| Daoshu: Wudang Daoist Arts in Oxford, UK |
Elder gong fu brothers
Family support and guidance is crucial. Zi Wu’s 2 elder gong fu brothers have provided teaching, guidance and mentorship to Zi Wu and his students for 12 years. We are honoured to benefit from their continual involvement in shaping Daoshu going forwards.
Hǎi chéng dé (Pablo salas)
Lifelong martial artist Pablo Salas (Chinese name Hǎi Chéng Dé) began practicing Tai Chi in 2005, building on decades of experience in karate and kickboxing. Two years later, he made his first journey to the Wudang Mountains—the first of many extended trips spent training under various renowned masters and academies. Well-versed in the mountain’s two primary lineages (Xuan Wu Pai and San Feng Pai), he began teaching in Barcelona in 2009. He built a long-standing practice offering weekly classes, weekend seminars, and teacher training programs, and now focuses on private instruction, select workshops, and international seminars. Website: www.wudang-Tao.com
Jeffrey Reid (Daoist name Li Mao Zihe 李懋資和) is a 16th generation disciple of the Wudang Sanfeng Lineage 武當三丰派 of Daoism. At age 23, he dropped everything he knew in life and launched into the event horizon of a life in the Wudang Mountains of China, fulfilling an inexplicable inner yearning to devote his life to Daoist martial arts and inner cultivation practices.
Jeff showed an unshakeable dedication to practice and upholding the teachings of the Daoist tradition and was soon taken as a disciple by his master, Yuan Xiugang 袁修剛. Deeply entrenched in his practice, Jeff would hardly depart from Wudang for 7 years. Leaving the mountains in 2014, he traveled the world as an itinerant teacher before taking root in Santa Cruz, California in 2018. Website: https://wudangsantacruz.com/
Jeff showed an unshakeable dedication to practice and upholding the teachings of the Daoist tradition and was soon taken as a disciple by his master, Yuan Xiugang 袁修剛. Deeply entrenched in his practice, Jeff would hardly depart from Wudang for 7 years. Leaving the mountains in 2014, he traveled the world as an itinerant teacher before taking root in Santa Cruz, California in 2018. Website: https://wudangsantacruz.com/