History
The Tai Chi Farm, also known as the Zhang SanFeng or Chang San Feng Festival, started in the 70s as little more than a gathering of Master Jou's students at the farm that he had purchased in Warwick New York. As time went on, it grew and became a real event.
If anyone knows anything about the person who posted this video, please let us know. We are interested in the full-length film.
Three Sister Festivals
CJ Rhoads wrote a series of articles on the Tai Chi Farm, her relationship to it, and the children Festivals (the sister festivals - Tai Chi Gala,
Tai Chi Park, and Symposium for Integrative Health, Tai Chi & Qigong) that were organized by Loretta Wollering, Bruce La Carrubba,
and CJ Rhoads after the Tai Chi Farm closed down. All three festivals were held in honor of the original Tai Chi Farm and in memory of the great times that everyone had at that event every year.
You can read the original PDFs here:
Violet Li also published these articles (with a different set of pictures) as well. You can review them here:
So there is a rich history behind the festivals and events. Sadly, Bruce LaCarrubba passed away in 2024.
We are hoping that Loretta Wollering will be holding another Tai Chi Gala someday in the future, and we are hoping that
she will come
to our festival this year as she has for many years previously.
But in all cases, we are glad to be back in the town of the original birth of Tai Chi Farm.
(And no, we won't tell any jokes about salmon swimming back to the home of their birth to spawn again.)