Lineage of the Long Yang Form taught at the School of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Harare
CHRIS HAMBLIN
[Born: Wembley, UK]
Studied T'ai Chi 1980 -1985 with Beveley
Milne at the School
of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, London, became an assistant teacher, conducted
revision classes and taught for the School at the Theosophical Society,
London.
A musician & a visual artist (HDFA Slade UCL 1976), he has been involved
with contemporary dance since 1980. Chris taught T'ai Chi to 3rd year
drama students at Nonington College (1986) and as a Co-Director of the
Dance Foundation Course at National Ballet of Zimbabwe (1989 -91).
He has been conducting regular classes in T'ai Chi in Harare since 1990.
A member of the Association of Complimentary Health Practitioners and
the National Ballet of Zimbabwe.
Beverley Milne from an article in Yoga Today
BEVERLEY MILNE
[Born: Prospect, South Australia]
Soprano Beverley Milne trained at the Elder Conservatoire of Music in
Adelaide, Australia, before joining the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company UK
as a
Soprano 1968 - 1971.
Beverley learned the T'ai Chi Form in London with Gerda
Geddes
She founded her own School of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, London, c.1974, she also has
taught classes on many return visits to Australia, she sees T'ai Chi
within the context of Healing and Spiritual Understanding and has published
a book: TAI CHI SPIRIT AND ESSENCE. New Vision of a Healing Process £16.99
available from:
http://www.monabooks.com/taichi.htm
Gerda Geddes (Photo from her video)
GERDA GEDDES (1917 - 4th March 2006 aged 88) see Obituary
in Daily Telegraph
[Born: Norway better known as Pytt Geddes]
She Studied Psychology in USA, completed Reichian Training Analysis in
Oslo and a 4 year Modern Dance Course. She taught dance & stage
movement in the Norwegian National Theatre.
In 1949 she went to China and lived for 10 years in the Far East where
she studied T'ai Chi Ch'uan with Master Choy
Kam-Man, an internationally
recognised teacher.
She taught for many years at the London School of Contemporary
Dance School, before retiring and has written a book 'Looking for the Golden
Needle' - an allegorical jouney "From cradle to grave we go through a
process of change, of 'becoming' and 'de-becoming'; we are, all the time,
on
our way towards something else." (from: Looking for the Golden Needle)
There is a video about her work made by Norwegian TV : Understanding T'ai
Chi Ch'uan.
http://www.worldofhealth.co.uk/html/exercise/exe_exercise_taichi_gerda_geddes.htm
Two photos from the cover of Understanding T'ai Chi Ch'uan a video by Gerda Geddes.
Lineage of Choy Kam-Man (1924-1994)
Choy Kam-Man learned from Choy Hok
Peng
(1886-1957) and he learned from Yang Chengfu (1883-1936)
The chart at this link shows a relationship to Chen Man Ching http://www.wuji.com/Yang Chengfu.htm and comments that:
"It's impossible to list all of the students of Yang Chengfu since he traveled all over China to spread and teach Yang family Taiji Quan. The above are considered some of his top disciples. And, as with Yang Chengfu it's impossible to track the students of his students. Though Yang Zhenming taught a small, selective group of students, others traveled and spread Taiji world wide. Major contributors to spreading Yang Taiji world wide are: Zhen Manqian (Cheng Man Ching), Fu Zong Wei and his son, Yang Zhenduo and his son, Dong Yingjie and his son and grandson, and Choy Hok Peng (accredited with being the first to teach Americans Taiji). Each generation has become more open to teaching and spreading the art".
T'AI CHI WEB-LINKS
http://www.thetaichisite.com/ A site with lots of info, links and sends out an Email newsletter about workshops, USA, Europe & Asia.
http://www.tai-chi.com/ T'AI CHI Magazine in the leading international magazine for persons interested in T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan), Qigong, and other internal martial arts, as well as those interested in similar Chinese disciplines which contribute to fitness, health, and a balanced personal sense of well being.
A General Links page lists of T'ai
Chi Schools world wide and weblinks (last updated 10/4/03)
http://www.scheele.org/lee/tcclinks.html
Dan Docherty an article on the T'ai Chi
Classics
http://www.taichichuan.co.uk/index.html
The Alexander Technique from a Dance
background
Eva Karczag
http://www.alexandertechniquedance.net/articles4.htm
The images used in Alexander Technique are very useful to students of T'ai Chi since there is a lot of cross over material about the alignment of the spine.
BOOKS
Fundamentals of Tai Chi Ch'uan by Wen-Shan Huang. (Pub. 1973 South Sky Book Company Hong Kong Library of Congress Card No 73-83402). Well worth reading if you can find a copy, it was revised in 1979.
I CHING
I Ching a page dedicated to the memory of American Composer John Cage
HEALTH BENEFITS
Research Abstracts on Benefits of T'ai
Chi : Thomas M. Krapu, Ph.D.
http://www.krapu4.com/taichi/research/
Summary:
Current research indicates that T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a weight bearing and
moderate intensity cardiovascular exercise. Practice of T'ai-Chi Ch'uan can
improve balance, reduce falls and increase leg strength. It also lowers
stress hormones, enhances respiratory and immune function and promotes
emotional well-being.
