BIO
Rik Zak
Rik Zak is the Chairman of the Calgary branch of the Honan Shaolin Association. He was born in 1951, and in 1976 he and his wife Rita moved to New York City, where he met Shifu Woo Chai Meng and began his decades-long journey as one of his senior disciples. Rik is also a creative director at Schroeder Inc., a New York brand development firm, a filmmaker, and a Professor Emeritus at the Alberta University of the Arts, where he served for years as Chair and Head of the Visual Communications Program.
Martial Arts
Résumé
1984-Present
Honan Shaolin (Cultural & Historical) Association, Calgary, Canada
Chief Instructor, Chairman
1982 - 1983
Honan Shaolin Association, Golden Dragon Team,
New York, USA
Instructor and Association President
Published books and Articles
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Routledge Press; 2008. Contributing author
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​The Dragons of Shanghai's Henan Shaolin Association,
Published 2003 by the Honan Shaolin Association,​ author;
ISBN 0973368209, 9780973368208
United States Registered Copyright TX 9-192-198
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Shaolin Kung-Fu vs. Armed Attackers
Inside Kung-Fu Magazine, January, 1983, author
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Shaolin Training: The First Decades of the 20th Century
Inside Kung-Fu Magazine, July 1982, author
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Selected Seminars and Courses
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1997 Professional Knife Combat and Defense Course: Part I:
Instructor: Former Green Beret, US Special Forces, Sergeant Gregory A. Walker.
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1998 Professional Knife Combat and Defense Course: Part II:
Instructor: Former Green Beret, US Special Forces, Sergeant Gregory A. Walker.
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2000 Psychology of Combat:
The physiology and psychology of deadly conflict situations.
​Instructor: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, former US Airborne Ranger, Former Professor of Military Science at West Point.
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2001 Psychology of Combat:
The physiology and psychology of deadly conflict situations.
​Instructor: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, former US Airborne Ranger, Former Professor of Military Science at West Point.
