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Practice of Chen Style

What to learn in a Tai Chi Chuan seminar

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 into the Taijiquan (tai chi chuan) system ask why should they again be learning a form they have known for years. The answer is the same for both: because their goal is not learning the form. The goal of Taijiquan (tai chi chuan) practice is to change one’s body so that it will move in a new, different, and efficient way. More »

3rd Seminar with Jan Silberstorff – Brazil, 2006

Instructor Liana Netto hosted the third taijiquan seminar taught by Jan Silberstorff in Salvador, BA, Brazil from March 17th to March 19th 2006. Jan Silberstorff was in Brazil for the first time in November 2002 to attend to the last seminar taught by Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in this country, and returns anually to teach since 2004. More »