Master Moo Shong Woo
was born in March 3, 1932 in Chiayi - Taiwan.Coming from a family whose father's relatives practice Tai Chi Chuan for many generations, and whose mother's relatives have a long tradition practicing and studying traditional chinese medicine, Master Woo got used to these subjects, while still being young. At that time higher degree courses in these sciences were not available. The knowledge was handed down from father to son, keeping some familiar secrets about the practices.
Still in Taiwan (see picture album), being in that time under the
control of Japan, Moo Shong Woo (having the japanese name Mutsuo Matsuga by
exigency of Japan) graduated in Architecture. Inspired by his grandfather he got an increasing dedication to practicing medicine and martial arts. He went to Alabama in the United States of America, where he studied ocidental medicine in the years 1955 and 1956.
In March 1961 he came to Brazil, staying a while in Minas Gerais and São Paulo. Then he came to Brasília, where he resides until today.
In Brasília, Master Woo practices chinese
medicine and teaches martial arts, specially Tai Chi Chuan and QiGong.