William C C Chen Q&A 1992 Part 1|4 Happy 90th birthday, Grandmaster Chen! To celebrate the life and teaching of Grandmaster William C C Chen, we are honored to publish a question and answer session given at one of his teacher trainings in Germany in the 1990s. Celebrating the 30th […]
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Laura Stone Interview (part 4) from December 2018 by Connie Witte. This interview was published in the TQT (Dutch Taijiquan magazine) and translated by Laura Stone. It seems dangerous to me to silence the reptilian brain? Of course there are limits, in a life-threatening situation you have to have that […]
Laura Stone Interview (part 3) from December 2018 by Connie Witte. This interview was published in the TQT (Dutch Taijiquan magazine) and translated by Laura Stone. Grandmaster Chen has been coming to the Netherlands since 1978? Yes, and in ’87 I came with him to Europe, to Cornelia Gruber in […]
Laura Stone Interview (part 2) from December 2018 by Connie Witte. This interview was published in the TQT (Dutch Taijiquan magazine) and translated by Laura Stone. You were visually affected again? This is interesting; you connect it to the visual but it is what I feel at that moment, something […]
Laura Stone Interview (part one) from December 2018 by Connie Witte. This interview was published in the TQT (Dutch Taijiquan magazine) and translated by Laura Stone. Quotes interspersed in this interview with Laura Stone: Music and T’ai Chi Chuan came together for me in calligraphy. Learning from Grandmaster Chen is […]
Laura Stone Interview (part 5) from December 2018 by Connie Witte. This interview was published in the TQT (Dutch Taijiquan magazine) and translated by Laura Stone. Why T’ai Chi athlete? I don’t look like an athlete, but I do have that awareness. I’m a T’ai Chi athlete, not in competition, […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. Future plans You nearly, or probably you did already answer my last question and this would be: your future plans. Do you have […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. Research alliances and the vision to build a bridge Did you do all the writing on your Health Association website? No, I didn’t […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. Encouraging people to learn Tai Chi and Qigong I believe – because yesterday we talked about how to encourage people to do Tai […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. Teaching philosophy What is your teaching philosophy, what is your goal? That is a big question. … yes, I know… That’s a big […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. Voluntary work and rich life I know exactly what you are talking about. I am working like crazy – like Ronnie and me […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. The way towards her own school and the repertoire When did you meet Tary? Nearly towards the end of my study. I met […]
The interview with Faye Yip was led by Nils Klug in the context of a Workshop on Ba duan jin given by Faye in the Tai Chi Studio, Hannover, in Summer 2016. Moving to the UK and beginning to teach Let’s go back – so you said you went to university in China… Yes, I […]
About the interviewee Faye Yip is a Qigong and Taijiquan teacher based in the UK. Together with her husband, Tary Yip, she initiated the British Health Qigong Association (BHQA), promoting Health Qigong and Taijiquan in the UK. The BHQA is affiliated with the International Health Qigong Association, whose origin lies […]
Part IV – The second generation and the beginning’s of Cheng Man Ching Tai Chi in New York In the 4th part of the interview, Ken van Sickle talks about some students of Cheng Man Ching, the “second generation”, especially about two of the older students who studied with him […]
Conversations with the Grandmasters During the course of the Cheng Man Ching Forum 2002 I wanted to arrange interviews with the special guests who were the lineaged Grandmasters that had been very close students of Professor Cheng Man Ching. The Gentlemen concerned were: William C C Chen, Benjamin Lo, Hsu […]
Stillness: The Mover & Shaker in Taiji Shi Ming is known as one of China’s preeminent taiji masters. He is a strict disciplinarian of the old school, inspiring his students to practice long hours in the park under all conditions, including the sub-zero temperatures of winter. He holds himself to […]
Interview with James Lau K King on Huang’s system Master James Lau K King (刘恭庆) from Miri, Malaysia was so kind to give a in depth interview on his personal and Tai Chi life. He talks about his childhood how he met his teacher GM Huang Sheng Shyan in 1977.They had a very […]
Adam Mizner recently appeared on the tai chi scene, predominantly via a few well-placed videos and links to websites containing minimal information other than video film. The films seemed to focus on push hands skills where his ‘opponent’ was bounced across the floor, often violently with what seemed to be […]
An Interview with Grandmaster Wu Kwong Yu by Ronnie Robinson Following his enthusiastically received session at the recent TCUGB Judge’s Training Seminar in London, Grandmaster Wu Kwong YU (Eddie Wu) and I adjourned to a side room for a brief interview – with the invaluable assistance of Wu’s Tai Chi […]