Grandmaster Georganne Verigan

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

PhD, Educational Psychology
MA, Educational Administration
Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage - # 280193-00 
NCBTMB Continuing Education Approved Provider #285299-00
New Hampshire State Licensed Massage Therapist
Certificate in Acupuncture and Moxibustion at the Training Center of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China. 
Graduate North Eastern Institute of Whole Health 
Private therapeutic massage practice at The Holistic Health Center, Belmont, New Hampshire 
Level 1 Instructor of Grigorian Method®
Candidate in Acupuncture program at Green Mountain Institute of Oriental Medicine - White River Junction, Vermont

Teaching Experience

Massage & Bodywork

Adjunct Faculty- North Eastern Institute of Whole Health - Manchester, New Hampshire
Adjunct Faculty- McIntosh College - Dover, New Hampshire
Seminars – Laconia Adult Ed Program - Laconia, New Hampshire
Seminars - White Dragon Fitness Center -Thai, Acupressure, Reflexology
Workshop – Green Mountain Institute of Oriental Medicine - White River Junction, Vermont

Offering Instruction in:

Eastern Traditional Medicine; Five-Element Theory
Acupressure
Traditional Thai Massage
Grigorian Method ®
Tuina
Grigorian Organic Spa Reflexology ®
Qi Gong, Tai Chi
Corporate Seminars In Stress Reduction and Self-defense through Self-Awareness

Martial Arts Information:

Grandmaster of the Kajukenpo Pai Lum Federation
28 years as Instructor in Kajukenpo Karate/ Pai Lum Kung Fu / Tai Chi
Tai Chi Instruction - Laconia Adult Education - Laconia, New Hampshire 
Tai Chi LRGHealthcare Wellness program - Laconia, New Hampshire
Self Defense for Law Enforcement (State, Local & Federal Agencies)
Corporate Seminars in Stress Reduction and Self-defense through Self-Awareness
Two (2) time Inductee Marital Arts Hall of Fame 1998, 2003
Owner - White Dragon Martial Arts
Founder - Kick for Cancer Martial Arts Tournament (1990 - Present)
Director - Annual Kajukenpo Pai Lum Federation Martial Arts Summer Camp
Tai Chi & Qi Gong Instructor

Biography for Martial Arts

Grandmaster Georganne Verigan started training in the Martial Arts in the early 1970s. She achieved the rank of 2nd Degree Black Belt in (Nidan) in Kajukenpo (Chinese Kenpo) in 1980. Trained in Tai Kwon Do, Shotokan, Wah Lum Kung Fu, Ju-Jitsu, Ba Qua, Aikido and Pai Lum (White Dragon Kung Fu) 5th Level Black Sash in 1997, 7th Level Black Sash in October 2001 and upon the death of her teacher Grandmaster Bill Gregory, she was named successor and Grandmaster of the Kajukenpo Pai Lum Federation in November 2001.

In early 1980s she began training with Grandmaster William Gregory (Pai Meng Hu), a senior disciple of Professor Daniel K. Pai. (Pai Tien Lung) and had the honor of training with the Dr. Pai in Pai Lum Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Swordplay.

Grandmaster Verigan opened a Martial Arts School in Acton, MA in 1978 teaching Kajukenpo.  In 1986, she moved to New Hampshire and began teaching Kung Fu and started the White Dragon Fitness Center. The White Dragon Fitness Center participates in many community functions such as parades, demonstrations, benefit tournaments and community projects.

In 1990 Grandmaster Verigan started the annual KICK FOR CANCER Martial Arts Tournament. The purpose is to teach students how to give back to their community and to help them to realize that at sometime in our lives we all will know someone who will need the services provided by hospice. Each year proceeds of this tournament go to support the local HOSPICE programs.  This tournament continues to this day.

Grandmaster Verigan developed and presented many different community seminars and programs; Tai Chi for Senior (a volunteer instructor) and Tai Chi in Senior Communities in the Concord, NH area; Women’s self Defense Training (both personal and for Home Health Care Workers); Self-Defense Training Seminars for Law Enforcement personnel and Personal Awareness and Self-Defense for the Human Co-OP Services, Worcester, MA.

Grandmaster Verigan is a Community Instructor of Tai Chi in various Health care and Wellness Centers. This instruction ranges from the fit and able to the elderly and debilitated. She also speaks at a variety of community, youth and professional groups.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Grandmaster of the Kajukenpo Pai Lum Federation & Family
• PhD Educational Psychology
• World Martial Arts Hall of Fame
• United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame
• Master Instructor International Sungja-Do Association
• Associated Massage and Bodywork Professionals
• International Chinese Kuoshu Federation
• Martial Arts Association International
• Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors
• United We Stand

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