Martial arts demonstrators from around the world convened at Penn State University Park on the weekend of Aug. 16 for a Karate Club-hosted session on Tai Chi. Here, members of the Penn State Karate Club, under the instruction of Sensei Jaeson Koszarksy (far left), demonstrate their abilities during an open demonstration session.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Dance and drum gear used by the Steel Dragon performance group stands by following the group's traditional Lion Dance Opening Ceremony, as seminar demonstrators take part in the open demonstration portion of the weekend of martial arts training and instruction. The exhibition was hosted by the Penn State Karate Club.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Session participants Tim Bonson, left, and Robert Mathers practice newly-learned techniques in the quiet of Gym 1 in the Intramural Building on Saturday, Aug. 16. Mathers, a professor of chemistry at Penn State New Kensington, chose to make the trip to University Park specifically for the weekend's unique offering of multinational martial arts.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Demonstrators Terry Valentino and Brian Buirge warm up in a hallway of Intramural Building before demonstrating during the Tai Chi Masters session hosted by the Penn State Karate Club of Penn State University Park.

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Year Taken: 2008

Grand Master Zhang Yun demonstrates a swordsmanship aspect of internal martial arts during a visit of Tai Chi Masters to the Penn State University Park campus Aug. 16-17. The Grand Master, now a resident of Pittsburgh, hails from Beijing, China, and has taken American students under his instruction as president of the Yin Cheng Gong Fa Association-North American Headquarters.

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Year Taken: 2008

Members of the Penn State Karate Club practice under the direction of Sensei Dane Sutton, left, during a practice session of the Tai Chi Masters visit to Penn State University Park on Saturday, Aug. 16. The Karate Club, which hosted the visit of international martial arts masters and practitioners this weekend, consists of Penn State students, faculty and alumni who are interested in the study of martial arts. It is one of the oldest university-based martial arts clubs in the United States. More information on the club can be found at http://www.pennstatekarate.org/pskc/ online.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Master Strider Clark, center right, demonstrates free-form fighting methods on subject Clayton Shiu during the technique seminar portion of the Tai Chi Masters visit to Penn State University Park on Aug. 16. Master Clark is the principal student of martial arts practitioner Grand Master Zhang Yun, of Beijing, China.

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Year Taken: 2008

Tai Chi Masters from the world over joined the Penn State Karate Club in a weekend of martial arts instruction and technique study at Penn State University Park. The weekend's events included open Tai Chi demonstrations, fighting instruction like this one seen here, swordsmanship instruction and question-and-answer sessions.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Master Paul Cote, right, a Penn State alumnus and now a professor at Georgetown University, discusses fighting technique with Penn State Karate Club members Carmen Cummings, center, and Que Dang, left, during the Tai Chi Masters presentation sessions. Cote has returned to Penn State numerous times to participate in martial arts and other events, citing his appreciation for the martial arts and for his alma mater.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Jin Jin Huang, left, a member of the Penn State Karate Club, practices with Akin Adebisi of the Harlem Healing Arts Martial Arts Center, during a practice session sponsored by the Karate Club. The weekend's sessions included demonstrations and lessons by Tai Chi Masters and other practitioners of a wide array of martial arts.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Grand Master Zhang Yun watches his protege Master Strider Clark teach during a free form fighting styles demonstration on Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Intramural Building at Penn State University Park. Zhang emigrated to the United States in 1989, and teaches the martial arts of China through the Yin Cheng Gong Fa Association-North American Headquarters in Pittsburgh.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Fighting technique practitioner Master Strider Clark uses his subject Clayton Shiu for demonstrative purposes of various styles of fighting technique. Clark was the first student of Grand Master Zhang Yun who also presented at the event, and is accompanying his Grand Master at this event as a senior pracitioner.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008