Paulie Zink is an Americanmartial arts champion,Daoyin teacher and well known practitioner ofMonkey Kung Fu. He foundedYin yoga which is also known as Yin and Yang Yoga.[1][2][3]
Growing up inHollywood, California, Zink was exposed toZen teahouses by his father and tomodern yoga by thehippies who practiced it on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard around him.[4] At 14, he began practicing yoga, too, learning fromThe Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga and the yoga programs onPBS television withRichard Hittleman andLilias, Yoga and You with Lilias Folan. At 16, he began studyingkung fu. While he was attending theLos Angeles City College, Cho Chat Ling—a student from Hong Kong—showed him that he could improve his kung fu through foundational advanced yoga postures. Thereafter, Zink studied privately with Cho for a decade, learning three separate styles of kung fu. Zink was trained as Cho Chat Ling's protege to expose the styles of kung fu to the west.[5] During this period, Zink began to compete successfully in martial arts tournaments, ultimately taking theLong Beach International Karate Championship three consecutive years (1981,1982 and 1983). He won Grand Champion in the "weapons forms" category all three years and Grand Champion in the "empty hands" category, two of the three years.[6]
Zink began teaching yoga in the late 1970s, when he founded Yin yoga by synthesizingDaoist disciplines andHatha yoga with his own created postures and approach.[1]
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