Ma Family style of Northern Shaolin, its most advanced method being ZuiQuan or 'Drunken Fist/boxing " upon which he has written a series of books 'secrets of drunken boxing'.

Internal martial arts training didn't truly begin until meeting his formal Buddhist Root teachers Luong Phor Viriyang Sirintharo from Thailand (https://www.willpowerinstituteusa.com/th/biography-of-phra-dhammongkolyarn-luangphor-viriyang-sirintharo/) and Professor Chen Qiming from Guanzhou, China in the early 2000s. Formally discipling in buddhist study, meditation and qigong under both Masters and Professor Chen Qiming in the valuable Shaolin 18 Lohan Palm Qigong.

Chen Taijiquan, Baguazhang, and Xinyiliuhe training began in the summer of 2003 and now has carried him worldwide seeking teachers and in more recent years giving workshops. Since beginning martial studies in 1986 he has since studied and taught in China, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, UK, Israel, and elsewhere.

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Finding his current teacher Xu Guoming ( https://wacimausa.wordpress.com/officers/george-xu-international-president/)
With a challenge match he now is a disciple of Xu and working on Xus own style of the art. Bringing his understanding of the arts higher in an effort to help learn to integrate its principles of lucidity for leadership and healing.

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