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A Unique Merging of Bloodlines
Many teachers merge bloodlines, either within a particular Art, or between several Arts.

Sifu Maier has taken the inter-disciplinary approach a different direction, merging a single MA bloodline with several academic/scientific bloodlines. In Academia, his Sifu, William R. Nash, designed the first Gifted/Talented curriculum in the state of Texas, as well as a summer camp program copied by a number of other universities. Maier’s SiGung, E. Paul Torrance made major contributions to the field of Gifted Education, and is considered the Father of Creativity Research. A major point Maier

draws from SiGung Torrance is importance of kinesthetic/psychomotor modalities in learning problem solving, basic concepts, language skills and creativity (Torrance & Safter, 1999). This is another way of saying what Maier’s TaeKwonDo teacher in the 1970’s said, “Training makes us smarter.”

Another merging Sifu Maier has done is being both a practitioner and a researcher. Many fields would benefit if this combination occurred more frequently. It is not easy to do justice to both activities, but it can be done, and both will benefit. If separate, the two groups tend to develop separate goals and languages, insulating where they could be cooperating.