Interview with Authentic Master of Chi, SIFU MICHAEL STULTS Q
i Revolution Founder Jeff Primack asked these questions aſter training many days with Sifu Michael Stults
at his kwan, in Sarasota, Florida. Stults will be a guest teacher at
Qi Revolution National Event, taking place July 28 to 30, at the Bradenton Convention Center. He will present his Legacy Art of Chi-Tao, a modern body wisdom tradition and combination of Qigong and Kung Fu which he has practiced diligently for 30-plus years.
JP: Your Dad was a military fighter and began training you at age 5 in martial arts. How does Kung Fu deepen one’s experience of chi energy for greater wellbeing?
Sifu: As a child, my father wanted me to develop myself which is at the root of all training systems. My training was realistic so that I would be able to face unpredictable situations with a calm, cool and collected state of being. Tis is the promise of what martial arts offer as a healing art—the ability to know oneself and strategically cultivate tactics that enhance personal survival and wellbeing. Chi is one’s life force, the very sense of
self that we are as individuals. Effective chi development and training allow us to know and develop this force as an active and vital resource for our overall ability to thrive. Chi becomes the primary unified faculty through which we know the world.
JP: I’ve enjoyed hearing your Chi-Philosophy and notice you are an eloquent
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speaker. You seem to possess verbal kung fu, saying exactly what you intend. When you speak at the Qi Revolution National Event, what will you share with this energetically expanded audience?
Sifu: Tank you for noticing my voice. I believe right speech is one of the Four Noble Truths and I have studied the use of one’s voice for strategic and tactical communications. Te Qi Revolution event has positively influenced many of my closest friends and I have loved the energy every time I attended. Chi-Tao is the art form I will be sharing. It uses breathing
along with specialized movements to cultivate greater mental capacities, healing energy and a greater sense of wellbeing. For the first time in history, these once considered secret arts are available to sincere seekers. Every human has access to chi. Every human has the ability to observe one’s inherent breathing rhythms. Each one of us can greater explore the most amazing functional structure of the living body we inhabit and, in so doing, create a greater connection to the world.
JP: When practicing Chi-Tao at your kwan in Sarasota, I especially enjoyed the Fist/ Palm exercises. As a Qigong
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