Recent Events

Qi Healers Certification &

Instructor of Qi Healing Class

Maurice Lavigne of Fredericton, NB (right in photo) recently became one of a handful of people in North America to obtain certification as a Qi Healer and Instructor of Qi Healing from Qi Gong Grand Master and Doctor of Chinese Medicine, T.K. Shih.

Dr. T. K. Shih and his wife Dr. De-Ying Huang have been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine for more than 40 years. They operate the Chinese Healing Arts Center in Danbury, Connecticut, USA, where Dr. Shih  provides training in the ancient healing art of Qi Gong. Maurice is a Registered Massage Therapist , Acupuncturist and Aikido teacher. He has been teaching Qi Gong for over ten years.  

Qi Gong Workshop

Maurice Lavigne, C.Ac., QI,  instructed a level 1 Qi Gong workshop in Shippagan, New Brunswick, in January 2008 with 16 highly motivated students. Maurice has been practicing Qi Gong for over 10 years - six years with Master Weizhao Wu of Toronto and for the last four years with Grandmaster T.K. Shih of Connecticut, USA. Maurice teaches a number of Tai Chi and Qi Gong styles. He is a certified Qi Gong instructor and Qi healer. For more information on workshops in your area please e-mail Maurice at wellnessclinic@nb.aibn.com.

Spring

Aikido Workshop

Aikido students from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia attended an Aikido workshop offered by two master instructors in June 2006 at the Fredericton Aikido Dojo.  Massimo di Villadorata Sensei, 7th Dan from Montreal Aikikai, (left in photo) and Osamu Obata Sensei, 7th Dan, from Toronto's Japanese-Canadian Culture Center Dojo, (right in photo) offered a very enjoyable three days of hand-to-hand and weapons training. 

Lavigne Sensei Awarded 3rd Dan Aikido Black Belt

Maurice Lavigne Sensei of the Fredericton Aikido Dojo, left in picture, was recently awarded the 3rd Degree Black Belt Certification in the martial art of Aikido by Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei, 8th Dan, right in picture. Yamada Sensei is a direct student of the founder of Aikido, chief instructor at the New York Aikikai and Chairman of the Board of the United States Aikido Federation and the Latin America Aikido Federation. With this grading, Lavigne Sensei, chief instructor at the Fredericton Aikido Dojo, has become the highest ranking Aikido instructor in New Brunswick, Canada.

General Qi Gong Teaching Certificates Awarded

Maurice Lavigne is one of only five students in North America  to receive General Teaching Certificates from  Master Weizhao Wu of Toronto in Wu's Health and Fitness Qi Gong, and Anti-Cancer Longevity Qi Gong. Before coming to Canada, Master Wu trained thousands of teachers in China in the arts of Qi Gong, Tai Chi and the Chinese Martial Arts. He is recognized as a Master of Qi Gong by the Chinese Qi Gong Talent Bank.