This month marks a special time in the martial arts world. Embrace the Moon School for Taijiquan and Qi Gong school is celebrating its 25th year! Congratulations to Kim Ivy, founder, for a quarter century of bringing these arts to the community of Seattle and beyond.
I met Kim in 2002, at a Chen Xiaowang seminar. We had hosted Grandmaster Chen a few times in San Diego, and at this 2002 seminar in San Francisco, Kim extended an invitation for CXW to come to Seattle. Kim asked me a few questions about how to care for this particular grandmaster when hosting, and a lasting friendship was born!
I’ve watched Kim nurture and grow her school over these many years. Her commitment to bringing the best and brightest to Seattle has been a boon for her students. Kim has hosted members of the Chen family as well as emerging 20th generation lineage teachers trained by that family, providing a robust curriculum for all who are interested. Kim’s own training has also paid off and her teaching has evolved over the years into something that is so valued in the martial arts world - Kim constantly pushes herself to dig deeper and go further into all aspects of these arts, willingly eating bitter to get to that next level. She teaches the benefits of taiji and qi gong for health and for martial skill, incorporating eastern and western medical thought, and provides top of the line training for students who aspire to be the teachers of the next generation.
If you’ve studied with Kim at Embrace the Moon, you already know all this. If you haven’t, and you live in Seattle, get yourself over there!
Kim, congratulations to you from all of us at the Taoist Sanctuary! Here’s to 25 more years! Salute!
