Andrea Falk has trained the Chinese martial arts since 1972. She won a scholarship to study in Beijing, and spent three years at the Beijing Sports University, from 1980 to 1983. Since returning to Canada in 1984, she has taught the traditional Chinese martial arts. She teaches across Canada and in the UK. She had translated a few works for her students, but in 2001 decide to translate and publish, to bring more books from the Chinese into English. So far, she has translated Li Tianji's The Skill of xingyiquan, Jiang Rongqiao's Baguazhang, Yan Dehua's Bagua Applications, and Di Guoyong on Xingyiquan. She has also written Coaching Wushu, the training manual for MaGui Baguazhang, and numerous word lists. She is currently working on the Chinese-English Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Martial Arts Terminolgoy.