Hello from Australia
I am the Founder & Chief Instructor of the White Crane Research Institute. Recognised in China as an Instructor of White Crane Boxing, Shifu Goninan is the Australian White Crane Boxing Dissemination Branch Director and Representative of the prestigious YongChun YiYun Wushu Research Society.
I have been actively pursuing the Oriental Martial Arts since February 1972 commencing in Shotokan Karate-Do. I went on to explore Matsumura Shorin-Ryu Karatedo and Okinawan Hakutsuru which I studied on Okinawa with Yabiku Takaya Sensei. Realizing the need to take my personal exploration far deeper than this meeting would allow, I gave up my ranking in Karatedo, Kobudo and Hakutsuru to explore the Chinese martial arts. This led me to a 6 year study with Shaolin Baihe Teacher Shifu Chen Fai and senior Chun Ho.
April 1988 saw myself awarded Internal Arts Instructor Accreditation with the World Taiji Boxing Association.
Moving on in his studies of the Chinese arts, I became a formal student and disciple of Shifu Gu-Ping of Guandong Province China in 2000, a relationship that continues to this day.
In 2003 I found and linked up with Great Master Ruan Dong of Fuzhou Calling White Crane with Shifu Dong agreeing to become the Patron and Technical Master/Advisor tomyself and the White Crane Research Institute.
I am recognised as a Shifu / Instructor (Duanwei) of White Crane Gongfu/Wushu by the China Martial Arts Association of China Government University Beijing and China Government Central Party Academy and China Government University in Beijing.
The China Martial Arts Association consists of Grandmaster Mu Xian Jie, President Zhan Shan, Grandmaster He Fu Sheng, Grandmaster Liu Wan Fu, Grandmaster Wang Feng Zhu, Grandmaster Professor Dr. Gu Ping.
Recognised in China as an Instructor of White Crane Boxing, I serve as the Australian White Crane Boxing Dissemination Branch Director and Representative of the prestigious YongChun YiYun Wushu Research Society.
In order to understand Martial Arts in-depth it is not enough to simply practice one also has to research deeply the basis for the foundation of one's chosen art form. I have been continually researching the martial arts for most of his 39 years involvement with this research yielding a great amount of information.
In 1988 I began studies of Dim-Mak (Chinese Pressure Point Art Form) and related practices and continues along this pathway of learning
I entered into the world of semi-professional writing and was a writer for magazines such as Blitz Martial Arts Magazine, Bujutsu International Magazine and an International Correspondent for two United Kingdom-based martial arts magazines, Traditional Karate and Combat Magazines.
I and the WCRI are members of the Martial Arts Industry Association (Membership No. 414), the peak association for martial arts in Australia as recognised by the Australian Government. I offer private, hands-on instruction to a select and dedicated few via my Closed Door Wushu Guan in Wellington NSW Australia.
I am a also a member in good standing of the World Kuoshu Federation.
My aim is to raise White Crane to the refined level of Tai Chi as an art form.
Should you have any questions or comments arising from what you read here (or, for that matter, anywhere else) then please do not hesitate to make contact with me and I will do my best to answer you! I am all for sharing knowledge and opinions. Some things I publish by way of my writings might appear controversial or simply different and fly in the face of the mainstream, for this I make no apology. If I am controversial it is not because I wish to be this way but simply because this is how I feel. Controversial I may be but I will never be intentionally rude, offensive or insulting and will try my best to answer every communication I receive.
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