OUR ROOTS
"To hand over the tradition is to hand over the grove, not the ashes of the past!"
(Thomas More-2013, excerpt from my teacher Petra Kobayashi's letter)
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No matter what discipline we take, what is always valid for the internalization of knowledge is to have a root and to maintain continuity. A culture is formed on each internal path, and the path preserves and develops itself with its own living ethical values. Although today's technology facilitates access to information, it cannot replace the master-apprentice relationship in any way. Our original development is driven by the experience of years in tradition and the continuity of the master-apprentice relationship.
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TOYO KOBAYASHI _cc781905-5cde-3194_dPEcfBASHI
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DR. CHI CHIANG TAO
1920-1994
prof. CHENG MAN CHING
1900-1975
YANG CHENG FU
1883-1936
YANG PANHOU
1837-1892
YANG CHIENHOU
1842-1917
FU ZHONG WEN
1903-1994
YANG LU CHAN
1799-1872
CHEN FAMILY PERIOD
Information is hidden in family hands for 300 years
CHAN SAN FENG
AD.13 YY
BODHIDHARMA
AD.5.YY
Buddha in the middle, CONFICIUS on the left, the wise LAO TSE with the motif of TAI CHI in his right hand