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.

At present, the Taijiquan & Qigong Federation for Europe does not have an active Executive Committee. We believe, however, that a renewed leadership is essential to continue the Federation’s important work across Europe. The Stichting Taijiquan Nederland (STN) has expressed a strong commitment to help initiate this new phase — just as was done at the founding of the TCFE. We warmly invite individuals and organisations who share this vision to join us in rebuilding the Federation and shaping its future.

Former Committee

President:
Dan Docherty

Dan Docherty studied Tai Chi Chuan from 1971 under Master Cheng Tin Hung. In 1980, he became the South-East Asia Open-Weight Champion. Dan was a founding member of both the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain and the Taijiquan & Qigong Federation for Europe, where he served as President. He published several books, including Complete Tai Chi Chuan and Instant Tao, and produced a number of instructional DVDs. His Tai Chi school was known as Practical Tai Chi Chuan, and he regularly taught in various European countries, including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Sweden, and, of course, the UK, where he lived.

Dan Docherty, also known as the "Tai Chi Gladiator," passed away at the age of 67 on December 9, 2021, at his home in London.

Paul Silverstrale

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.

Mikkelai Downing

Started yoga at three with dad. Judo from nine at local club. Moved over to Taekwondo at fourteen. When I was nineteen, my mother (who had been intrigued after seeing it in Hyde Park in the sixties), suggested we should go together to a Taiji class with this lady on the east side of town. I told her it was a geriatric hobby-thing, and wasn’t really up for it. Dragged along anyway, I met my Sifu Pamela, who asked me to push her. Couldn’t move her an inch, and was promptly sent flying. Have been hanging around since. We practice yang style, Chen Man Ching version. And I still practice with GM William C.C. Chen.

Jean-Luc Lesueur

Jean-Luc Lesueur (6th duan shuai jiao) is successor to the grand master of shuai jiao Wang Wenyong, a privilege that few Westerners have recieved from their Chinese masters. Jean-Luc Lesueur is also the only one to have had access to the three styles of the famous Wang Xiang-Zhai with renowned masters from each style: Such as Li Jianyu, who appointed him as successor for Europe. Jean-Luc Lesueur has 7th duan in this discipline. His innovative spirit combined with his thirst to learn and teach allowed him to be the second foreigner to receive a license for teaching by the founder of tai ki ken, Kenichi Sawai. His 6th dan and his title Kyoshi ranks as one of the 3 highest grades of this discipline in Europe. Jean-Luc Lesueur also made himself a place in the da cheng quan, studying with the famous Wang Xuanjie. A few years later he received a licence for education from Wang Shangwen, successor of Wang Xuanjie. Many titles of champion of France, as well as 17 European champion and 7 World Cup titles have been won by his students. This doesn’t matter to him, only the transmission of an authentic martial art is important to him.