EnglishWhat if your practice didn’t just consist of a few classes per week, but became a true path of health, energy, and transformation?
Today, more and more people want to flourish in life in good health.
To meet this need, the APAMC offers an unprecedented annual programme of several seminars, combining the contributions of Traditional Chinese Medicine (meridian system, dietetics, moxibustion, etc.) with the practice of Chinese energetic and martial arts (Qi Gong, Taiji Quan and Kung Fu).
This training programme is provided by Matteo Pepe, pedagogical director of the Phénix & Dragon School. With more than 30 years’ experience in Chinese medicine and 45 years in martial arts, he proposes for you a unique approach to deepen your practice.
The Tao & Health programme is a dynamic programme, structured into several thematic modules, alternating between practice, reflection, and subtle observation.
Between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoism
Each seminar is based on the foundations of Taoism, one of the great treasures of Chinese civilization. Its teachings and practices have allowed many practitioners over the centuries to live very long lives (sometimes up to 125 years!) and in good health.
One of the secrets of this approach? Traditional Chinese Medicine, in complete harmony with the Taoist worldview, considers that the vast majority of health problems could be prevented by paying attention to three things:
- First, maintaining a balanced diet
- Second, keeping a regular physical activity throughout life, particularly through the practice of Qi Gong and martial arts
- Finally, developing a meditation (or introspection) practice to master the mind
This training aims to support you in a holistic approach to health — not only physical, but also energetic and spiritual. Its goal: to cultivate a more harmonious, lasting, and balanced life.
A programme designed for a wide range of people
- Because of your location or your schedule, you cannot attend regular classes?
- You practise on your own and want to meet other practitioners who will help you progress and engage with you in a friendly atmosphere?
- You run a club and wish to create links with other clubs in a sharing environment?
- You envisage a professional shift, would like to teach a discipline and wish to prepare for official (Ministry of Youth & Sports) or federation diplomas? You’re looking for the technical and/or pedagogical support required for this?
- After several years of practice, you’re unsure of your foundations and would like to perfect them?
- You have followed a basic training in Chinese medicine, but what you learned isn’t applicable because it’s too abstract or not anchored in your reality?
Then this programme is for you. But above all, the “Tao & Health” training aims to help you engage in a lifelong, harmonious health and life path.
The Tao & Health Training Adapts to Your Personal Path
Depending on your sensitivity, you can choose to follow the “Qi Gong and Taiji Quan” path, focused on health, energy, and inner harmony, or the “Kung Fu” path, centered on martial dynamics, controlled power, and balance between strength and flexibility.
You can also choose the full training, combining both paths with a single spirit: that of the Tao, where body, breath, and mind evolve together.
Each of these paths is based on the same fundamental principles — knowledge of the body, mastery of movement, and integration of Taoist values — but adapts its content to the needs and aspirations of each practitioner.
Objectives & Expected Benefits
- Better stress management
- Increased mobility and flexibility
- Improved breathing and daily vital energy
- Deeper understanding of Taoist principles and Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Ability to structure your personal practice and adapt it to your life (profession, health)
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Phénix & Dragon, a school committed to teaching internal and external martial arts for all ages and levels.