Great River Tai Chi

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Caroline Ross has been a student of Mark Raudva since 2001.

Mark Raudva studied with Dr. John Kells at the British T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association for nine years. Mark began teaching in 1989, he founded The T'ai Chi Centre in 1995.

Dr. John Kells founded the B.T.C.C.A. in 1968 - it is the oldest T'ai Chi organisation in Europe. In 1976 Dr. Kells was the first Westerner to become an internationally recognised Master of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, he has had many notable teachers, one of the most important being Dr. Chi Chiang Tao who was Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing's top student.

Dr. Chi and Professor Cheng

Dr. Chi Chiang Tao (photo: Barbara Richter) and Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing