GOLD SUMMIT TEACHERS
SIFU ERIN MARKLE
Founder of Gold Summit
Sifu of Jin Ding Kung fu system
President of the non profit GSODEC
Sifu of Jin Ding Kung fu system
President of the non profit GSODEC
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Erin Markle is called Sifu Markle or "Laoshi Markle," by her students and some friends in China. She is founder of the non profit organization GSODEC and Director of City of Buffalo's China Sister Cities.
Sifu Markle has 20 years training in Martial Arts and teaches Kung fu, Tumbling, Tai Chi, Qigong, Chinese tea art, Buddhist study, Meditation, Vegan Cooking, and Chinese medicine theory. She is currently writing several books on many of these topics.
Sifu Markle has 20 years training in Martial Arts and teaches Kung fu, Tumbling, Tai Chi, Qigong, Chinese tea art, Buddhist study, Meditation, Vegan Cooking, and Chinese medicine theory. She is currently writing several books on many of these topics.
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She has been a disciple of Buddhist monk, Reverend Shen Kuang for over 20 years. From her master she learned meditation, Buddhist study & practice, energies of food, herbs and Chinese medicine theories and has countless anecdotes of wisdom and experiences that she gleaned from her weekly time with the monk. In addition, she has learned about Chinese tea, Chinese herbs, kung fu and Buddhism from Reverend Chung Bo, another Buddhist monk she met through her Master and subsequently traveled through southern China with. Sifu Markle also spent nearly 3 intensive years with her former Qigong Master, Angela Yan, learning qigong, tai chi, yi jing, and martial arts healing massage and acupressure.
Students can study with Sifu Markle through Master classes, workshops, teatimes and volunteering at the Gold Summit Wales location.
COACH SCOTT LARSON
VICE PRESIDENT OF GSODEC
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Coach Scott Larson has been training in Martial Arts for 20 years. Beginning in Kenpo Karate, he later met Sifu Markle and they became fast friends. Both he and Sifu Markle trained and sparred together daily for many years under expert boxing coach, Dean Eaounnu. Sparring and training with both local boxers, and martial artists from Toronto and NYC, Coach Larson also had full contact kickboxing fights sanctioned under USKBA and experience in Judo training.
Coach Larson has trained many years in Ba ji Kung fu and other styles of Qigong with Sifu Lee Chi Wai of the Chung Wah Kung Fu International System in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2012 took a trip to China with Gold Summit to tour and perform Kung fu and Qigong in Buffalo's Sister City, Changzhou China.
Coach Larson is also a disciple under the same Dharma Master as Sifu Markle, Reverend Shen Kuang, for more than 15 years. He, Sifu Markle and her brother Ryan founded the non profit organization, GSODEC, together in 2008. He has also briefly trained under Sifu Markle and has combined his other experience with his understanding of the Gold Summit vision to teach, manage and consult.
Coach Larson has trained for several years in Ba Ji Quan and Pi Gua with Sifu Vincent of Wutan N.J and plans to teach Ba Ji Quan and Pi Gua Quan in the future.
Coach Larson has trained many years in Ba ji Kung fu and other styles of Qigong with Sifu Lee Chi Wai of the Chung Wah Kung Fu International System in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2012 took a trip to China with Gold Summit to tour and perform Kung fu and Qigong in Buffalo's Sister City, Changzhou China.
Coach Larson is also a disciple under the same Dharma Master as Sifu Markle, Reverend Shen Kuang, for more than 15 years. He, Sifu Markle and her brother Ryan founded the non profit organization, GSODEC, together in 2008. He has also briefly trained under Sifu Markle and has combined his other experience with his understanding of the Gold Summit vision to teach, manage and consult.
Coach Larson has trained for several years in Ba Ji Quan and Pi Gua with Sifu Vincent of Wutan N.J and plans to teach Ba Ji Quan and Pi Gua Quan in the future.
MARK TOMLINSON
Mark has been a student of Sifu Markle for 8 years and has more than 3,000 hours of combined training in Kung fu, tai Chi and Qigong. He has a genuine passion for learning the Chinese Arts, as learning at Gold Summit cured his FYBROMYALGIA, when no doctor could!
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Mark has completed in depth training in the foundations of the Gold Summit Kung fu system and is currently a teaching and managing the Institute. Mark has studied Chinese tea making, Vegan cooking, Gold Summit teaching methods, communication skills and management of the Gold Summit Volunteer group
with both Sifu Markle and Coach Larson.
Mark is the Level 1 Instructor in the Kids Kung fu, Adult Kung fu and the Tai Chi & Qigong classes.
He is required to take continuing education training with Sifu Markle. and keep his personal training up in order to maintain his Instructor position and to become a full Level 2 Instructor. Full Instructor Level 2 requires at least 3,500 hours of training time and detailed break downs of forms, applications, energetic flow of movements.
with both Sifu Markle and Coach Larson.
Mark is the Level 1 Instructor in the Kids Kung fu, Adult Kung fu and the Tai Chi & Qigong classes.
He is required to take continuing education training with Sifu Markle. and keep his personal training up in order to maintain his Instructor position and to become a full Level 2 Instructor. Full Instructor Level 2 requires at least 3,500 hours of training time and detailed break downs of forms, applications, energetic flow of movements.
