OUR FOUNDER, PANG MING
Zhineng
Qigong was founded by Pang Ming (Pang He Ming) in the 1980s when he effectively
combined the life nourishing movements of various types of qigong, martial arts
and incorporated knowledge from Chinese Traditional medicine and Western
medicine, thus establishing a scientific basis for the practice of qigong that
was named Zhineng Qigong.
Pang Ming was
born in 1940. He started his qigong practice in early childhood and has studied
under 19 Grandmasters in both qigong and martial arts. He was also trained in
both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
The chronology
of the development of Zhineng Qigong by Pang Ming is as follows:
In July 1979, Pang Ming was one of the initiators and organizers of the First
National Convention on Qigong.
At the end of 1979, he founded the Beijing Qigong Association where he gave
academic lectures on qigong.
Pang Ming systematically sorted out and summarized the theories and practice
methods of traditional qigong. In 1980, he compiled and formulated the theories
and practice methods of a new qigong practice that was later to become Zhineng
Qigong and gave instructions in them in June 1980 as the chief leading lecturer
in the First National Qigong Teacher's Training Class held by the China
Federation of Trade Unions.
Pang Ming was the first to teach the External-Qi Technique in the spring of
1981. He created the Chi-Field Technique, teaching and applying this pioneering
method in 1984, and publicizing its theories and methods in 1986. He was one of
the chief lecturers of the First National Study and Training Class on Qigong
Theories at the end of 1984.
In the 1980s, Pang Ming was one of the founders of China Qigong Science
Correspondence Institute, chief lecturer for the first class of college-level
chigong students at the Haidian Day University, one of the founders of China
Qigong Association, and the founder of the Theory of Unity of Consciousness and
the Hunyuan Entirety Theory (Published in 1990 in nine volumes. An English
translation was published in October 1999).
In 1997, he participated in the design of the National Teaching Program of
Qigong Science. In 1998, he participated in the examining and approving of work
authorized by China Association of Qigong Science on fitness qigong.
Pang Ming has
held various responsible positions in qigong in the 1990s, namely:
Associate Professor of Physical Education at Hebei College
President of the Zhineng Qigong Branch Society of China Qigong Science
Association
President of the Center of Qigong Intelligence Science
President of Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Training Center and Recovering Center
President of Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Science Institute
Chairman of the board of Zhineng Shen Food & Drink Corporation
Director of the Consulting Committee of Beijing Qigong Association, and managing
associate editor-in-chief of The Orient Qigong.
