Principals of Chen Style Tai Chi: a Day with Madame Gao Fu & Ken Cohen
This workshop offered an opportunity to study with two renowned Qigong and Tai Chi Masters: Madame Gao, 87 years young and a Chinese cultural treasure, and Ken Cohen, author of The Way of Qigong. The workshop included intensive training in the principles, basic movements, and applications of the original Chen Style Tai Chi, combining the strength of the mountain with the fluidity and dynamic power of the ocean.
Gao Fu is accomplished in both Yang and Chen methods of Taiji Quan. She studied Yang Taiji Quan with Master Jiang Yu-k'un, an advanced student of Grandmaster Yang Cheng Fu, learning the complete Yang method of Taiji Quan (form, sword, saber, staff, spear, sanshou).
She has received advanced training in Chen style Taiji Quan under Masters Tien Xiouchen and Feng Zhiqiang, both senior students of the great Chen Fake. Gao Fu studied form and sword under Master Tien; under Master Feng she studied form, sword, broadsword and Hun Yuan Qi Gong.
She currently lives and teachs in Seattle, Washington and continues her study in advanced Chen style Taiji Quan and Qi Gong with Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang.
