Ray Hayward (Shu-Kuang)
Ray
Hayward
(Shu-Kuang) began his health maintenance and martial arts training in
1973 under Sensei John Duncan. In
1977, he met and began studying with Master T. T. Liang.
He is one of two certified disciples of Master Liang, from whom he learned the complete Yang-style T'ai-Chi Ch'uan system as well as Praying Mantis, ch'in-na, and weapons.
Ray also learned Northern Shaolin, Pa- Kua, and weapons from Dr. Leung Kay-Chi; 7-Star Praying Mantis and Eagle Claw from Sifu Lo Man-biu; and Hsing-Yi Ch'uan, Pa-Kua and I-Ch'uan from Sifu Wai-lun Choi.
In 1979, Ray began teaching T'ai-Chi as an assistant under Master Liang, and then as a full-time instructor from 1984 to the present. He has taught at the Sister Kenny Pain Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Hazelden Treatment Center, Minnesota Department of Revenue, MN Department of Transportation, General Mills world headquarters, and through the Northfield Community Education Department. Since 1993, Ray has been the chief instructor at the Twin Cities T'ai-Chi Ch'uan Studio. Ray is dedicated to teaching the art as a way to gain health, peace of mind, confidence, and a state of well being.
Read Ray's responses to a questionnaire on the occasion of Master T. T. Liang's 100th birthday in the year 2000.