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BOOK #1 of Shaolin Chi Mantis: TAI CHI BEGINNER
In 1992, stranded in Utah, Master Zhen volunteered to teach for free in a maximum security prison, Decker Lake. Isolated by marshland and several feet of snow for a mile in all directions, this oasis of Hell became a proving ground for Master Zhen's Tai Chi program.
15 inmates were allowed to take this class. More than twice that number signed up.
Over the next 2 months, Master Zhen's students showed so much improvement that many persons from the guards, to the prison psychologist, to the teachers signed a petition to get Master Zhen hired.
Submitted to the Governor of Utah, Master Zhen's Tai Chi Program became the first ever to be taught in a Utah prison. The success stories are wonderful to recall, but confidentiality won't allows us to use any names or photos of these students. The number of students that came back to prison within a year of being released was much lower than that of the other inmates who hadn't taken the Tai Chi classes.
This book, TAI CHI BEGINNER, was written by Master Zhen for this prison program. The First Edition was printed on the Jailhouse copy machine.
Rewritten over the next few years by being tested and utilized in every Tai Chi class he taught, Master Zhen was able to create a finely honed manual to train anyone age 6 to 60, the Shaolin Chi Mantis version of the Yang Style Tai Chi Short Form.
