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The Cai Wen Yu Association of Traditional Martial
Art and Chinese Culture was founded in 2001 by
Sifu Cai Wen Yu, with main headquarters at São Paulo and a secondary
one in Campinas. The association offers classes of Martial Arts
(Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, Xing Yi Quan, Tai Ji Quan) and Qi Gong.
The classes are ministered exclusively by Sifu Cai (pronounced
“Tsai”). New groups with at least four people may be formed.
The principle of the association is to try and develop culture, and
at the same time bethink the past, the present, and the future
of the human being.
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The human being committed a serious mistake because, when they wished
fo a perfect society, they emphasized technological advancement,
bringing about the destruction of nature, as well as ignoring
their own feelings and de balance with the natural world. Man
has his origin in nature, and he cannot forget his roots.
Sifu Cai concludes that the thought of life philosophy is bases in
three elements: 1) union of thought and action; 2) the fact that
society is both material and spiritual; and 3) communion of Man
and the Universe. To find the correct path, the human being must
acknowledge their own mistake and correct themselves, for it is
the courage to acknowledge one’s own mistake that leads the humankind
to spiritual and psychological development.
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The origin of Wu Shu (martial art) is the result of
the experience acquired in the struggle for human survival. In every
age in history, in the formation of every society, the individual has
created defense and attack methods for his/her own survival, which we
call Wu Shu. Wu Shu, or martial art, represents the spiritual need,
the formation of studying or technology, the basis of the philosophy
and the importance of social formation. The purpose of studying and
practicing martial arts is to know and mend every person, find back
their feelings, reinforce their moral behavior by trying to know what
is right and what is wrong, and to benefit themselves and others.
If that is not the result obtained from the student,
such practice cannot be called Wu Shu
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The Cai
Wen Yu Association of Traditional Martial Art and Chinese Culture is not a gym, nor is it a mere spreader of one style of Gong Fu.
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To us, Gong Fu is not the goal, the ends;
it is the means, the process. Our goal is to study the science of
the Human body to improve our knowledge and, thus, help each person
to free themselves from their own limitations of thought, achieving
a higher state of conscience. |
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