When the available learning model is that of annual seminars, this raises questions both for new students and experienced ones. Those starting to learn ask themselves why they should go to a seminar where a long and complex form, which they won’t be able to learn at once, will be taught, and those already well [...] Read more – ‘What to learn in a Tai Chi Chuan seminar’.
This is the transcript of the main teachings by master Jan Silberstorff in Salvador, Brazil, in 2006. The seminar was hosted by Liana Netto, and the year was marked by the founding of WCTA-Br. Read more – ‘3rd Seminar with Jan Silberstorff – Brazil, 2006’.
There are many legends and some controversy as to how taijiquan was created, and with the tendency to ascribe the creation of important features to mithycal figures in chinese culture, combined to the scarce literature about the subject, it is common to find experienced students who have no idea of the historical facts regarding the birth of the style. Read more – ‘Historical origin of Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan)’.
