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The Five Excellences

Calligraphy and Tai Chi

Monday, September 15, 2025

1 - 2 p.m. EDT

Join us for an online class hosted by

Julie Reinganum

Tai Chi Teacher

This session will look at Calligraphy from the perspectives of the Classical Chinese Six Excellences: Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy, and Mathematics; and Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing’s Five Excellences: Tai Chi, Medicine, Calligraphy, Painting, and Poetry. 

We will have the chance to experience how the movement, balance, energy, breath, and flow of calligraphy are reflected in movements in the tai chi form. This will be an experiential session.

Open to all students and teachers.

This class is FREE for TCF members and $20 for non-members.

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TCF Open Houses are a great starting point for anyone considering this centuries-old path to calm and well-being. We host these free online events six times a year, on the first of every other month.

Join us today at 1 p.m. (ET) for a half-hour introductory session. It's an ideal opportunity to learn about tai chi and qigong and get to know the Tai Chi Foundation.

If you miss the September session, the next one will be on November 1.

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Welcome to another installment of TCF's 50th Anniversary Blog Series. This month, meet Joan Campbell and Thomas Malone.

Forging very different paths, Joan and Thomas both discovered tai chi and the Tai Chi Foundation decades ago. Join us as we share their journeys in this post.

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On April 5, 2025, tai chi practitioners worldwide came together online to celebrate the Tai Chi Foundation’s 50th Anniversary —reminiscing, envisioning the future, and practicing together.

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Introducing TCF's two newest affiliate schools, Bute Tai Chi and Qigong, and Tai Chi MV!

You're invited to practice tai chi on Martha’s Vineyard with Bob Etherington, senior teacher and Guild Certified Feldenkrais practitioner. And, on the exquisite Isle of Bute, Scotland, with senior tai chi teacher and acupuncturist, Mark Preston.

Both schools welcome students of all levels, from beginners to seasoned tai chi practitioners.

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