Philippe Munn has practiced martial arts and Japanese and Chinese health exercises for more than 30 years. He has intensively practiced several styles of karate-do which he graduated with varying degrees of black belts. Karate-do constitutes the base of his research and his practice in his early training.

He studies tai-chi chuan as well as other styles of wu shu (Chinese martial arts), disciplines which he has taught for several years. He is one of the founding members of “l’Amicale québécoise de tai chi chuan et des disciplines apparentées” a non profit organization which primary purpose is to provide a tool for collaboration and mutual assistance between the practitoners of the differents schools of tai chi chuan and internal martial arts in Quebec.

He is the student of grand master Guo Guizhi of the da cheng chuan (yi chuan) school of Chinese martial arts and the president of the dachengchuan-canada group. Master Guo Guizhi was the disciple of Master Yu Yongnian and master Yao Zhonxun for many years. He also studied briefly directly under grand Master Wang Xiangzhai, the founder of dachengquan (yiquan).

Philippe Munn and Master Guo Guizhi

More recently, he started a renewed study of the fundamental principles of chen style taiji quan practical method under master Chen Zhonghua. Master Chen Zhonghua was the disciple of Master Hong junsheng, himself one the major disciple of grand Master Chen Fake. Master Chen Zhonghua is also the disciple of Master Feng Zhiqiang.

Master Chen Zhonghua and Philippe Munn

He was also the student of master Kenji Tokitsu founder of the jiseido tokitsu-ryu school whom Philippe calls one of his greatest influence in his practice of the budo. Master Kenji Tokitsu is a very renowned martial artist and author who has studied various methods such as: karate-do, ken-jutsu, yiquan, taiji quan, xingyi quan, bagua zhang, yayama method, nishino juku, taikiken and others before creating his own school of martial arts.

Philippe Munn and master Kenji Tokitsu

For the last 20 years, Philippe has developed his expertise in the field of the health exercises of the Far East. He studied, among-others, various methods of Chinese chi-gong (energy work also known as kikô in japanese), work of breathing and meditation, and in particular the zhan zhuang (Japanese ritsu-zen). The study of these practices brought him to develop a program for the maintenance of health and stress management.

Moved by the desire to share and communicate his experience and knowledge, Philippe Munn teaches the martial arts as well as the Japanese and Chinese health techniques via specialized training courses and seminars. He took part in several television programs, including “Deux filles le matin” and “Josée Gaston et compagnie”, in order to popularize this type of practice. He is the author of an important and popular series of video cassettes and bilingual DVD collections on “Martial arts and health exercises”, and new DVDs devoted to the exclusive practice of the tai chi chuan.

Philippe Munn in a tai-chi chuan posture

An impassioned teacher, he offers his courses to the public. Philippe currently teaches in his private school, and in St-Hyacinthe within the framework of a special activity for the personnel of the University of Montreal School of Veterinary Medicine (faculté médecine vérinaire de l’université Montréal).

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