America’s Hometown Team Returns to Tai Chi World Cup!
At its 9th tournament the Tai Chi Chuan World Federation conducted the World Cup tournament inviting competitors from all over the world to Taipei, Taiwan. The tournament was held October 25 and 26 with teams from 22 countries, altogether over 6,700 competitors.
Fang brought seven members of her Tai Chi and Qi Gong with Fang Association, Massachusetts school. They brought home six international gold medals and special recognition gold medals to Joe Forti and Peter Trenouth that went to 10 ten participants over 80 years of age. Sherry Malone and Peter Trenouth each won gold medals in an individual handset form, the I Chien Tai Chi Chuan. A new event, two persons doing the Designated Routine Push Hands form with 47 groups and 94 individuals in adult and senior (age 60 plus) competitors brought gold medals to Karim-Ben Saunders and Tony Pattee, adult, and Fang Chih Lee and Sherry Malone, senior. Kathryn Demers competed in the senior I Chien form, the 13 form, and the fan form.
The Routine Push Hands competition aims to find a balance between existing routines and push hands competitions, discovering a powerful skill that combines Tai Chi philosophy, the art of routines, and push hands techniques. It promotes the body, mind, and spirit, elevating both spiritual and technical levels, through the philosophy of Yin and Yang in the I Ching, the Lao-Zhuang philosophy of following the natural flow and the essential principles of Tai Chi classics.
The Routine Push Hands competition aims to find a balance between existing routines and push hands competitions, discovering a powerful skill that combines Tai Chi philosophy, the art of routines, and push hands techniques. It promotes the body, mind, and spirit, elevating both spiritual and technical levels, through the philosophy of Yin and Yang in the I Ching, the Lao-Zhuang philosophy of following the natural flow and the essential principles of Tai Chi classics.
The World Federation awarded Fang’s school with special status as a branch association–The Tai Chi Federation U.S.A. Massachusetts–with Fang as its president and three coaches: Fang, Sherry, and Kathryn.
