Interview with Dr Wei Xiong Chen on Traditional Chinese Medicine Ronnie Robinson talks to Dr Wei Xiong Chen Dr Wei Xiong Chen is a third generation Doctor of Chinese medicine. He grew up in Guangzhou, China where his Grandfather, father, uncle and brother were worked with Traditional Chinese Medicine. From the […]
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Ian Cameron could be considered one of the ‘elder statesmen’ of the British Tai Chi scene, being one of the few who passed the 40 years training landmark a few years ago. Based in Edinburgh, where he continues to actively teach, he started his early training in Hong Kong in […]
Grandmaster Mantak Chia author of dozens of books teaches in all parts of the world and resides at the Tao Garden Retreat Centre in Northern Thailand. He was born in Thailand in 1944 was initiated into meditation practices by Buddhist monks at the age of 6. While studying in Hong […]
Paul Crompton has taught Tai Chi for over forty years and is internationally recognised as a teacher as well as the writer of authoritative books on Tai Chi and Martial Arts. His classic introduction to the short form remains an essential primer for all newcomers as well as an authentic […]
In 2002 William Nelson staged the Cheng Man Ching Congress/Forum in Périgueux, France to celebrate the centenary of the late Professor. William had gathered together a group of individuals who were close to Cheng Man-Ching, close students, tai chi colleagues and members of his family.With the help of William CC […]
Gianfranco Pace is based in Catania, Sicily where he runs his International Taijiquan KungFu Association, offering intensive taijiquan training, in full curriculum taijiquan, in the traditional way of total immersion in all aspects of the art. The interview was conducted by Ronnie Robinson, Editor of Tai Chi Chuan and Oriental […]
Grand Master Chen Zhenglei, born in May 1949 at Chen’s Village, China, is a 19th generation descendant of the Chen’s family and a 11th generation direct-line inheritor of Chen’s Tai Chi Chuan. He was the head coach at the Chen’s Village National Taichi Center and vice-president of Henan Wushu Stadium. […]
Since 1961, Bruce Frantzis has followed the 3,000-year-old Taoist tradition of warrior/healer/priest by studying, practicing, teaching and writing about energy arts including: qigong; energetic healing therapies; Taoist meditation; and martial arts, including tai chi. The heart of his tradition is the cultivation of chi, the internal energy that connects the […]
Gerda Geddes was the first person who ever studied and taught Tai Chi in the UK, she began training in Shanghai at a time when very few women of any nationality were able to study the art. For nearly 60 years Tai Chi played an integral part in her life […]
Ken Van Sickle, a native of New York City, is best known for his work in recording images of film and video of Cheng Man Ching, who he was a student of Cheng Man Ching from some years. However is sword skills are exceptional and he has produced an excellent […]
Professor Li Deyin in one of China’s most famous Tai Chi Masters and creator of a number of modern-day competition routines such as 24 Step Taijiquan, 48 Step Taijiquan, Taiji Kungfu Fan, Xiyangmei Taiji Kungfu Fan. He is also the highest authority on 24 step simplified Yang style taijiquan, 88 […]
In the year 2000 Tai Chi Grandmaster William C.C. Chen was teaching at Tai Chi Caledonia in Scotland, when event organiser and Editor of Tai Chi Chuan magazine (UK), Ronnie Robinson took the opportunity to conduct this interview. At that time Grandmaster Chen has studied Tai Chi Chuan for over […]