Terry Hodgkinson’s Evolution in Martial, Yogic, Meditation and Coaching.

Terry started training at the age of 12 under Sensei Toky Kamino in Judo. After two years of Judo at age 14, Hodgkinson officially began the second phase of his martial arts development and joined Energy Lake Kung Fu Studios. He began teaching martial arts and meditation at the age of 16. He continued to make steady progress and became a school owner and master instructor over 12 years of uninterrupted, dedicated full-time training. (See certificates). Early on Energy Lake Studios provided two streams of study: combatives and philosophy and later on business development. Terry studied combatives and business development under Brian K. Leishman whose lineage and formal training is attributed to Grand Master Olaf Simon  and his Moh Pai Kempo Kung Fu System. (Click to view the Kempo/Kenpo lineage) Brian studied under Phil McAndrews Sifu in Edmonton, Alberta. 

Formal philosophical training began under Arnold (Bud) Ihlen, who at the time was the philosophy teacher at Energy Lake Studios and introduced Terry to the Yijing  (I – Ching Book of Changes) as well as various therapeutic models of healing. To this day, Terry is very appreciative of Mr. Ihlen’s early teachings and continues to remain in contact with him.

After leaving Brian Leishman’s Energy Lake Kung Fu Studios, Terry co-founded and opened Beyond Kung Fu Studios (and later founded Chung Fu Martial Arts Meditation School and Tao Journeys). From this time onward he has trained and collaborated with the following teachers:

Machado Brothers ( Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)

Gokor Chivichyan ( Russian Sambo, Judo)

Tony Blauer (Blauer Tactical Systems)

Guru Larry Hartsell (Jeet Kun Do)

Guru Makoto Kabayama (Jeet Kun Do)

Guru Dan Inosanto (Jeet Kun Do)

Grandmaster Li from China, Chi Kung, via the Chung Wah Kung Fu System and Master Lee Sensei

Brad Jones, Shotokan Karate Master Sensei

John Perdikaris, Defendo Course (Bill Underwood)

Use of Force Trainers Conference of North America hosted by Peel Regional Police

Phil Messina, Modern Warrior Training (Time Framing & Combat Stress Conditioning)

Bruce Siddle Founder PPCT Management Systems

Roy Bedard’s Close Quarter Defense (Rapid Rotation Baton)

Sensei Bill “Superfoot” Wallace

Prof. Sylvain Moroney (Grappling Arts Academy Woodbridge)

Coach Ron Beer, Shoot Wrestling Canada

Sifu Gerry Boxer (RIP) Eagle Wind School Zen Tai Ji, Thailand

Sifu Hing Chow, Wudang Gung Fu – Kunming, China

Sensei Bodhi Hanna Kistner, Zen Archery – OIMR – Pune, India

Sifu Raj Anand, Qigong & Yang-Style Tai Chi – OIMR -Pune, India

Sifu Zhang Fan, Turtle Style Kung Fu – Taoist Kung Fu Temple, Wudang Mountain, China

Sifu Zhang Chi, Crane Style Kung Fu – 26th Generation Master Dragon Gate Taoist Wudang Kung Fu – Wudang, China Sifu

Sat Chuen Hon, Medical Qigong, Dan Tao Center & Institute of Traditional Medicine

Sifu Lay Zhang, Dragon, Tiger & Snake Style Tai Chi/Qigong – Dragon Gate Taoist Wudang Kung Fu – Wudang, China Sifu

Venerable Seol Jeog Un – Grandmaster Sunmudo –  Golgulsa (Zen) Temple, South Korea

Mike Garner Sifu – Escrima – Jaguar School – Sabang, Palawan, Philippines

♦ See Terry Sifu’s Kempo/Kenpo lineage

Yogic, Meditative and Coaching Experience

Terry started training with Lawrence Noyes aka Skanda in 1995, he also trained with Anjali Hill and Russell Scott. Terry’s main practice was Kundalini/Surrender Meditation/Jnana yoga. Jnuna when translated means “Union Due to Pure Knowledge”. ”Lawrence Noyes’ teacher was Charles Burner aka Yogeshwar Muni. Charles Burner’s teacher was Swami Shri Kripalvanandaji, affectionately known to his disciples as Kripalu, “Giver of Grace.” and was of the Pashupata Yoga Lineage . Through this lineage Terry gained extensive experience in:

• Clearing Obstructions in Mind
• Sahaja Yoga – Natural Meditation
• Enlightenment Intensives – Master of Enlightenment Intensive Designation

Other experience and accreditations by Terry Hodgkinson

Yoga Nidra training with Guru Akhilesh Pandey  in Rishikesh, India.  Terry also studied Nidra with Nina Saacks from Yoga Awakening Africa.

Master Hypnotherapist, Time Line Therapy and NLP Practitioner (See various certificates here).

Certified Master Life Coach

Diploma in professional counselling and an accredited member of the Complimentary Therapists Accredited Association

Professional certification in the following disciplines:

• Mindfulness Coach
• Professional Life Coaching
• Emotional Smarts (intelligence) Coach
• CBT (cognitive Behavioural Therapy) Coach
• REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy) Coach
• Time Line Therapy
• Happiness Coaching
• Life Purpose Coaching
• Health and Nutrition Coach
• Goal Setting Success Coach
• Chakras and Energy Body Coaching
• Reiki Master and Teacher and accredited member of Reiki International Organization

Terry has spent a significant amount of time studying with Thunder Bear and Red Cloud of the Ojibway (also Ojibwe) First Nations People, who are cherished elders of Sacred Sweat Lodge and Healing Circle Ceremonies. Terry has a deep respect for all of his teachers, especially the ones who walk the path… not just talk the path.

While many of the martial art styles Hodgkinson Sifu has trained (and teaches) are very powerful, emphasizing strongly “intention”, Sahaja Yoga, Tao meditation and Mindfulness has its power in the opposite polarity of “yielding”. These two paradoxical disciplines, “intent and yield” ultimately compliment each other and harmonize with the ebb and flow of nature itself. This is known in Taoism as non-action or Wu wei. Terry sifu offers over three decades of wisdom as curriculum for students. His current institute is called Chung Fu Martial Arts & Meditation School and he leads international retreats for anyone who wishes short term immersion into his teachings as well as visiting exotic countries.

♦ What does “Chung Fu” mean?

Terry Hodgkinson & Anjali Hill. Terry Sifu took his first Enlightenment Intensive and studied Clearing Obstructions from Mind, Advanced Communication and Relating Skills training with Angali. 

Grandmaster Olaf Simon held the world record for breaking the most ice. In the second picture: Chuck Norris, Grandmaster Ed Parker Sr., (Women unknown) & Grandmaster Olaf Simon. Olaf Simon crossed trained in Grandmaster Ed Parker’s Kenpo system and ended up calling his style Moh Pai Kempo Kung Fu.

Master Brian Leishman of Energy Lake Kung Fu Studios and Terry Hodgkinson Sifu. Leishman trained in Edmonton under Phil McAndrews Sifu in Grandmaster Olaf Simon’s Moh Pai Kempo Kung Fu System.  

Terry Hodgkinson blessed by Buddhist Monk Tenzing Choerab at Dip Tse-Chok Ling Gompa Monastery located in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, India where Terry was honoured in having personal audience with the Dalai Lama.

Jerry Boxer Sifu and Terry Hodgkinson Sifu on Koh Chang, Thailand.

Terry Hodgkinson Sifu & Bodhihanna Kistner Zen Archery Sensei at OIMR in Pune, India. Read Terry Sifu’s article about Sensei Bodhihanna.

Terry Hodgkinson Sifu with Makoto Kabayama Jeet Kun Do Guru. Watch a video interview with Terry and Makoto here.

Terry Hodgkinson Sifu trains with Raj Anand Sifu every year in India

Raj Anand Sifu has been living in India for the last 3 decades mostly staying in the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune. His martial arts training started in the early 70s with Master Raymond Chung who is credited with bringing Tai Chi to the Vancouver, Canada. Raj has also traveled to Taiwan and Mainland China where he trained with various masters furthering a deeper understanding of Tai Chi. He has been practicing martial arts for 40 years but his main focus has always been and continues to be on Tai Chi and Qigong (Chi Gong). 

Terry Hodgkinson learning from Master Zhang Lei, Lay, Wudangshan. 

Venerable Seol Jeog Un Sunim of the Golgulsa (Zen) Temple in South Korea and Terry Hodgkinson Sifu. Seol Jeog Un Sunim is a Grandmaster in Sunmudo as well as Teakwondo. ‘Sun’, is the way to attain an intuitive illumination of mind and spirit through meditation. ‘Mu’ means “martial” and ‘Do’ means”way”. 

Mike Garner Sifu and Terry Hodgkinson Sifu at Mike’s school in Sabing Palawan, Philippines. Mike is an expert teacher with escrima sticks. Watch my video interview with Mike Garner in the Philippines.

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