Spring was slow and summer has been welcome. Much gongfu activity continues as students and family grows and progresses. We post a bit less these days. As we are not commercially oriented, we are mostly training methods and approach rather
Gongfujia Fort Collins #8 April 2022
Marin Spivack Chen Taijiquan Gongfujia Fort Collins #8 April 2022 workshop was a great time. Lately it’s just been too busy and too detail-rich to get into posting much content. Most of it is well beyond the scope of the
Oct 2021 Fort Collins Workshop #7 Successful
After more than a year of delay we were finally able to host our 7th Colorado workshop. It was not without some difficulty and a lot of nasal swabbing & testing. The weather was very bright and clear with beautiful
Welcoming New and Old Friends
Enjoying regular training these days in the somewhat stable situation in Massachusetts. We welcome some new Tudi as well as very much enjoy some quality time over good food and drink. Taijiquan gongfu is for the old, who have eaten
Gongfu Endures 2021
After a long year+ of covidtimes, bleakness and waiting we are starting to emerge and begin to practice (together) again. We had an excellent long weekend of training form and applications, sorely missed, a group of new Tudi, and many
Marin Spivack with Byron Jacobs Podcast #2 Anniversary
Chen Shi Taijiquan Gongfu Jia Marin Spivack Online Teaching (Coronavirus update)
I am offering online instruction, correction and support for our students and practitioners all over the world waiting their days away at home isolation and/or simply lack of access to visiting instruction etc. We all need support and inspiration. The
Marin Spivack Chen Taijiquan Gongfu Jia Paris March 2020 (cancelled due to Coronavirus)
Workshop in Paris in the works now. Dates are 2020, March 21-24 and then some extra days after for private/extended instruction. We will be training all aspects of my first level Gongfu Jia basic drills, structures, forms and applications. Concurrently
Visiting Beijing, Shifu, and Friends 2019
Having just returned from my first visit to Beijing in 5 years I have a lot to think about. It was a specifically long and tiring trip as I first went to Poole, UK, accepted a very promising apprentice and
Byron Jacobs ‘Drunken Boxing’ Podcast; Eposode 1 Featuring Marin Spivack
I have just launched a new martial arts, culture and related lifestyle podcast, the Drunken Boxing Podcast. The first episode is out. It features Marin Spivack, who is a well-known Chen Taijiquan practitioner and is Chen Yu’s most senior western
