taiji and Edmonton

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Another newcomer to this forum,

I trained at a mcdojo and since discovering what that place was all about, I’ve trained here and there and not at all.

I started training in martial arts initially because I wanted the whole package i.e. external and internal or mind-body unity. Well, mcdojo promised it but didn’t deliver and I didn’t really find a fit as I searched.

Tai chi Shawn mentioned to me that he would be training tai chi and the idea then clicked. I think it will be the right fit for me.

Can anyone recommend a quality studio/practitioner in Edmonton?

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Check out Joseph Chen. He has a website at http://www.chenzhonghua.com
His Chen taiji skill is supposed to be quite good.

Other than that, I think you’d be hard pressed to find any schools teaching authentic martial taiji, publicly at least…

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Andy Wong has been teaching Traditional Yang style in Edmonton for many years. His teacher is Mak Ying Po, who just turned 92 years old and was a senior student of Tung Ying Chieh.

Andy’s webpage is http://members.shaw.ca/radius221/

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Hi “Pilgrim”. Welcome to a far better forum, with a far better class of people. It won’t be long before you forget the past, and Temple Kung Fu.

Yang and Chen - looks like you have at least two good choices. Good luck.

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Excellent. Thank you for the heads up. I’d found the chenhongzua site. Ironically, it is only a block from the tkf studio in south Edmonton.

Thank you, denali for pointing me in Wong’s direction. I’ve sent him an email and am eager to get a response.

Shawn, yes, I’ve finally shaken that forum and also my bitterness to tkf. I’m surprised that I was that bitter…Thanks for mentioning tai chi as I really think it will be the right fit. I’m going to visit a studio this week.