Description of the Wu Yi Jie He Family System
Lineage
The Wu Yi Jie He Family System of Chinese Healing and Martial Arts focuses
on the development of the soft and internal martial arts of Qi Gong and
Tai Chi. The System has developed over time and has been past down through the family
begining with Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping (1st Generation). He passed the System on to his
daughter Grandmaster (Professor) Wang Ju Rong and son-in-law
Dr. Wu Chengde (the 2nd Generation). They inturn further developed the System
and passed it on to their three daughters, Master Helenm Wu,
Master Wu Xiaoping and Master Grace Wu-Monnat and
to Master Simon Hu (the 3rd Generation). The daughters and Master Hu have been training
the 4th Gerneration of practitioners and instructors. Master George Picard is certified
as 4th Generation in the Wu Yie Jie He Family System and is currently teaching the Family System and training the 5th
Generation of instructors at his Dojo, the
Glenridge Martial Arts Academy, in St. Catharines,
Ontario, Canada.
History
The Qi Goug exercises of the Wu Yi Jie He Family System include 20 the postures designed by Dr. (Grandmaster) Wang Zi Ping, and
systematized by Dr. Wu Cheng De. Twenty Therapeutic Exercises for Treating Diseases and Prolonging Life was published
in 1958. The Family System is based on ancient Qi Gong exercises, but also incorporates Dr. Wang Zi Ping's decades of clinical
experience. The therapeutic methods are time-proven: not only can their origins be traced back centuries, but the system in
it's modern form has benefited hundreds of thousands of practitioners all over the world in the more than four decades since
it was introduced. No case of adverse effects has ever been reported.
The design of the series of twenty postures follows the human spine and the command system of the body - the nervous system -
through the neck then the back and tbrough the limbs. These exercises can be used for relief of neck shoulder and back pain,
and for the rehabilitation of cbronic illnesses such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's and Parkinsods-related
syndromes. Regular practice can also reduce stress and tension, and regulate normal bodily functions. Many shorter variation
sets have been derived from these therapeutic Qi Gong exercises, including cervical disk syndrome exercises, frozen shoulder
exercises, and lumbar exercises.
Master Helen Wu modified the Therapeutic Qi Gong routine by adding four new postures, and dividing the resultant 24 postures
into three sub-routines, each consisting of eight postures. Students can practice these together in one session or, if schedules
do not permit, they can practice separate sub-routines. The first set focuses on the upper body, the second set on the lower
back and the waist, and the tbird set on the joints of the hips, knees and ankles. The three sets cover the entire spine and
all of the joints.
The Systems core are the 24 Qi Gong Postures designed to both improve and maintain your health and wellbeing.
Additional standing and moving Qi Gong postures support and expand on the 24 core postures. The System also includes
various medition techniques and breath and energy work. A number of Tai Chi forms and Tai Chi
Weapon forms (fan and sword) are also taught as forms of meditative exercise, making it a complete internal and
external System.
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