Grandmaster Grace Wu-Monnat
王氏武术第三代传人:吴小高老师
Grandmaster Grace Wu is Grandmaster Helen’s younger sister who is teaching Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi in the US
Grace received a bachelor’s degree in physical education with an emphasis in Chinese martial arts from Shanghai Teacher’s University. She was selected as a member of Shanghai Wushu teams and attended the Second National Minority Sports Games inInner Mongolia. With her parents, Grace has co-authored a number of published articles on Wushu routines and Wushu for health in a few magazines and books.
After immigrating to the United States, Grace received a Master’s degree in Sports Administration from Wichita State University. She is the founder and instructor of the Grace Wu Kung-Fu School in Wichita, Kansas. Over the years, she has also served as a judge of numerous regional, national and international Chinese martial arts tournaments in the United States and China. To promote Chinese martial arts beyond the sports world, Grace and her husband, Dan Monnat, a lawyer and principle partner in Monnat and Spurrier Chartered, developed a continuing legal education program based on Sun Tzu’s, The Art of War, martial arts strategies, and practical legal principles entitled, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung-Fu Strategies for Trial.” Together they have taught the wisdom of Wushu principles and strategies to lawyers across the United States.
吴小高教练,出生于中医武术世家,自幼习武。8岁起与与王子平老先生形影不离,在外祖父的谆谆教诲下,她德艺双修:从小谦让助人。成年后,更是淡泊名利,尤其在海外弘扬王氏武医的各种活动中, 更是处处助人为乐,颇有王子平老先生的侠义风范。
吴小高毕业于上海师范大学体育系武术专业,留美后在威奇托州立大学,获得体育管理硕士学位。她创办的武校至今已风雨无阻地度过三十几个春秋。她还协助父母在《武林》、《生命在于运动》杂志发表了多篇武术拳套讲座,在《武术泰斗教你拳》丛书中出版了《王子平拳术套路精选》、《王子平拳术技法》、《王子平器械套路精选》。历年参与不同层次的国内和国际武术比赛裁判工作。致力推广王氏武术到各个领域, 她还与律师丈夫Dan Monnat 合作,把武术散打和孙子兵法相结合,编写了《藏龙卧虎,功夫计策胜庭战》,已成为世各地律师们的进修演讲课。2008年吴小高被评为“世界武林百杰”中的世界著名教练员。
Grandmaster Lucy Xiao-Ping Wu
王氏武术第三代传人:吴小平老师
Grandmaster Lucy Wu is Grandmaster Helen’s youngest sister who is teaching Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi in the US
Grandaster Xiao-Ping Wu began her traditional Wushu training at age three from her grandfather Zi-Ping Wang, her mother, Ju-Rong Wang and her father, Cheng-De Wu. She has been immersed in traditions of Chinese martial arts for most of her life. She did several more years of clinical studies under her father, Dr. Cheng-De Wu, focusing on sports medicine in Shanghai and Houston. She has carried on the family tradition of life-long study and promotion of Chinese martial arts and medicine.
Grandmaster Xiao-Ping Wu pursued advanced study of several Tai-Chi Chuan styles under some of China’s best Grandmasters. She studied Chen style Tai-Chi under Grandmaster Gu Lu-Xing, Grandmaster Feng Zhi-Qiang and Grandmaster He Bing-Quan, Grandmaster Gu Lu-Xing. Grandmaster Fu Zhong-Wen gave her further instruction in Yang Style Tai-Chi. She studied Wu Style Tai-Chi under Grandmaster Ma Yue-liang and Grandmaster Wu Ying-Hua. For additional internal style instruction, she studied Ba-Gua and Xin-Yi-Liu-He Chuan under Grandmaster Li Zhun-Si. It is no surprise that with such a background, Grandmaster Xiao-Ping Wu has competed and judged at so many martial arts tournaments. She is currently the Director of the Houston Tai-Chi, Kung-Fu Health Academy.
吴小平教练,幼年得自家传,并先后在上海市卢湾区少体校、上海市少年宫、上海市体育宫武术队学习训练。并受到内家拳名师们的悉心指导。如陈式的顾留馨老师、冯志强老师,吴式的马岳梁老师、杨氏的傅钟文老师、意六合拳的李尊思老师等。
移居美国后,为了将父母创办的美国休士顿太极功夫健康学院发展壮大,付注了大量的心血。吴小平老师在大力推广王氏气功,功夫的同时,也推广教授简化太极拳,及各式太极拳、太极剑;太极扇及传统的杨式太极拳、剑、刀;陈式传统一路,二路、剑、吴式太极拳,吴式快拳及王菊蓉老师创编的太极连环套路系列、太极双剑等。
吴小平老师在工作之余,还向父亲吴诚德教授学习王氏伤科;2008年被评为“世界武林百杰。她正在海外不断地,努力地开创出具有自己特色的“武医结合”之天地。”。