Hidgi Chuan is a blind martial artist, trainer and shaolin monk. He practiced and taught martial arts since more than 30 years. During his path of karate-do shotokai he practiced with many high masters like Master William Schneider, Master Shigeru Egami and Master Harada. He acquired an exam in psychology, in osteopathy and, despite his … Continue reading Hidgi Chuan´s change of name
"If you pursue happiness, you are an ordinary person. If happiness pursues you, you are an extraordinary person. Do not chase happiness; let it chase you." - Beinsa Douno - Beinsa Douno (Master Peter Deunov) was a spiritual teacher who lived and taught in Bulgaria between 1895 and 1944. He created a special form of … Continue reading Hidgi Chuan and the music of Beinsa Douno
Hidgi Chuan is a Shaolin monk, Master of martial arts, psychologist and he is blind. Despite his blindness he dedicates his life to travel around the world, to teach and to get involved in humanitarian projects. What is less well known is that Hidgi Chuan is an extremely interesting musician, even though he never started … Continue reading Hidgi Chuan – Master of martial arts and musician
Before I met Hidgi Chuan I didn´t know that the term "recorder" is the original term for a flute that is made out of wood. When we hear the word recorder we might think of a device that we can use to record audio files, and, in a certain way, this is, indeed, the origin … Continue reading The forgotten world of the recorder
Before meeting Hidgi Chuan I was used to musicians who would play either blues-, pop-, reggea-, rock- or classical music etc, but Hidgi was the first person I met who is just playing music. Despite his blindness he has a huge number of music pieces that he still remembers through all the years of his … Continue reading Hidgi Chuan´s music
Hidgi Chuan is the first person I met who is able to combine two aspects in music: sensible improvisation and spirituality. Before meeting Hidgi I met many great musicians with high abilities to improvise in music. But whenever I met people of spirituality who were practising music I was disappointed because they were always stuck … Continue reading Hidgi Chuan and Improvisation with recorders
My name ist Jess A. Sievers and I am a musician living in Berlin. I started playing music when I was 5 years old and I never stopped playing until then. I am a singer songwriter, violinist and multiinstrumentalist, and I am working as a music teacher. I dedicated all my life to music, to … Continue reading About me
Playing Music with Hidgi Chuan 