The TCFE Committee
The Executive Committee consists of at least three and at maximum ten adults. The number of Executive Committee members will be determined by the General Meeting. Committee Members will be selected by the General Meeting from the candidates proposed by the regular members. One person, and no more, may represent a given country.
Each Executive Committee Member serves a maximum term of three years after his election in accordance to a schedule created by the Executive Committee.
Update 2009-10-14, NEW TCFE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (14 Oct 09) give details of who is on the new committee, I am awaiting details from some of the members.
Nils Klug - President
Nils Klug has studied Tai Chi Chuan since 1988 and has been teaching since 1990. In the same year, Nils began studying with Master William C. C. Chen, and became his certified instructor in 1993, the same year he founded his own Tai Chi Chuan school in Hannover, Germany. Aside from his personal training with eminent instructors such as William C. C. Chen & Dr Tao Ping Siang. Nils has been an active promoter of tai chi chuan through his annual Push Hands Meeting, the largest push hands meeting in Europe, and his regular teaching in Europe.
Hans Finne - Vice President
Hans Finne(01.08.1946) recently retired from the Norwegian police force as a chief superintendent. He has studied martial arts since 1970. He has Karate Dan Grading in Goju Ryu Karate. He was the leader and trainer of the Oslo Police Karate Club 1986-1989.He was elected board member of the Norwegian Matrial arts organization. He has been practising tai chi chuan since 1988, and started his training under Pamela Healey from Wales. In 1989 he started practising qigong with Thomas Heinemann. Since then he has practised tai chi with Benjamin Low Peng and WIlliam CC.Chen. He has also practised Nei gong with Dan Docherty. He got a a bronze medal in the first European Championship of Tai Chi Chuan, and has been an international judge since.Hans Finne gives lections in: Chen Man Ching style tai chi chuan.Cirkle qigong.Crane Style qigong, and Hard QIgong.
Dan Docherty - Chairman
Dan Docherty has studied tai chi chuan since 1971 with Master Cheng Tin Hung. In 1980 he was the South-East Asia Open-Weight champion. Dan is a founder member of both the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain and the Taijiquan & Qigong Federation for Europe where he serves as President. He has published a number of books including Complete Tai Chi Chuan and Instant Tao and has produced a number of DVDs. His Tai Chi school is known as Practical Tai Chi Chuan and Dan regularly teaches in a number of European countries including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany Hungary, Israel, Sweden and of course the UK where he resides.Practical Tai Chi Chuan International
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Ronnie Robinson - Secretary
Ronnie has studied taijiquan since 1981 and is a full-time professional instructor who is also a regular at major European events. He is an active promoter of internal arts who serves as Secretary of the Taijiquan & Qigong Federation and is editor of Tai Chi Chuan & Internal Arts magazine (UK). He has published a number of books and articles on tai chi chuan and two DVD’s. Ronnie also organises an annual international internal arts event in his native Scotland.Chiron Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung Tai Chi Caledonia email Ronnie
Cornelia Gruber Bilgeri - Treasurer
Cornelia was born in the year of the Dragon in the German part of Switzerland and lived for 7 years in Boston USA.At the age of eighteen she fell in love with Tai-Chi Chuan at a major martial arts exhibition in New York.
She has been studying internal arts for over 30 years and teaching for over 25 years in her own schools in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Her first tai-chi teachers were John Chung Li, T.T. Liang and William C.C. Chen, then she changed to the school of Bow Sim Mark.
Her syllabus includes Combined Tai-Chi Chuan, Fu-style Tai-Chi Chuan, Sword, Sabre, short Stick, Fan, Leung Yee Chuan, Tui Shou, San Shou and Qigong. She teaches seminars in Europe and regularly attends international meetings.
Cornelia serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the TCFE (European Federation for Taijiquan and Qigong) and the ASQT (Swiss Association of Qigong and Taijiquan) and organises a bi-annual international meeting of Tai-Chi Chuan and Qigong, Tai-Chi Tcho in Switzerland.
Paul Silfverstråle – Executive Committee Member
Paul studied Asian martial arts for over 20 years, and is a student of sifu Dan Docherty since 1998. He has lived, travelled, practiced and taught extensively in Europe, China and SE Asia, and spent considerable time in Malaysia and Singapore practicing with Wu-style people, but also got acquainted with the fighting arts of the Malaysian archipelago. International tournament winner in forms, pushing hands and San Shou, many of his students have also been successful on the international competition arena. He is a member of the executive board of the TCFE, and is working professionally teaching Tai Chi Chuan and as a TCM acupuncturist.
Roberto Benetti - Executive Committee Member
Roberto Benetti lives and works in Vicenza, Italy. He teaches professionally and practises Tai Ji Quan, Chen and Yang style, Tai Ji sword, Nei Gong, Qi Gong, Tuishou and Xin Yi Quan.
He has studied Tai Ji Quan since 1985 and has been practising for more than 10 years with Master George Xu and Master Flavio Daniele. In his endless research he deepens his practice by attending regular stages in China and abroad, studying with some of the most important contemporary masters. Besides Chinese Martial Arts, he teaches Mathematics Sciences and Statistics and participates in regional projects to recover subjects affected by disabling illnesses. He deals particularly with teaching methodologies and with the relationship between Science and Holistic Disciplines.
Roberto practises Chinese traditional massage (Tui Na) according to the teachings of Doctor Gordon Xu.
He is the author of essays, articles and didactic videos on Tai Ji Quan. He is founder member and Secretary of WACIMA (Worldwide Association for Internal Martial Arts), whose President is M. George Xu and he is a member of the Executive Committe of the TCFE.
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Marianne Plouvier - Executive Committee Member
Marianne, belongs to the teachers’ board of « Old Style Yang Taiji School », whose european branch is directed by Master Antoine Ly, and in Taïwan by the grand Master Teng Shi-hai. She has been participating in many various chinese martial arts competitions in France, Europe and China, during 13 years. She is part of the Technical Committee of the French Federation of Wushu, Chinese Energetic and Martial Arts (FFWaemc) since 1999, as a juge for national championships and pedagogical tests, and as an international juge for competitions. She is vice general secretary of the FFWaemc and president of the French Yang Taiji Martial Arts Association. She teaches taiji forms, with bare hands and wheapons, taiji neigong, dynamic qigong and tuishou, regularly in France and in Europe.
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Leland Tracy - Executive Committee
Member Leland Tracy has been practicing Yangjia Michuan Tai Chi Chuan since 1993, having studied in France with Sabine Metzle and Master Wang Yen-Nien. In 2003, Leland became a member of the European College of Yangjia Michuan Taiji Quan Teachers. Particularly interested in Tuishou and the technical applications of Tai Chi Chuan, he has won several French national Tuishou championships and is a certified referee for national Tuishou competitions. Leland is a founding member and current President of France Tuishou, an independent association which participates in the organization of international Tai Chi Chuan and Tuishou competitions in France.
France Tuishou - Accueil email LelandWe are awaiting details from another committee members: Thierry Alibert.