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TCFE Forum 2009

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:10:00 +0200

The 2009 forum will take place from 11.07.09 to 16.07. 09 in Ruse, Bulgaria. It will be organized by Kalagia Association under the patronage of the Mayor of Ruse, Mr. Bojidar Yotov.

More information will be added to the Events pages soon.

Recontres Jasnieres 2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:15:00 +0200

]TCFE Secretary, Ronnie Robinson has just returned from this year's Recontres Jasnieres, the 21st year of Europe's longest running multi-style taiji & internal arts gathering. With approximately 200 people in attendance the weather was mainly kind and training continued outdoors, not too hot, not too wet!

As promised Ronnie has posted his photographs of the event accessible from this site and hosted on Flickr. Any of the low resolution images (perfect for web pages) may be accessed and used by anyone but if you require high resolution images contact Ronnie directly for details of a low price per image.
The photos can be found in the The Taijquan & Qigong Federation of Europe: Gallery.

A fuller report of the 21st RJ will follow in due course.

Tai Chi Caledonia 2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:10:00 +0200

Mid-July saw the 13th Tai Chi Caledonia take place in the heart of Scotland at Stirling University Campus deep in the romantic location of Braveheart country. The event had its busiest time yet with a good increase in numbers. This year the demonstrations took place at the stunning location of Stirling Castle and was greatly enjoyed by not only taiji practitioners but locals and tourists alike. Images can be found at the Tai Chi Caledonia 2008 Gallery and a full report of the event with be posted in due course.

The TCFE European Championships 2008

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:18:00 +0200

Information, rules and entry form for the championship are available on the The TCFE European Championships 2008 webpages.

Martial Arts Logo Research

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:52:00 +0200

Anat Errel has approached the TCFE to get some help with her research.
A graduate student in a university in Taiwan, and she is writing her master's thesis on martial arts logos. She need to collect information from as many teachers as possible.
Since she is in a design department, she also needs to have a creative side to her thesis. She is looking for teachers who will be interested in a new logo design.

Here are the questionnaire and a covering letter both in MS word format.

Congress/Forum in 2009

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:32:00 +0200

Our secretary, Ronnie Robinson writes:

The TCFE is inviting proposals from members to host the next Congress/Forum in 2009. Details of past events are on our website and should anyone require further guidelines please contact the secretary, Ronnie Robinson.

Proposals should be submitted by Saturday 10th May 2008.

email Ronnie

Taiji Europa DVD

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:25:00 +0200

TCFE Secretary Ronnie Robinson has ben working with President Nils Klug to produce a DVD showcase of Taijiquan, Qigong & Internal Arts in Europe

In our respective roles as teacher, promoters of international taiji & qigong events across Europe and in our official roles in the Taijiquan & Qigong Federation for Europe we have worked to promote these arts in a number of ways. Now we feel the time is right to release a DVD showcasing a wide range of approaches to these arts, by some of the best known teachers in Europe!
Nils Klug & Ronnie Robinson

The DVD is in production and advertising space is available. More details on this pdf: Taiji Europa DVD

The TCFE European Championship 2008

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:08:00 +0200

Executive Committee Member Paul Silfverstråle has just launched the new website for the TCFE European Championship in November.
Posters, Rules and all the information about the event will be on the TCFE European Championship site.