Dear Friends,


The American Society of Internal Arts is happy to announce the completion of
this year's
preparation for the 2008 Zhang San Feng Festival & Dao of Health Expo. For all
this year's
Festival information, downloadable registration forms, vendor applications,
advertisement
application, complete workshop guide for this year, and online store where you
can
register for everything, visit: www.taichifest.com.

Below are few quick highlights for this year!



PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS
Wednesday – Thursday, June 4-5, 2008
Location: Fallsview Resort, Ellenville NY


ZHANG SAN FENG FESTIVAL & DAO OF HEALTH EXPO
Thursday evening (opening ceremonies) June 5 – Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008
Location: Fallsview Resort, Ellenville NY


POST-FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
Monday, June 9 – Friday, June 13. 2008
Location: Fallsview Resort, Ellenville NY



- THE FESTIVAL FINDS A NEW HOME!

The Zhang San Feng has moved from East Stroudsburg University, in East
Stroudsburg PA,
to the Fallsview Resort in Ellenville, NY, located in the Catskills region.
Festival attendees
can enjoy 3+ days of resort amenities that include deluxe rooms, heat and air,
private
baths, in room wifi, maid service, two in ground pools (one indoor, one
outdoor), indoor
hot tub, "morning to night" snack bar, mini movie theater, an award winning golf
course
and three "all you can eat" resort quality meals a day, all for discounted
prices that start at
just $99 per person, per day, based on double occupancy! Our discount packages
extend
from Tuesday, June 3 – Saturday, June 14, allowing you to take advantage of the
discount
rates while attending the Pre-Fest workshops, the Festival itself, and the
Post-Fest
workshops. For more info, visit: http://www.fallsviewresortspa.com



- WE'RE PACKED WITH MORE WORKSHOPS THIS YEAR!

This year's Festival offers once again 20 different instructors teaching nearly
60
workshops over the course of 3 days, all for one "pay at the door" price. Topics
run the
gambit of the internal arts – taiji, bagua, xingyi, qigong, Traditional Chinese
Medicine,
Daoist and Buddhist philosophy, and much more! As always we've been putting
together a
dynamic vending area with lots of cool stuff to purchase. The evening activities
will include
the usual range of entertainment including this year's keynote address delivered
by the
legendary martial artist, author, movie and TV star, Willie "The Bam" Johnson!



- SOME FIRST TIME PRESENTERS FOR THIS YEAR!

Several new instructors are teaching this year include Shifu John Green, senior
internal arts
instructor at the US Kuoshu Academy, Sifu Ken Lo of the Wei Mei Kungfu
Association, Shifu
Ping, Zhen Cheng of the Sun Lutang Martial Martial Cultural Foundation,
Grandmaster
Wang, Ren Gong, 3rd generation lineage holder for Dachengquan under Wang Xuan
Jie,
Ven. Ocean-of-Wisdom Sakya (Thich Hai Tri) Buddhist priest in the Dhyana
tradition, and
Shifu Tina Zhang of the WuTang Physical Culture Association.



- SOME NEW STUFF WE'RE DOING!

The move to the Fallsview has given us the opportunity to make some improvements
in a
few areas. New for this year, for example, we are offering morning qigong and
medication
classes before breakfast. To match the further discounted prices the Fallsview
is offering
for children ($35 per day and $55 per day), the Festival now offers discount
attendance
rates for children under 12. For those of you who would rather find a sitter and
enjoy
some "us" time instead, for the first time, we are also offering a "night owl"
package, a
reduced rate just for attending the night activities. This special package is
for all the
significant others who ask "you're going to a resort without me!?" Now you can
bring the
"non martial artist" significant other in your life to enjoy the resort
amenities (float in the
pool and hot tub, enjoy the fabulous food, etc.) while you play in the workshops
during
the day, even as they're able to still join you for all the night activities.
Three days in a
resort can equal some serious Brownie point's fellow husbands:).



- AND DON'T FORGET OUR PRE AND POST FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS!

If you're looking for a deeper immersion into the arts, either before or after
the Festival
itself, we have you covered. Check it out:


PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS

COMBAT APPLICATIONS OF THE YANG 24 FORM
Instructor: Grandmaster Gary Torres
Wed – Thu, June 4-5, 2008
Location: Fallsview Resort

The Yang 24 for is one of the most widely taught tai chi forms in the world.
While it is
usually taught as a health practice, Grandmaster Torres, a walking encyclopedia
of
applications and techniques, will help you unlock the power in your Yang 24 form
in this
two day workshop teaching all the primary, and a few not so primary applications
of the
form. For those of you that don't know tai chi, Shifu Loretta Donnelly will be
teaching a
workshop titled "Learn the Yang 24 Form in One Day," scheduled for Saturday, May
10.
This will let you learn the form then, a month later, learn the applications.
For more info
on Shifu Donnelly's workshop, visit: www.AmericanSocietyOfInternalArts.org.


DAO OF DRAGON QIGONG
Instructor: Grandmaster Jianye Jiang
Thu, June 5, 2008
Location: Fallsview Resort

Here's a great way to spend sometime on Festival registration day, learning a
unique
qigong from one of the most prolific educators of our time. With over 300
educational
videos on the market, Grandmaster Jiang has educated millions in the Chinese
martial and
healing arts. In this workshop you will learn the Dao of Dragon Qigong, a form
of energy
work that combines the spiraling and coiling movements of the ancient Chinese
Dragon
with breath and concentration to add a wonderful new health practice to your
arsenal.




POST-FESTIVAL WORKSHOP


JIULONG GATHERING OF THE CIRCLE
COMING FULL CIRCLE – MASTERING THE POWE OF QIAN-ZHANG (HEAVEN PALM)
A FIVE-DAY BAGUAZHANG INTENSIVE CAMP
Instructor: Dr. John Painter
Mon – Fri, June 9 – 13, 2008
Location: Fallsview Resort

The Jiulong Gathering of the Circle has grown exponentially into one of the most
intense
and rewarding annual experiences to be found in the internal arts. Fresh off the
publication of his two master volumes on Jiulong Baguazhang, Dr. John Painter,
the man
Black Belt Magazine calls "the most sought after instructor in America" will be
teaching
Heaven Palm baguazhang throughout the entire week. In the Jiulong system, Heaven
Palm
is the first palm a student studies, with many core attributes shared with the
rest. This
workshop is going to be a great opportunity for anyone who would like to get in
at the
ground floor of this system and see what everyone's been talking about. Join Dr.
Painter
for a weeklong experience like you've never had!