Martial Artist
Musician
Educator
Author
Qigong & Martial Arts Master Instructor
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Breathing & Meditation Coach
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Grammy-recognized award-winning music educator
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Creator of the Regenerative Pickleball Qigong Method
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Qigong & Martial Arts Master Instructor 🔄 Breathing & Meditation Coach 🔄 Grammy-recognized award-winning music educator 🔄 Creator of the Regenerative Pickleball Qigong Method 🔄
Patrick W. Smith is celebrating 60 years of experience in music performance, education, and as a martial artist. He currently holds Grand Master level ranking, and knows he is blessed to be a student of many masters before him.
As such, Patrick has a unique view of the world we share and offers many avenues of contact through which you can share in his experience and outlook.
Patrick has been featured globally including on VH1, NPR, PBS and NBC The Today Show.
He founded Regenerative Pickleball QiGong Method as a practice of preventing and healing injuries associated with Pickleball. This method adapted Qigong moves and principles to Pickleball movements that fit the Pickleball players needs at any age. This system is applicable to ANY sporting activity, not just Pickleball!
Used as a warm-up series, Qigong-style movement and breathwork wakes up the body for activity, sharpens conscious body awareness in motion, thus reducing likelihood of injury, strengthens the leg muscles and improves balance in motion all around the Pickleball court.
The older we grow, the fewer and simpler our regular daily movements become. Qigong reawakens our movement vocabulary.
Shaolin Temple - Forest of Pagoda's
Shur Dur Jing, Head Abbott; George Dillman, National Karate Champion and founder of Dillman Karate International; and Patrick W. Smith on DKI's 2006 Friendship Tour of China, 55 martial artists from the USA, Europe, South America, and Asia. In advance of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
And in July of 2023, Patrick published his new book: PICKLEBALL! The Curious History of Pickleball From its Origins as Picklepong 1959 – 1963. As a child who witnessed the genesis of pickleball, his story at long last brings to light the true tale of this now exploding sport.
PICKLEBALL!
FROM ITS ORIGINS AS PICKLEPONG 1959-1963
PICKLEBALL! The Curious History of Pickleball From its Origins as Picklepong 1959 - 1963 is for ALL to enjoy! This fascinating account of Pickleball's earliest iterations, from someone who was there to witness its birth, exposes the true beginnings of Pickleball as told by an eyewitness, albeit a young one.
Patrick Smith's eloquently shared descriptions of the life and times and the people involved as the game was first invented, BEFORE 1965, gives the flavor of Washington state's history and some of the movers and shakers of the late 1950s and 60s.
Captured here in his witty, humorous style, the author shares childhood memories that bring light to the game's journey from Picklepong, created in Pat's family sideyard, to Pickleball, the game as we know it today. Readers will laugh out loud as they learn of the characters who practiced getting pickled both on and off the courts, flavored with references to some of Washington State's cultural and historic highlights.
In addition, the book features traditional food and drink recipes of the times, to serve up the Perfect Pickleball Party in the authentic style of olde! Find out what being "pickled" is really all about! For anyone who is curious to know ...
