About Charles Barrett
He started his Martail Art carrer in 1973. Along with many other styles of the arts he traned in Tai Chi Chuan taught by Cheng Hsiang Yu and Iliq Chuan taught by Sam Chin for over 20 plus years in each. His full aditional carrer can be found here at the website he owens and has delevoped https://dojos.com/enso-dojo
Tai Chi Chuan: Instructor Cheng Hsiang Yu
The "Great Dance of Health", or the “Great Ultimate” has been a vital part of Oriental life for over one thousand years. Within the scope of Tai Qi, as I believe it should be instructed, is Meditation, QI or "Life Force" development, Qi Gung, Martial Arts, Taoism, in addition to exercise, relaxation, and the less well known health benefits. Link for Master Yu https://www.scarsdaleaikido.com/taichi-instructor.html
Master Yu Describes his Background
"Just to give you a bit of overview of my back ground, I was born in 1929 in Shanghai, China. As a young boy, I studied Shaolin Chuan with Hou Zheng Chi. I went to Taiwan in 1949 and first studied Tai Chi Chuan with Lee Sou Chin. When Master Lee passed away, I became a disciple of Cheng Man Ching to further my studies. I came to United States in 1979 and have been teaching Tai Chi Chuan in New York and New Jersey."
Master Yu vividly distinguished his system from that of Cheng Man-ching by explaining that in tai chi everything is not soft and relaxed. You must be able to use force. The point is to learn how to control it. When asked how he knew his understanding was more correct than those with the opposite view, he pointed out his experience with them in push hands explaining simply, "they fly."
I-Liq Chuan: Instructor Sam Chin
A style of Kung Fu based solely on physical sensitivity and sensorial mind awareness. It does not develop techniques for dealing with particular situations; which just create another habit. Through the learning process, (which is merely to recognize and realize, not to accumulate or imitate) the student begins to understand how "mental and physical" effect each other and starts to develop the skill to unify and coordinate them. The student needs to recognize the six physical points and three mental factors in the training system. You train through the process of understanding your muscular movement, body structure (skeletal, ligaments and tendons, incorporating chi (energy) and your mental process. Relaxation is an essential component of the art. Relaxation contains the process of looseness, softness, elasticity, and fa jing (issuing power). As soon as an I-Liq Chuan practitioner touches an opponent's hands or body, he can feel instantly where the opponent's weight and center of gravity is and what strike or technique the opponent is going to use. Ultimately, the I-Liq Chuan practitioner is able to sense the opponent's intention without contact, through awareness. He can redirect the force and use it against the opponent or incorporate the use of fa jing (energy release strikes) depending on the threat level. Charles Barrett is one of the first group of disciples under Sam Chin soon after his coming to the United States: https://iliqchuan.com/discipleship/