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Laoshi William Phillips
Sifu William C. Phillips has been practicing Tai Chi for over 40 years. His teachers include Professor Cheng Man-Ch'ing and Master Zhang Lu-Ping Other Martial Arts experience: Nanadan, Shotokan Karate, Japan Shotokan Karate Association of North America, Godan, Ju-jitsu Sifu William C. (Bill) Phillips began his study of martial arts with Sifu Stanley Israel in 1965. He studied Karate, Jiu-jitsu, and Judo with Sifu Israel, and in 1967 also began to study Tai Chi form with him. Sifu Israel was one of Professor Cheng Man-Ch'ing's six senior students in New York. After hearing about the Professor from Sifu Israel, Sifu Phillips sought out the Professor by knocking on Chinatown doors and began to study with him in early February of 1970. From Professor, Sifu Phillips refined his form, and also learned push hands and sword form. He became the most junior student to be given permission to take pictures and make audio and film recordings of the Professor, and was the most junior student to ever be given a beginner's form class to teach at Professor's school, the Shr Jung. After Professor Cheng's death in 1975, Sifu Phillips continued developing his form and push hands skills with another of of Professor's senior students, Mort Raphael, for a couple of years, but after that was largely on his own. In 1988, a friend brought Master Zhang Lu-Ping, on tour, to teach at Patience T'ai Chi. Very impressed with his skill, Sifu Phillips asked Master Zhang if he would teach him, and Master Zhang agreed. For the next 10 years until Master Zhang's passing in 1998, Sifu Phillips learned Yang Long Form, and applications to push hands of Tai Chi form. He also greatly improved his push hands, rooting, and neutralization skills. In 1970, Sifu Phillips founded the Patience T'ai Chi Association, so named because of the quality he most wanted to be mindful of in his teaching and in his own studies. The Association has flourished over the years, and Sifu Phillips has taught hundreds of students Tai Chi, and until 1993, also Karate, and Ju-jitsu. Today, Sifu Phillips, who also holds the rank of Nanadan (7th degree black belt) in Shotokan Karate from the Japan Shotokan Karate Association of North America, and a Godan (5th degree black belt) in Ju-Jitsu from the American Ju-jitsu Council, focuses mainly on teaching Tai Chi form and push hands. He has served as a judge at numerous tournaments, and has travelled the country teaching seminars, including at the Tai Chi Farm of Master Jou Tsung Hwa. He also ran a holistic health weekend at the Fallsview in the Catskill Mountains for 12 years, and held Cheng Man-Ch'ing Tai Chi Family gatherings for the 100th and 101th Anniversaries of Professor's birth. Sifu Phillips has made a number of television appearances on programs such as The O'Reilly Report on Fox Cable and Brent Garber's Health Update, and has been featured in many publications including USA Today, Inside Kung Fu and Men's Health.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Chang San Feng Legacy Panel: Professor Cheng Man-Ch'ing
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Friday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Professor Cheng Man-Ching was one of the first to bring T'ai Chi Ch'uan to the United States. Katy and Ellen Cheng, his daughters, as well as senior students Natasha Gorky Young and Bill Phillips will share different aspects of his life in this panel. 
Laoshi Harry Legg
There’s a good chance you have heard Harry - he has voiced for NBC Sports and is heard on Radio & TV stations around the world. He is the Founder of New Jersey Tai Chi and teaches Clear Style Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong, Nei Kung, Clear Internal Push Hands, and Self-Defense at his Verona, NJ studio. He is an advanced Fa Kung energy healing practitioner and also teaches corporate wellness programs. Harry is a Senior Instructor and the NJ / NYC Regional Organizer for Clear Tai Chi. Harry also holds a black belt ranking in the Body Mind Studios system of 8 Martial Arts.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Clear Internal Push Hands INTENSIVE 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. ($250)
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Thursday Intensives (Check descriptions for times)
Join Clear Tai Chi Senior Instructor and Founder of New Jersey Tai Chi, Harry Legg, for a full day of Internal Power and Skill building with Clear Internal Push Hands. 
Laoshi Eo Omwake
EO OMWAKE has been training in the eastern traditions for over four decades. His studies include Zen, Taoism, Taoist Meditation, Buddhism, Southern Preying Mantis Kung Fu, Northern Long Fist Kung Fu, Kempo Karate/Kung Fu, Japanese Kendo, a touch of Kyudo (Zen Archery), Yang Style Tai Chi, Chinese Wrestling, Chin-Na, and Ju Juitsu. He was the founder and director of the Mind, Body, Spirit Acdemy of Martial Arts and Self-Cultivation, a martial arts training center for Kung fu and T'ai Chi in Chadds Ford, Pa. Mr. Omwake has trained with many of the top masters from the United States and China, including Grandmaster Fu Zhong-Wen, the lineage heir to Yang Tai Chi, Master James Qing Quan Fu, grandson lineage heir to Yang Tai Chi, Yang Zhen Duo, the family heir to Yang Family, Jou Tsung-Hua, T.T. Liang, Yang Jwing-Ming, He Wei Chi, Liang Shou Yu, Wang Wei-Lun, Chang Chung-Jen. He has also studied with Wally Jay, Ed Parker, Joe Lewis, Sam Masich, and other Kung Fu, Karate, and Tai Chi teachers. Mr. Omwake is a member of the Gold Mountain Jin Dan Taoist Order, a traditional Taoist order with roots going back many generations into old China. Mr. Omwake also holds a second-degree black belt in Kempo Karate and has organized his own system called Flowing Hands Kung Fu. His current raking would be around fifth-level sash. Mr. Omwake has been appointed as advisor to the U.S. American Wushu-Kung Fu Federation, has been an Instructor at the Tai Chi Farm, been a Judge at local and national level tournaments, and had many articles on Tai Chi, Qigong, and the Martial Arts published in Tai Chi Magazine and QI Magazine.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Two Person Form INTENSIVE. 2:00 to 4:00 PM. ($25)
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Thursday Intensives (Check descriptions for times)
With this lesson, I would teach parts of the basic two person form which elucidates the movements and energies of Tai Chi. This can help students understand the essential movements and energies of tai chi and what they mean in two person interaction. 
Laoshi Marc Sabin
Marc Sabin practices and teaches Taijiquan and Push Hands as a body/mind/spiritual practice. His studies began 1976 as part of a professional acting program. Before focusing solely on Taiji, Marc earned two black belts. He was awarded one in Chinese Kempo and another in Chu’an Fa. He also earned an Advanced Degree diploma in Filipino Escrima from Angel Cabales. His research into the principles and applications of Yang and Chen styles of Taiji, plus his extensive explorations in the dynamics of Push Hands and meditation, have guided Marc’s approach to the depths and intricacies of the art. Marc had the good fortune of living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent years studying under several extraordinary teachers. Throughout that time, he met with everyone he could find who could help him glean a better understanding of the principles and applications. Marc further enhanced his Taiji education on international travels where he attended classes, workshops and one-on-one meetings with other instructors. After relocating to New York, his teaching career took his studies into new heights. It is by instructing others that Marc has applied the instructions he was given and where he has grown most of all. He continues to share his love of Taiji, in the hopes of making a small contribution to this marvelous discipline. In addition to his devotion to Taiji, Marc is the chief marketing and chief sustainability officer of Advanced Resilient Biocarbon, a company with a mission to solve the global problems of climate change by creating renewed resources by repurposing waste. As an ordained Interfaith minister, Marc performs weddings and non-denominational spiritual counseling. His regular classes are held New York’s Hudson Valley. Contact him to schedule workshops or visit his website: MarcSabin.com/taijiquan.html.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Stop: Stillness and the Movement of Taiji Energetics INTENSIVE 9:00 - 4:00 PM. ($95)
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Thursday Intensives (Check descriptions for times)
This cooperative push hands intensive focuses on heightening the awareness of the transmission of energy. Initiation of movement comes from release (Qi).
THREE HOUR PUSH HANDS WORKSHOP 
Laoshi Susanna T. DeRosa
Susanna began training with Master Jou in 1973 and studied with him until his passing in 1998. He encouraged her to teach early on and she’s been doing so ever since, mainly in Princeton and the Lambertville/Stockton NJ area. Susanna was Master Jou’s performance partner for San Shou throughout the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, including during a China tour with 40 Taiji enthusiasts in 1984.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Chang San Feng Legacy Panel: Master Jou Tsung-Hwa
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Friday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
This panel will honor Master Jou Tsung-Hwa, founder of the Tai Chi Farm. Simone Kraus, Linda Steihk, Paul Albe, Susan DeRosa, and Jay Dunbar were students of Master Jou's, and they carry on his legacy in their teaching today. 
Laoshi Mary Jo Bulbrook
Dr. Mary Jo (MJ) Bulbrook is a holistic registered nurse, family wellness therapist and internationally renown master teacher, spiritual / medical intuitive, mystic, shaman, co-creative healing medium, expert energy specialist, health care professional and psychotherapist with over 50+ years practicing, teaching energy based care worldwide. Currently she is Dean of the College of Integrative Health, CEO and President Emeritus of Akamai University where Dr. Chow was one of our professors. Dr. Bulbrook combines science, spirituality, health care and energy therapies in her work both at Akamai University and Energy Medicine Partnerships (EMP) where she founded EMP based on her career as a holistic nurse practitioner, educator and researcher. She has worked extensively with traditional healers from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, & Peru blending their wisdom in her spiritually guided life's work. She worked closely with Dr. Effie Chow and Rose Hong to establish the Global Healing Alliance to carry forward each of their legacies to uplift society worldwide with laughter, love and light.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Chang San Feng Legacy Panel: Effie Chow
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Friday 4:00 - 5:15 PM
This panel will honor Effie Chow, who was a very well known not only for her early inroads to teaching Qigong for health, but also for her role in government recognition of these arts for health purposes. 
Laoshi Ron Lambert
Ron Lambert has been involved in Martial Arts for 25 years. He studied for 18 years with a direct student of BP Chan in Mohegan Lake, NY, where he learned several of Chan's systems there, including Bagua Outer Palms, Bagua Inner Palms, Bagua Standing Set, Bagua Two-Person Sets, Bagua Push-Hands, Eight Brocades, 10 Daoist, 8 Chi Kung, Hanging Leg Set, Sitting Down Set, Lying Down Set, Standing Set, I Chuan, Eight Immortals Staff, Eight Immortals Sword, Full-Body Massage (An Mo), Deer, Turtle, and Crane Breathing, Tendon & Ligament Stretching, Muscle Stretching, and more. He studied with Tom Bisio, where he learned a circular Bagua Staff Form taught to Tom by a brother of Gao Ji Wu. Study with Frank Allen enabled him to learn several of Liu Jing Ru's weapons forms: a Straight Sword (Jian) Form, a Bagua Elbow Knives Form, and a Bagua Needles Form. He learned a Bagua Broadsword Form from Frank. In addition, he learned the 64 Hands Form taught to Frank by Liu Jing Ru.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Chang San Feng Legacy Panel: BP Chan
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Friday 2:30 - 3:45 PM
A panel of students of the late and beloved qigong and martial arts teacher B. P. Chan. Panelists will be sharing their memories and experiences of their time with Mr. Chan and discuss how he influenced their martial arts practices and their lives. 
Laoshi Lee Scheele
Lee Scheele is a 30+ year student of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. His principle teachers have been Ben Lo in Chen Man-Ch'ing Style and Tony Ho in Wu Style Square Form, and he has had workshop exposure to many other top teachers over the years. In the past, Lee has competed in a number of push hands tournaments with superheavyweight victories both nationally and internationally.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Chang San Feng Legacy Panel: Steve Higgins
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Friday 1:00 - 2:15 PM
Steve Higgins recently passed away, but his more than 50 years of influence has changed the world of Tai Chi dramatically. Peter Reists and Judi McCuaig were two of his top students. Lee Scheele is a long-time colleague. 
Laoshi Jill L. Basso
Jill is a second-generation teacher in the Cheng Man Ching lineage. She is a senior student to Master William C. Phillips of Patience Tai Chi and a Certified Tai Chi Teacher. Jill started studying Tai Chi in Brooklyn, NY in 1995 and began teaching tai chi form classes in 1996 in the Hudson Valley. She has earned several gold, silver and bronze medals in form and push hands in competitions in NY, Taiwan and MD. She has been a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) since 2008 and blends her knowledge of body work with her students and clients to improve health, well-being and inner balance for healing. Some of these modalities include structural integration, cranio-sacral therapy, reflexology and somatic (body-based) approaches. Jill received her Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) certification last year, which is Dr. Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution program. Jill has been living in Santa Fe, NM since 2007 and teaches tai chi classes year round in the park; Beginner – Advanced Yang Short and Long forms, Qi Gong, The Eight Brocades, Swimming Dragon, Push Hands, Self – defense applications along with the CMC Yang Sword Form, Stick form and punching forms in her Women’s Weapons class. Find more information on her Desert Sage Tai Chi website; www.desertsagetaichi.com and same named Facebook page.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Coiling with Fascia; Learn Sensing Energy for Push Hands
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Saturday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Fascia, the beautiful web of connective tissue that holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place. The tissue does more than provide internal structure; fascia has nerves that make it almost as sensitive as skin. Cheng Man Ching Form and Function
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Sunday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Professor Cheng Man Ching was a Master of Five Excellences; calligraphy, medicine, poetry, painting and tai chi. Professors’ teachings have been shared throughout the world in many books, articles and his students’ transmissions. Push Hands Gathering
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Friday 9:00 - 11:00 PM
Push Hands Meet and Gathering 
Laoshi Jano Cohen
JANO COHEN has been a student of Margaret (Maggie) Newman since 1977 (with a 12-year break between 1984 and 1996). She was given permission to teach in 1998. Maggie was one of the six senior students of Professor Cheng Man Ching who were given permission to teach at the Shr Jung school in New York City. While Maggie is her primary teacher, Jano has also learned a great deal from classes or workshops with Lenzie Williams, John Crouse, Jeff Herrod, Weiming Yuan, Tom Daly and William Bengochea. Jano is one of six teachers designated by Maggie to carry on teaching in her stead in Philadelphia since she retired. As they rotate teaching, Jano also learns from her fellow teachers Susan Heineman, Russ Mason, Michael Ward, Jean Zimmermann, and Janet Louise. She is also one of the teachers at Maggie’s Legacy camp held once a year in Geneva, NY. As a previous dancer and choreographer Jano brings her ability to break down choreography for her students and a passion for movement. As an Alexander Technique teacher, she can share ways to release tension, enhance physical alignment, and improve movement flow.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
T’ai chi Cheng Man Ching Short Yang Form – Releasing into the Ground and Allowing the Energy to Fill your Body
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Saturday 4:30 - 5:45 PM
We will explore our relationship with the ground, our internal space and external space by releasing tension and aligning our bodies. We will practice this with certain postures from the form, standing meditation, and simple partner work. T’ai Chi Cheng Man Ching Yang Sword – Form and Dueling
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Sunday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Please bring either a wooden sword, a foldable sword, or a thin wooden dowel (2 ft or 3 ft long). Some wooden swords and dowels may be available. 
Laoshi Bill Douglas
William Douglas is the 2009 Inductee to the World Internal Arts Hall of Fame in New York, and received the "Extraordinary Service in the Field of Qigong Award" from the National Qigong Association (NQA.org), and the "Qigong Media Excellence Award" from the World Congress on Qigong (Founded by Dr. Effie Chow). He is the Founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day (WorldTaiChiDay.org), and Founder of The Global Transformation Project (GlobalTransformationProject.org). William is an award-winning author on Mind Body and Consciousness. his latest book's compilation of Mind Body science led to the formation of The Global Transformation Project. His books include: "The Gospel of Science: Mind Blowing New Science on Ancient Truths to Heal Our Stress, Lives, and Planet" (2nd edition), "The Tao of Tai Chi: The Making of a New Science," and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tai Chi & Qigong" (4th edition, Penguin Alpha Books). Douglas has taught Mind Body Education (Tai Chi, Meditation, Chi Kung, Mindfulness, & Yoga) through major health networks for nearly 40 years. Discovering that students/patients can "only get the amount of transformation and healing from their practices as they BELIEVE they can." He's seen this in his teaching through hospitals that when a patient learns of the science showing that their Mind Body practice "can heal" their condition ... that is when it can. This is why Douglas's life is committed to educating the public on what profound treasures every Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Meditation, Yoga, and Mindfulness Teacher is ... and how profoundly these practices can change our lives. Douglas's research has revealed that most people have no idea how profound Mind Body practices can change lives, and that even most teachers of Mind Body have no idea. His goal is to educate the global Mind Body community of this science, so that they can educate their students ... and empower their students to understand their own self-healing power using the Mind Body practices they are already now practicing. As our vision of our art's potential expands, Douglas says, so does their ability to transform us in magical ways--and science backs it all up. Science also shows that Mind Body in Public Education, Kindergarten though 12th grade, would solve most of the major challenges of society, including economically by saving literally trillions of dollars in future health costs year after year. And science also shows that this would dramatically reduce violent crime rates, and the need for expensive police, courts, and prisons. Douglas began a Mind Body Movement to get Mind Body into Public Education, supported by leaders in our field; Dr. Effie Chow, Dr. Roger Jahnke, Dr. Peter Wayne (Harvard Guide to Tai Chi author), Dr. Paul Lam (University of New South Wales, Australia), Dr. Shin Lin (University of California), Dr. Roger Nelson (Princeton University PEAR Labs) etc. etc.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Beyond Tai Chi Aerobics
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Saturday 3:00 - 4:15 PM
An Exploration on the Power of Qi, our life force that connects us with everyone, everything in the universe. 
Laoshi Mark Gallagher
Mark S. Gallagher has studied Chinese Internal Health practices for over 30 yrs., and recently became a Doctor of Medical Qigong (DMQ). Mark recently opened Sacred Space Medical Qigong where he provides energy-based healing and self-care sessions to assist those with chronic conditions get more control over their lives and symptoms. He is a member of the National Qigong Assoc. (NQA), and a Trustee at the Institute for Spiritual Development (Sparta, NJ). His Master Teachers have Included: Dr. Christopher Viggiano, Dr. Ted Cibik, Jianye Jiang, and Yuzhi Lu. A Meditation hobbyist, Mark's practices include - Daoist self-massage, standing meditation postures, active Qigong sets, sitting meditation, Animal Frolics, Swimming Dragon long forms & Short Bagua Palm sets.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Qigong for Back Pain
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Sunday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
This session will focus on awakening the Du channel, through the use of a 'select few' fundamental postures to align spinal energy and release tension points and pain triggers. 
Laoshi Roger Jahnke
Dr. Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., has dedicated his professional life to sharing the powerful ancient healing traditions of China. He is the director and chief instructor of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, Santa Barbara, California; and a cofounder and recent chairperson of the board of the National Qigong Association. With almost 30 years of clinical practice as a physician of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine and eight research tours to China, Dr. Jahnke has emerged as a key spokesperson for Tai Chi (Taiji) and Qigong (Chi Kung) and is a master teacher of these arts. He has studied hundreds of forms of Qigong with master teachers and visited numerous hospitals, institutes, training centers, temples, and sacred sites in China, focusing on the cultivation of Qi (Chi). Dr. Jahnke has presented at major conferences on advances in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) throughout the United States. He has lectured on self-healing and emerging trends in health care and medicine to numerous hospital systems and health care associations, including the HealthCare Forum; the Catholic Health Association; the American Medical Association; the National Wellness Institute, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; and the American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago, Illinois. He is a contributing author to numerous books on health promotion methodologies for both clinical providers and health care administrators. Dr. Jahnke's first book. The Healer Within: The Four Essential Self-Care Methods For Creating Optimal Health, published by Harper San Francisco in 1997, delivered the Qigong and Taiji revolution to a broad and general audience in the Americas and the European community. In 2002, Roger's second book, The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi, published by Contemporary Books, a division of McGraw-Hill, distills the best and most important lessons gleaned from master Qigong teachers, with guidelines for tailoring a self-healing regimen for any age or medical condition. The workshops and training sessions that Dr. Jahnke conducts at retreat centers such as Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California; the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York; and Kripalu in Lenox, Massachusetts have inspired health care professionals and citizens throughout North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Canada, and Asia. In 2005, Dr. Jahnke was appointed to co-convene a National Expert Meeting on Qigong and Tai Chi in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the National Blueprint for Active Aging.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Self-Healing Through China’s Ancient Shamanic Methods
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Saturday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Qigong: Contemporary Preventative Medicine and Self-Healing Through China’s Ancient Shamanic Methods 
Laoshi Violet Li
12th Generation Chen Inheritor and an indoor disciple of Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei and trained many Tai Chi & Qigong instructors Taught and performed the healing art to universities, hospitals, large corporations, health institutes, gyms, health retreats, museums and senior centers in many US cities as well as overseas Interviewed by Planet China and selected as one of Top 12 Chinese Women in the world in 2022 One of the Top Five Presenters at Global Qigong Summit hosted by the Shift Network Founder of "Free Daily Online Tai Chi & Qigong Lessons with Violet & Friends" with viewers from over 30 countries "Best Reporter" honored by the "World Congress of Tai Chi, Qigong & TCM" and "Tai Chi Gala". Written more than 700 articles mostly in English and some in Chinese to bring the awareness of Tai Chi/Qigong to the world. Publisher of http://www.VioletLiTaiChi.com, top ten Tai Chi site with global readership Interviewed by "National Public Radio in Columbia"(MO) Featured on "Show Me St. Louis"(KSDK) and CBSIntensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Ba Fa Wu Bu
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Saturday 4:30 - 5:45 PM
Master Violet Li will teach this simplified Tai Chi form, developed by the Chinese Health Department. It incorporates the essential Eight Tai Chi Techniques 
Laoshi John Loupos
Sifu John Loupos, M.S.Psych, C.H.S.E., began studying martial arts in 1966. At the unlikely age of 15 John inherited a school of his own and has been teaching martial arts ever since. His studies have included; Okinawan Karate, Chinese Kung Fu (Bak Sil Lum, Choy Lay Fut, and Praying Mantis), Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, Liu He Ba Fa, Xingyi, and Bagua, along with various Qigong and energy oriented disciplines. With over fifty 1st Place championships John was the reigning N.E. Forms Champion from 1979-1981. John also has a background in Classical Homeopathy and currently maintains a private clinical practice in Hanna Somatics. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Hanna Somatic Education. John has authored multiple books, including several on Tai Chi, as well as assorted other media. In 2012 John was named a Master Tai Chi Consultant by the lead Tai Chi Researcher for Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital for his contributions to ongoing research. John currently lives by the shore in Hull, Massachusetts. Outside of martial arts and health care his other passions include; tennis, ping pong, swimming, writing, and organic gardening.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Rainy Day Tai Chi INTENSIVE 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ($135)
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Thursday Intensives (Check descriptions for times)
Rainy Day Tai Chi is ideal for Tai Chi'ers of all skill levels, from beginner to instructor. This practice distills the individual movements that define Tai Chi into a practical bilateral training method that requires very little space. Golden Elixor Qigong
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Saturday 1:30 - 2:45 PM
Golden Elixor Qigong is an age-old practice that harvests and distills extraneous energy from the body's more distal areas, and then potentizes that energy for redistribution. This is a highly energizing practice. Somatics Movements for Better Tai Chi Shoulders
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Saturday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
Somatics Movements for Better Tai Chi Shoulders. The title says it all.
Join Sifu John to get your shoulders working in the best and freest way possible. 
Laoshi Mei Jin Lu
Mei Jin Lu, PhD, is a Taoist philosophy teacher and a 25th generation descendant of ancient prestigious Quan Zhen Tao Lineage. She lectures on various disciplines of Eastern healing movements (Tai Chi, Qigong) and philosophy worldwide. She is the President of US Health QiGong Association and US Taoist Association, Rules and Regulation Committee of the International Qigong/Tai Chi Federation, and owner of “Qi” Wellness Center in NJ. She is a past executive director of the I-Ching Society in Beijing, the founder of the School of Eastern Philosophy in the US. She is also the author of the Wisdom of Tao Oracle cards, Volumes I and II (US Games Systems, Inc.).Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Nei gong workshop Part 1
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Saturday 1:30 - 2:45 PM
Join us for Part 1 of a transformative two-hour Nei gong workshop where we learn the fundamental Taoist Nei gong practices of Microcosmic Small Orbit Meditation and Standing Qigong. Nei gong workshop Part 2
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Saturday 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Join us for Part 2 of a transformative two-hour Nei gong workshop where we learn the fundamental Taoist Nei gong practices of Microcosmic Small Orbit Meditation and Standing Qigong. 
Laoshi Richard Marantz
Rich Marantz is the director and instructor at Green Mountain Tai Chi in southwestern Vermont. Rich has been a student and practitioner of the Chinese healing, martial, meditative, and philosophical arts for 36 years. He studied with Master Jou, Tsung Hwa at the Tai Chi Farm, and trained in the arts of Tai Chi, Qigong and External Qi healing under Wudang Taoist Master Yun, Xiang Tseng. He has trained extensively in Taoist life philosophy, self-defense, and traditional healing. He teaches integrating mind, movement and breath for coping with life’s physical, emotional and spiritual challenges through cultivating inner energy with meditation and healthy lifestyle strategies. As a board- certified holistic registered nurse, Rich aspires to be a bridge between the Eastern and Western healing modalities. In addition to teaching Tai chi , Qigong and meditation Rich offers the healing modality of clinical acupressureIntensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Open, close, gather, release
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Saturday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
In this workshop participants will be guided through various movements and exercises to understand the foundational concept of open, close ,gather, release and its application into any Tai chi form.
Laoshi Eo Omwake
EO OMWAKE has been training in the eastern traditions for over four decades. His studies include Zen, Taoism, Taoist Meditation, Buddhism, Southern Preying Mantis Kung Fu, Northern Long Fist Kung Fu, Kempo Karate/Kung Fu, Japanese Kendo, a touch of Kyudo (Zen Archery), Yang Style Tai Chi, Chinese Wrestling, Chin-Na, and Ju Juitsu. He was the founder and director of the Mind, Body, Spirit Acdemy of Martial Arts and Self-Cultivation, a martial arts training center for Kung fu and T'ai Chi in Chadds Ford, Pa. Mr. Omwake has trained with many of the top masters from the United States and China, including Grandmaster Fu Zhong-Wen, the lineage heir to Yang Tai Chi, Master James Qing Quan Fu, grandson lineage heir to Yang Tai Chi, Yang Zhen Duo, the family heir to Yang Family, Jou Tsung-Hua, T.T. Liang, Yang Jwing-Ming, He Wei Chi, Liang Shou Yu, Wang Wei-Lun, Chang Chung-Jen. He has also studied with Wally Jay, Ed Parker, Joe Lewis, Sam Masich, and other Kung Fu, Karate, and Tai Chi teachers. Mr. Omwake is a member of the Gold Mountain Jin Dan Taoist Order, a traditional Taoist order with roots going back many generations into old China. Mr. Omwake also holds a second-degree black belt in Kempo Karate and has organized his own system called Flowing Hands Kung Fu. His current raking would be around fifth-level sash. Mr. Omwake has been appointed as advisor to the U.S. American Wushu-Kung Fu Federation, has been an Instructor at the Tai Chi Farm, been a Judge at local and national level tournaments, and had many articles on Tai Chi, Qigong, and the Martial Arts published in Tai Chi Magazine and QI Magazine.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Chin Na
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Saturday 1:30 - 2:45 PM
This lesson would be about learning Chin Na or ‘holding’ techniques that are essential parts of the grappling of tai chi. This is helpful for self-defense and for understanding the basic applications of Tai Chi. Principles of Tai Chi
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Saturday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
This lesson would include ideas that have to do with understanding and utilizing correctly the basic principles of Tai Chi.
I have counted about 15 essential principles that I would help interested students understand and implement in their form. 
Laoshi CJ Rhoads
Dr. CJ Rhoads has been a pillar of the Tai Chi community for many years. She started studying T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan) almost thirty years ago, and has been involved in all aspects of the martial art and integrative health practice. Rhoads has studied with the following teachers (in alphabetical order) each between four and ten years: Betsy Chapman, Sara Gellhorn, Janet Louise, Rick Marth, Maggie Newman, and Yang Yang. She has also traveled extensively to attend Tai Chi workshops and camps with some of the world's foremost experts including: Li Deyin, Ben Lo, Nick Gracenin, Ma Hailong., Yang Jwing Ming, Wolf Lowenthal, Zeng Nailiang, David Chen, William CC Chen, Bill Phillips, Jou Tsung Hwa, Peter Warr , Wu Wenhan, Wu Kwong Yu , Sun Yongtian, Cheng Xianhao, Yang Zhenduo, Chen Zhenglei, Steve Higgins, and many others. She has been running her own Tai Chi Festivals and Symposiums since 2002. Rhoads is one of the founding members of the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization, a worldwide virtual organization of health and martial arts players and advocates dedicated to spreading the health benefits to everyone, now a program of Health, Prosperity, and Leadership (HPL) Institute. She works closely with Bill Douglas and Angela Wong, founders of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day and board members for HPL Institute. She was advisor for the Tai Chi Club of Kutztown University for over ten years. She is also the developer of Pacem In Vita, a leadership and self-development curriculum for children and adults based upon the principles of Taijiquan. In 2010 she was named Taijiquan Promoter of the Year and admitted to the Martial Artist Hall of Fame by the Fellowship of United Martial Artists in Philadelphia, PA and served on their advisory board for over ten years. In 2018 she was awarded by Tai Chi Gala for Excellence in Spreading and Teaching Taijiquan. Dr. Rhoads holds certification at the Instructor II level in the Canadian Taijiquan Federation, one of the few organizations in the world that certify Taijiquan teachers independent of style. She is a professional member of the American Tai Chi Association, and has been a professional member of the National Qigong Association (NQA) and a member of the NQA Research and Education Committee (which she chaired for many years). She has been certified as a teacher by her current Sifu, Betsy Chapman. Recently she has been working with the International Medical Tai Chi and Qigong Association on certification, and is going through the process of certification for all the major certifying organizations as part of that responsibility. Furthermore, she's been certified by D'Youville College in the Tai Chi/Qigong for Veterans program. Rhoads has firsthand experience regarding the transforming powers of the gentle art of Tai Chi. In 2002 she was injured in a devastating car accident. In 2004 she was told by doctors that she had gotten "as good as she was gonna get" – but was still in severe pain, suffered memory and other brain injury problems, and could not work effectively. Just a few years later, with the help of a team of doctors and pain management specialists, and through a combination of Taijiquan, Pilates, Massage, and Myofascial Release she was able to mitigate her injuries. She was not only able to return to work, but was able to exceed all expectations. She was named by Governor Rendell's administration one of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business in 2009, and awarded the coveted Athena Leadership Award by the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce in 2011, named one of the 25 Most Influential Women in the Lehigh Valley in 2013, and Top Faculty Researcher of the Year in 2014, the same year she was promoted to Professor at Kutztown University. Rhoads is a prolific and well-known author, with dozens of books, and hundreds of articles published over the years, many on Tai Chi topics. Ten years after her accident, she revised her business plan and dedicated her business (HPL Consortium, Inc.) and non-profit organization, (Health, Prosperity, and Leadership Institute), to building an infrastructure that would support the needs of people who need integrative health services and to help community organizations utilize Tai Chi and other integrative health practices. She also started a research group called Asklepios that publishes studies on Tai Chi and Qigong. They have supported and promoted eleven highly regarded articles in the field of integrative health, eight of which are on tai chi or qigong. In the past, Rhoads has competed in the International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament circuit including traveling to Periguix, France, [where she lost to a tiny elderly woman from the Bronx], but taking multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in regional tournaments in Florida, Baltimore, and Washington DC. In October 2009 she was named the United States National Champion and Gold Medal winner in Female Push Hands [admittedly because no one else in her weight class showed up to compete that year ].Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Beautiful but Deadly Taiji Fan
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Sunday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
You will learn a short fan form that doubles both as an artistic and beautiful embodiment of skill but also a deadly martial technique. 
Laoshi David Ritchie
Sifu David Ritchie began training in the martial arts in 1969. His first taijiquan (tai chi chuan) instructor, Master Ben Wong, invited him as a special guest to join the Sabah Tai Chi Association of Sabah, East Malaysia. In Sabah, Sf. Ritchie’s instructor was Master Wong Li Sung, under Grandmaster Huang Xing Xian, who was a senior disciple of Grandmaster Cheng Man Ching. Sf. Ritchie then studied under Master Wong Yi in Hong Kong, the Thai Elders (former Cheng Man Ching students) in Bangkok, Thailand and throughout the years with well-known masters in the US. Sf. Ritchie has formally been teaching taijiquan since 1983, and founded Central Connecticut Tai Chi Chuan (CCTCC) in Meriden, CT in 1989. This was the first taijiquan school in New England to offer complete year-round taijiquan programs with 10 instructors and over a dozen classes each week. Sf. Ritchie has also taught taijiquan in several corporate settings such as ESPN, the Ntl. Arthritis Foundation and the Ntl. MS Society of CT. Sf. Ritchie was an assistant professor at Quinnipiac University where he taught taijiquan in the PE dept., and medical qigong lab for students in the Dept. of Health Sciences.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Relaxation, Rooting and Imagination
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Saturday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
In this workshop we will do activities that involve breathing, relaxation, focus and imagination to improve your Qi flow within your postures. We will explore the Yin and Yang connection while performing your posture to posture transfer.
Laoshi Marc Sabin
Marc Sabin practices and teaches Taijiquan and Push Hands as a body/mind/spiritual practice. His studies began 1976 as part of a professional acting program. Before focusing solely on Taiji, Marc earned two black belts. He was awarded one in Chinese Kempo and another in Chu’an Fa. He also earned an Advanced Degree diploma in Filipino Escrima from Angel Cabales. His research into the principles and applications of Yang and Chen styles of Taiji, plus his extensive explorations in the dynamics of Push Hands and meditation, have guided Marc’s approach to the depths and intricacies of the art. Marc had the good fortune of living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent years studying under several extraordinary teachers. Throughout that time, he met with everyone he could find who could help him glean a better understanding of the principles and applications. Marc further enhanced his Taiji education on international travels where he attended classes, workshops and one-on-one meetings with other instructors. After relocating to New York, his teaching career took his studies into new heights. It is by instructing others that Marc has applied the instructions he was given and where he has grown most of all. He continues to share his love of Taiji, in the hopes of making a small contribution to this marvelous discipline. In addition to his devotion to Taiji, Marc is the chief marketing and chief sustainability officer of Advanced Resilient Biocarbon, a company with a mission to solve the global problems of climate change by creating renewed resources by repurposing waste. As an ordained Interfaith minister, Marc performs weddings and non-denominational spiritual counseling. His regular classes are held New York’s Hudson Valley. Contact him to schedule workshops or visit his website: MarcSabin.com/taijiquan.html.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Harnessing Inner Power: Moving Energy in the Stillness
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Saturday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
Throughout history, cultures worldwide have recognized the existence of invisible power that permeates everything in and around us. The Way of Harmony: Peaceful Push Hands Workshop
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Sunday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
This workshop welcomes participants of all levels, from beginners to experienced practitioners, who wish to explore the transformative power of non-competitive Push Hands. 
Laoshi David Vanadia
David developed his fun and friendly teaching style in gyms, health clubs, wellness studios, retail stores, acupuncture clinics, corporate settings, and in 55+ communities on the east and west coast. He’s taught people of all ages, and has extensive experience working with senior citizens. As someone who suffers from OCD (and recently had a health scare), David is especially interested in discovering new ways to employ Tai Chi to improve the lives of everyday people to cope with neurodiversity, physical challenges, and the weight of the world.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Rooting Through the Changes
Room: Chen Fake Studio or Outside Area #3
Day and Time:Saturday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
This workshop is for beginning to advanced Tai Chi practitioners who are looking to develop their root, feel qi, and understand moving from the center. 
Laoshi Ramsey Yunan
Sifu Ramsey Yunan has been training martial arts for over 40 years and teaching for the last 25. His arts include Yang Style Taijiquan, Baguazhang and Hsing-I Chuan as well as Kuntao, Silat, Cimande, Black Dragon, Mantis and Monkey Kung Fu. His teachers include Willem de Thouars, Don Ethan Miller, Bruce Walker, Duan Zhi Liang, Waysun Liao, William C.C. Chen, Jou Tsung Hwa and Sydney Austin. He is a multi-time national push hands champion in several weight classes and now coaches for taiji competition. His current teaching focus is on Old-Hand Taiji and Kung Fu training methods.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Taoist Temple Bone Breathing Qigong
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Saturday 4:30 - 5:45 PM
An introduction to Qi cultivation and internal development with the bone breathing Qigong exercise taught by Waysun Liao. Breathing, internal connectivity, and mindfulness are the main focuses of this practice.
Laoshi CJ Rhoads
Dr. CJ Rhoads has been a pillar of the Tai Chi community for many years. She started studying T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan) almost thirty years ago, and has been involved in all aspects of the martial art and integrative health practice. Rhoads has studied with the following teachers (in alphabetical order) each between four and ten years: Betsy Chapman, Sara Gellhorn, Janet Louise, Rick Marth, Maggie Newman, and Yang Yang. She has also traveled extensively to attend Tai Chi workshops and camps with some of the world's foremost experts including: Li Deyin, Ben Lo, Nick Gracenin, Ma Hailong., Yang Jwing Ming, Wolf Lowenthal, Zeng Nailiang, David Chen, William CC Chen, Bill Phillips, Jou Tsung Hwa, Peter Warr , Wu Wenhan, Wu Kwong Yu , Sun Yongtian, Cheng Xianhao, Yang Zhenduo, Chen Zhenglei, Steve Higgins, and many others. She has been running her own Tai Chi Festivals and Symposiums since 2002. Rhoads is one of the founding members of the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization, a worldwide virtual organization of health and martial arts players and advocates dedicated to spreading the health benefits to everyone, now a program of Health, Prosperity, and Leadership (HPL) Institute. She works closely with Bill Douglas and Angela Wong, founders of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day and board members for HPL Institute. She was advisor for the Tai Chi Club of Kutztown University for over ten years. She is also the developer of Pacem In Vita, a leadership and self-development curriculum for children and adults based upon the principles of Taijiquan. In 2010 she was named Taijiquan Promoter of the Year and admitted to the Martial Artist Hall of Fame by the Fellowship of United Martial Artists in Philadelphia, PA and served on their advisory board for over ten years. In 2018 she was awarded by Tai Chi Gala for Excellence in Spreading and Teaching Taijiquan. Dr. Rhoads holds certification at the Instructor II level in the Canadian Taijiquan Federation, one of the few organizations in the world that certify Taijiquan teachers independent of style. She is a professional member of the American Tai Chi Association, and has been a professional member of the National Qigong Association (NQA) and a member of the NQA Research and Education Committee (which she chaired for many years). She has been certified as a teacher by her current Sifu, Betsy Chapman. Recently she has been working with the International Medical Tai Chi and Qigong Association on certification, and is going through the process of certification for all the major certifying organizations as part of that responsibility. Furthermore, she's been certified by D'Youville College in the Tai Chi/Qigong for Veterans program. Rhoads has firsthand experience regarding the transforming powers of the gentle art of Tai Chi. In 2002 she was injured in a devastating car accident. In 2004 she was told by doctors that she had gotten "as good as she was gonna get" – but was still in severe pain, suffered memory and other brain injury problems, and could not work effectively. Just a few years later, with the help of a team of doctors and pain management specialists, and through a combination of Taijiquan, Pilates, Massage, and Myofascial Release she was able to mitigate her injuries. She was not only able to return to work, but was able to exceed all expectations. She was named by Governor Rendell's administration one of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business in 2009, and awarded the coveted Athena Leadership Award by the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce in 2011, named one of the 25 Most Influential Women in the Lehigh Valley in 2013, and Top Faculty Researcher of the Year in 2014, the same year she was promoted to Professor at Kutztown University. Rhoads is a prolific and well-known author, with dozens of books, and hundreds of articles published over the years, many on Tai Chi topics. Ten years after her accident, she revised her business plan and dedicated her business (HPL Consortium, Inc.) and non-profit organization, (Health, Prosperity, and Leadership Institute), to building an infrastructure that would support the needs of people who need integrative health services and to help community organizations utilize Tai Chi and other integrative health practices. She also started a research group called Asklepios that publishes studies on Tai Chi and Qigong. They have supported and promoted eleven highly regarded articles in the field of integrative health, eight of which are on tai chi or qigong. In the past, Rhoads has competed in the International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament circuit including traveling to Periguix, France, [where she lost to a tiny elderly woman from the Bronx], but taking multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in regional tournaments in Florida, Baltimore, and Washington DC. In October 2009 she was named the United States National Champion and Gold Medal winner in Female Push Hands [admittedly because no one else in her weight class showed up to compete that year ].Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Sunrise Qigong
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Saturday 5:15 - 6:15 AM
Different Leaders lead groups doing silent Qigong to the sunrise each morning Sunrise Qigong
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Sunday 5:15 - 6:15 AM
Different Leaders lead groups doing silent Qigong to the sunrise each morning Sunrise Qigong
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Monday 5:15-6:00 AM
Different Leaders lead groups doing silent Qigong to the sunrise each morning Sunset Qigong
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Saturday 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Different Leaders lead groups doing silent Qigong to the sunset each evening 
Laoshi Stephen Watson
Stephen Watson has immersed himself in Eastern philosophy for over 35 years. Taoism, the philosophical root of Taiji, is made clearer in a moment with Stephen than in poring over dozens of translations from the Classics. Stephen's martial training (the how) began in concert with his interest in philosophy (the why). His motto is: When you have enough Why's you have Wise. He specializes in transmitting a profound understanding of why. Ask a question and he will show you that you already know why. There are no hidden treasures only closed eyes. Stephen is has been featured in Inside Kung-Fu magazine and is known the world over for his engaging personality, kind-hearted approach to teaching and, of course, his world-class skill. Stephen travels the world offering workshops on various Chinese martial arts. Stephen Watson is the only person to compete in, referee at, and teach at martial arts tournaments for every umbrella organization at their national level. He is an International, 18-time US, and now World Champion in Taiji Push Hands. He operates a small martial arts school in Connecticut where he hosts masters from far and yon. His teachers include every person he has ever met. Come be his next teacher.Intensives, Panels, or Workshops:
Prepare your Inner Mama Bear
Room: Yang ChengFu Hall and On Zoom
Day and Time:Sunday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
This will be an introductory seminar for the non-Martial Artist, interested in developing life and property protecting wisdom to pair with their powerful in-born instinct to fight back.
Dragon's Breath: Summer Fire Qìgōng
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Sunday 6:30 - 7:30 AM
Step into the vibrant energy of Summer and embrace the transformative power of the Fire Element in this dynamic workshop designed specifically for Tai Chi players. Guided Meditation for Tàijíquán & Qigong Practitioners
Room: Wu Jianquan Pavilion or Outside Area #4
Day and Time:Saturday 6:30 - 7:30 AM
In this immersive workshop, we will explore the profound synergy between guided meditation and the dynamic practices of Tàijíquán and Qìgōng. Seeking Function from Form
Room: Sun LuTang Lounge or Outside Area #2
Day and Time:Saturday 1:30 - 2:45 PM
In this very special workshop, originated for the Tai Chi Gala, we will explore applications of our Tàijíqu.