My "Tai Chi Résumé"

I first started practicing Tai Chi in 1989, having taken a course by the Taoist Tai Chi Society at D'Youville College. For years, I incorporated the movements, stretches, and principles into my general martial arts practice, including passing them on to other students. Over the years, I supplemented my physical study with book and other research in Chi Kung, adding to methods and exercises I learned from various sources.  A sample of my writing on the subject can be found in the July-September issues of Martial Talk Magazine.  (Click HERE to download the series as a PDF.)

Having given lectures and presentations for the 8 Tigers Academy of Tai Chi and Chi Kung (Clarence, NY), they asked me to fill in as instructor for one of their community education classes in 1999.  I then took upon learning much of their style of Tai Chi and taught their system based on my own knowledge and experience.

For the following five years, I taught over 400 students in school district community education programs throughout the area, including Williamsville, Frontier (Blasdell/Hamburg), East Aurora, Iroquois (Elma), Clarence Center, Cheektowaga, and West Seneca.  I also held similar classes over those years at the Pathways to Wellness (North Collins), Sports Focus (physical therapy practice in Orchard Park) and Horizon Martial Arts (West Seneca).

In 2006, I decided to take a break from teaching and study a traditional style formally, namely the Yang Cheng-fu system of Yang Style Tai Chi at Red Dragon Martial Arts (McKinley Mall, Blasdell, NY).  However, I still periodically do seminars at retreats, health fairs, Girl Scout conferences, and have been holding a class twice a week at the VA day treatment facility (Main Street in Buffalo) since Autumn of 2006.

- Ken Stuczynski