Saskatoon Nine Dragon Baguazhang
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Albert Community Centre
610 Clarence Ave S.
Saskatoon, SK
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DOCTOR JOHN P. PAINTER
Dr. John Painter began training in the Chinese arts of taijiquan, baguazhang, xingyiquan, acupressure, Chinese masso-therapy, herbs, traditional weapons, and neigong in 1957 with Li, Long-dao from the Emei Mountain region of Sichuan Province. Dr. Painter holds a Ph.D. in naturopathic medicine from Sussex College in England. He has been teaching Chinese internal martial arts and qigong for over 30 years. He is the inheritor and head instructor of the Li family art called Daoqiquan which is headquartered at the Gompa Center in Arlington, Texas and where he and his team of eminently qualified instructors teach baguazhang, taijiquan, xingyiquan, qigong and Daoist courses.
He has been a bodyguard for numerous film and television stars and has appeared in three full-length motion pictures as an actor. Dr. Painter has also been interviewed on national television and magazines like Vogue and National Star, promoting the internal arts. His specialty is Jiulong Baguazhang, a Chinese internal arts system. As a captain in the American Rangers Martial Law Enforcement Institute, Dr. Painter instructs law enforcement officers throughout the United States in defensive tactics called PKC (TM) based on baguazhang and xingyiquan.
Dr. Painter was elected to the Inside Kung Fu Hall of Fame and was called “one of the most sought after Chinese martial arts seminar instructors in America” by Black Belt Magazine. After the September 11 tragedy, Dr. Painter became heavily involved with developing special methods for the nation's security law enforcement agencies and has been recommended to the FAA by the US Marshals service as a trainer for the US Air Marshals programs. Dr. Painter is also a member of the board of advisors for the American Society of Internal Arts.
Dr. Painter is the author of two books, Combat Baguazhang Nine Dragon System: Volume One: Forms and Principles and Combat Baguazhang Nine Dragon System: Volume Two: Warrior Training and Applications. He is also the author of the seven volume DVD series published by Unique Publications titled: Nine Dragon Baguazhang for Street Combat.
More recently, Dr. Painter unveiled his latest breakthroughs in power development from an internal arts perspective. He has named these extraordinary principles and his revolutionary training method Yi Xin Gong, or Intention-Attitude Skill.
As Head Shifu of the Li Family System, Daoqiquan, Shifu Painter is the root source and technical director for all material concerning Jiulong Baguazhang and Flying Dragon Qigong as taught in the courses available at Saskatoon’s Xin Fu Gompa.