Welcome to ATS
The Association for Traditional Studies is a 501c3 not for profit dedicated to the preservation, documentation and dissemination of China’s Traditional arts and knowledge. ATS has been working in China since 1991, and its founder and president, Andrew Nugent-Head, has lived in China since 1986. To find out more about ATS and the importance of preserving traditional knowledge, click here.
Chinese Medicine Releases:
Martial Art Releases:
•Yin Style Bagua practitioner He Jinbao has also released his own new martial arts videos at www.yinstylebaguazhang.com
It is that time again here in Beijing–Chinese New Years! Chinese New Years is our favorite holiday here, as it centers around family, food, friends and fireworks of every kind imaginable.
Starting on New Years Eve this Sunday night, everyone of every age will be lighting off fireworks everywhere in the city. It is an incredible sight and sound when several million people all descend from their homes at midnight and light off everything from sparklers to full on professional displays. Then, it is back to the house to eat Jiao Zi, or dumplings, as their shape symbolizes the new crescent moon that will start the new year on Monday.
The Holiday does not stop there, though–it continues for 5 full days of meals and visits to temple fairs, and then has a momentary pause until the final big celebration of fireworks on the First Full Moon of the New Year!
If you have an Asian community near your home, find out what is happening in your area! read more here!
Technology seems to be the only thing becoming cheaper with each year, and that has helped ATS in its work to document traditional practitioners and release their knowledge on video.
Almost every item in our store is now more than half off, and items are bundled and priced so that you can own a complete set of martial or medicine DVDs to further your own learning of the traditional arts.
Take a moment to look at our store, see the changes, and purchase those items that you have always been curious about! read more here!
Our Work In China
The last traditional practitioners who were educated before 1949 are in their final years, and our mission is document their rich experience and teachings before it dies with them. Their depth of knowledge in Chinese medicine, martial and cultural arts has simply not been fully passed on to the next generation and must be preserved now.
Our current focus is on Chinese medicine, creating hours of recorded material each week with the practitioners we document. Our store features videos of our work over the last 15 years. Our site also features useful information on the traditional arts.
The greatest race for ATS is against time. Our window to record this knowledge is closing fast. Without your financial donations, volunteer work and pro bono services, we wouldn’t be able to continue our mission.
Your donations are tax deductible and are important to our success. To support our work and make a donation, click here.
Please also take a moment to visit the following companies who donate a portion of their profits to ATS:
