World Tai Chi Day
   
 
Mission: The Magic Tortoise Taijiquan School, located in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, USA, offers classes, workshops, private tutoring and teacher training in taijiquan (t'ai-chi ch'üan: a Chinese internal style martial art and exercise for relaxation, energy, and overall well-being), qigong (ch'i-kung: energy work), and related studies. Since 1979.
Faculty:
Kathleen, LaoMa & Dr. Jay

Kathleen, LaoMa, and Dr. Jay at LaoMa's 65th, May '06.

Director/Shifu: Dr. Jay Dunbar (Ph.D.)
Laoshifu: Almanzo "Lao Ma" Lamoureux, M.A.
Shifu: Kathleen Cusick, M.A.
Instructor: Frank Chandler
Instructor: Nina Maier
Instructor: Becky Laskody
Instructor: Lucy DeGerolamo

We honor our primary teachers:
Grandmaster Ding Hong-Kuai
Grandmaster Jou Tsung-Hwa
Grandmaster Yang Zhen-Duo

How to Begin: Check out our class list for a class at a time and location that appeals to you. Start with a “Forms” or “Essentials” class. Continue study with “Push-Hands (Interplay)” and “Weapons,” which illustrate applications of principles and techniques and the extension of energy - and don't miss our workshops and seminars!

Magic Tortoise at 2006 Asian Health Fair: Steve Gaines, Guhl Lentz, Violet Lentz, Garry Williams, LaoMa Laoshi, Joe Tanzini, Lucy DeGerolamo, James Sutton, Frank Chandler, Dr. Jay

 
 

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The Magic Tortoise Taijiquan School
c/o Dr. Jay Dunbar, Director
15 Timberlyne Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1522
919.968.3936

Last updated 4/21/08