Hunyuan
Martial Arts Academy
of San Jose
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ABOUT US
Michael Dorgan with Grandmaster Feng |
The Hunyuan Martial Arts Academy of San Jose was founded and is operated by Michael Dorgan, a lineage disciple of Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang.
Dorgan began studying Asian martial arts as a teenager, first Okinawan karate and then Korean Tae Kwon Do before moving on to Chinese styles in the late 1970s. He trained in Northern Shaolin, Xinqyi Quan and Yang Style Taijiquan with Master Wong Jack Man in San Francisco from 1978-1984, and studied Liu He Xinyi Quan with Master George Xu from 1984-1990. For about six years in the early 1990s, he studied Chen Shi Xingyi Hunyuan Taijiquan with Master Zhang Xue Xin, a disciple of Grandmaster Feng.
In 1999, Dorgan moved to China to become the Beijing bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers. Shortly after settling in Beijing, he had the opportunity to begin studying privately with Grandmaster Feng, as well as with his daughter, Feng Xiuqian, and Master Chen Xiang, widely regarded as Grandmaster Feng's most accomplished disciple.
Michael Dorgan |
In 2002, Dorgan became a formal disciple, or "indoor student," of Grandmaster Feng, the relationship through which the essence of a system is passed from generation to generation.
After completing his posting for Knight Ridder in China in 2003, Dorgan took a leave of absence and remained in Beijing for nearly a year and a half to train intensively with Grandmaster Feng, Chen Xiang and other senior disciples.
At the First International Hunyuan Taiji Conference in January, 2007, Dorgan was named an honorary instructor at the Feng Zhiqiang Martial Arts Academy in Beijing. He is available for private lessons.