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A Lighthouse for approved Tai Chi Chuan instructors in USA* Since I have lived in the Washington DC metro area, I have come across many folks who teach the “Yang Short form” that was designed by Cheng Man Ching. Robert W. Smith (RWS) is the main influence in this area and was a Zhang Men Ren or . Mr. Smith taught a free Taiji class at the Bethesda YMCA parking lot on Saturday morning’s beginning in 1962.

He also offered a class near his home in Bethesda at Fleming Park where he started a group interested in Pa-kua Chang and Hsing-I Chuan . This group still meets to this day to practice every Sunday mornings at 8 am. Surprisingly, I recently re-read “Martial Musings” by RWS, his disdain for many folks he taught, whom either came to the YMCA a few times, or later became “teachers” without having spent significant time under his watchful eye. Nor had these folks have his permission to teach. This is completely understood in regards to developing real ‘kung fu’ since time, practice, and correction is needed for an art as sophisticated at Tai Chi Chuan (Grand Ultimate Boxing) to master in the early years of fundamental training. Often times students who are actually doing the work long term with a instructor are quite aware of who comes and who goes, who does the work and who doesnt. It is very much about who put in the time with teacher, who is progressing, and who is in the teachers inner

Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan (Yang Zhen Dou and Yang Jun) - Fu Zhong Wen / Fu Sheng Yuan / James Fu -. Honolulu, Hawaii, maintained by Dong Zhen Chen, Chip Ellis - Alex Dong's list of instructors

Wu Family Tai Chi (Wu Chien Chuan branch)

Wu / Hao Tai Chi chuan: Lineage in China and abroad.

Chen Tai Chi Chuan The 4 Tigers are: Chen Xiao Wang, Chen Zhen Lei, Wang Xian and Zhu Tian Cai List of CXW cert instructors - website here - website here website here other Chen, Xiaobao, Li, other:.... - list of instructors

of Feng Zhiqiang. site in Chinese, English site not working last check. – Chen Zhonghua

*sources: This list is as complete as I digged into research, it is to be a guide for new students. Be aware of who your teacher is and where they are coming from. Seek the right path. Some are disciples while others have “permission to teach”, buyer beware, based on conversations and emails with Danny Emerick, Bart Ingram, David Walls-Kaufmann, Scott Meredith, Daniel Pfister, Priscilla@WCCC.com, Paul Gallager, Terry Dunn, Tom Krapu, (sorry if I missed anyone), Lee Fife, and sources online . _____________________________________________________________________

Follow the principles to the letter, do the work, relax, and get back to your martial discipline with diligence!!

Removed: Jim Bayer, Adam Mizner.