Meeting Thong has changed my life. When I first met him in a Systema workshop years ago, I knew right away that Thong is my WAY. He is the teacher I had been looking for my entire life.
My martial art background was from Tai Chi Chuan. I was fascinated by its theory, but I have never been lucky enough to meet a real master who was able to demonstrate those elusive skills described in Tai Chi classics until I met Thong.
Ever since I started to study from Thong, he has brought me to the following paradigm shift changes in my life and phenomenal learning experience:
1) Understand what my problems really are
2) Broaden my perspective of martial arts, other arts, reality and life
3) Engage other sports to understand the unified principles of movements
4) Keep me inspired by his many personal stories 5) Help me rebuild myself though various self-discipline and training
6) Be a nice human being is far more important than knowing some martial skills.
We were all born by our parents, but I always think we owe ourselves a challenging task to re-build or re-born ourselves at least once within one’s lifetime.
Though I met Thong when I was in my late 50’s, I still feel so lucky and grateful that Thong has always tirelessly showed me the WAY, the PATH, and help me see things and life from his much higher and broader perspectives.
Thong is the best teacher I have ever met.
~ Ming-Tzer Wu
Lifelong Tai Chi Chuan Practitioner