Master Mei Juan Luo Biography

Master Mei Juan Luo founded the Long Tou Shan Martial Arts School in
Yangshuo, China, and has more than fifteen years of experience
teaching Tai Chi to students from around the world. In addition to
maintaining the Long Tou Shan school, Mei teaches students in Boulder,
Colorado, USA.

From her youngest days with her father, a Kung Fu master, Mei loved
the martial arts. However as her father is very traditional, he
refused to teach his skills to a girl. So Mei took up dancing until
she was old enough to learn by herself. Initially Mei started to take
lessons in Yang style Tai Chi from local teachers and practiced both
the long and short forms. Having already studied Yuan (circle) Neng
(energy) Gong with a Taoist Wudang Master, at the age of seventeen she
also learned acupuncture from Doctor Lei Long Hung who introduced Mei
to traditional medicine. Now practicing Tai Chi every day Mei wanted
to learn more styles and this led her in 1996 to Chen Village, the
home of the Chen Family and 19th Generation Master, Chen Zheng Lei who
is recognized by the government as one of the ten great martial arts
masters of China.

Already teaching students in the park and by the riverside in
Yangshuo, in 2003 Mei applied to become a Tai Chi Master and took the
written and practical exams which also required her to demonstrate her
teaching skills with a group of beginners before the examination
panel. Having been accredited as a 6th Level Master by the Chinese
Wushu Association, and encouraged by her teachers she began to enter
competitions, winning silver medals at the Chen Village Elite Tai Chi
Tournament in 2004.

Mei has continued to win gold and silver medals for taijiquan and
sword at regional and international competitions. Though she is
proficient at both sword and hand styles her speciality is a form of
freestyle Chen taijiquan which allows her to select steps from the Lao
Jia and the Xin Jia (long forms) and improvise her own sequences.
Since 2003 Mei has been apprenticed to Chen Zheng Lei, and returns
annually to Chen Village for three weeks every year to study with him.

In 2007 the Chinese Wushu Association invited Mei to be examined as an
Advanced Level Wushu Coach and she was subsequently invited to
participate in the Beijing Olympics Wushu Competition in 2008: Mei won
two gold medals and a ticket to the Olympics, and won two further
golds at the 2009 national Wushu Competition in Shanghai.

Also in 2009, Mei won a gold medal as best tai chi instructor as she
led her student group to great success at the regional competition in
Guilin, China, where several students brought home medals.

Mei not only teaches at the Long Tou Shan Martial Arts School but is
also available for lessons in Boulder, Colorado (USA). She also
teaches in Thailand and Indonesia and is available for master classes
in both Yang and Chen Style Tai Chi, hand, sword and fan. Mei also
gives lessons in Qi Gong, Yoga, Massage and traditional healing
techniques. Mei speaks Chinese and English.