Hi I'm new here. I'm a student of Mr. Rene Navarro. There's a
magazine circulating here in the Philippines that researches and
presents very useful and indepth information on the development of
Tai chi in the Philippines and of Martial arts as a whole you can
check them out at http://www.rapidjournal.com/

Maybe that could help.

--- In taichi_phil@yahoogroups.com, roh mih <rbhalabaso@...> wrote:
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> Have you ever wondered how tai chi was introduced in the
Philippines? The following excerpt from the article of a certain
Rene Navarro which you can find in the website of the Gin Soon Tai
Chi Chuan Federation gave me a hint:
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> "I studied the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan solo form at the Hua
Eng Athletic Club in Manila's Chinatown. It was handed down through
the famous Master Han Chi Tang who was visiting from Taiwan in the
early 60's. (I learned later that his daughter Han Linlin teaches
martial arts in Cambridge, MA) Han, who taught Tai Chi Chuan and
Northern Shaolin Boxing at Hua Eng Athletic Club in Binondo, Manila,
reportedly studied the art with Yang Cheng Fu in shanghai, China
possibly in one of those workshops in the 20's and 30's..."
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> You can read the entire article at
http://www.gstaichi.org/english/yangChengFu.php
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> The website of the Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation is worth
exploring. You will find there a detailed instruction with photos on
a so-called 15-form tai chi, as well as some video clips.
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> Good day! Let me hear from you too!
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