Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association

There will be no classes at the Boston school on July 3rd or 4th. Have a happy Fourth of July!

Donnie Yen is gearing up to begin production on IP MAN 2 this summer. This sequel to last year’s hit film will focus on Ip Man’s life as a kung fu teacher in Hong Kong. A young Bruce Lee will be one of the characters. A promotional trailer called “The Search for Bruce Lee” has just been released – see it here: http://mv.baidu.com/export/flashplayer.swf?vid=659c76c0a7a42b844c35a445

Master Bow Sim Mark will teach a hsing yi seminar on Sunday July 26th from 1 to 3 PM at her Boston school, at 130 Lincoln St. This is a continuation of her review of the techniques from her Combined Internal form. This seminar will focus on tiger hsing yi technques. It is not necessary to have taken the other seminars in this series. The fee is $50 for the seminar plus a copy of the Combined Internal book, or $40 for the seminar alone. Call 617–426–0958 for more information.

Leda Elliott will offer a special wushu class series for toddlers and their parents at the Boston school. Leda has extensive training in dance and wushu. She has studied with Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark since 1996.

One day Workshop:
Tuesday, June 30th 10:00–11:00 price: $15 per parent and one child, $7 for an additional sibling

4 Week Course:
Saturdays, July 18th, 25th August 1st, 8th Price: $60 per parent and one child, $30 for an additional sibling

For more information, go to http://www.wushu-leda.com/

Donnie Yen’s latest film, BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS, is still in production in Shanghai, but a new promo trailer has just been released with some preview footage and behind-the-scenes video. See it at http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/05/22/1261s486818.htm

Donnie Yen’s latest film, IP MAN, took top honors at the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on April 19, besting John Woo’s RED CLIFF and Stephen Chow’s CJ7. Action director Sammo Hung also won Best Choreography award for the hit biopic about Bruce Lee’s teacher. Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, and director Wilson Yip are already prepping the sequel, which will start filming in August. (See photo section for more pictures of the event.)

UPDATE: Video of the HKFA opening ceremony, with Donnie Yen leading the lion dancers, is on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1gYop3j-U

On April 25 at 10 AM, Grandmaster Mark and her students, along with Sifu Rick Wong and his students from the Chinese Martial Arts Center of Melrose MA, will celebrate World Tai Chi Day at the Chinatown Gateway Park in Boston with a free performance. Call 617–426-0958 for more information.

Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark and her students will be featured in a program of international dance and martial arts on Saturday, April 4. REVOLUTIONS: AN EVENING OF MARTIAL DANCE THEATER incorporates wushu, capoeira, and kalari ppayattu into a musical celebration of dance-like combat from around the world. The event will take place at Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford MA (781–395-0402), at 8 PM. Tickets are $19 general admission, $16 for students and seniors. To learn more, go to http://www.springstep.org/?q=programs/performanceseries

Boston’s top daily newspaper just published an article about Grandmaster Mark and her daughter Chris Yen. Read the article here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/08/kung_fu_daughter/
The online version doesn’t have the pictures that accompanied the print version, so we’ll post them in the photo section of this site.

On March 14 2009, the World Martial Arts Federation will give a Lifetime Achievement Award to Grandmaster Mark in recognition of her many years of teaching and performing wushu. If anyone is interested in attending the banquet, contact the Boston school at 617–426-0958.

Today we launched our new website. We have been waiting for this for a long time. I hope you like our new design and all the new readily available information on the website.