Long River Tai Chi Circle

Long River Tai Chi Circle is the school of Wolfe Lowenthal, student of Cheng Man-ch'ing and author of the acclaimed There Are No Secrets and Gateway to the Miraculous..

We practice the Professor's 'simplified' 37 posture Yang-style form. The three pillars of our study are Form, Push Hands, and Sword.

Our school's locations are: Amherst, MA; Northampton, MA; Brattleboro, VT; New York City; Falkirk and Stirling, Scotland; Salamanca (y otros), Spain; Prague, Czech Republic; Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Ongoing Classes:

• Amherst & Northampton, MA, and Brattleboro. VT
  Contact Wolfe @ longrivertaichi.org, 413-549-2077.
  
  • Next beginner's class will start in Amherst Oct 1, 2010. Class will be held on Fridays at 7 pm.
    
• New York City
  Contact Lenny @ longrivertaichi.org, 212-316-3163.
  
  • Our next beginner's class will start Oct 6, 2010. Class will be held on Wednesdays at 7 pm.
    
• Scotland: Falkirk and Stirling
• Tai Chi Falkirk: contact Gordon: 01324 885095.
• Tai Chi Stirling: contact Margaret: 01786 811531 margaret.russell4 @ virgin.net.
• Tai Chi Spain
  Long River Espaņa - en Aviles, Badajoz, Barcelona, Burgos, Granada, Logroņo, Marbella, Salamanca, Zafra, Zamora, y Bogotá, Colombia
• Tai Chi Praha
  Prague, Czech Republic, contact Martin @ longrivertaichi.org
• Tai Chi Rotterdam
  Rotterdam, the Netherlands, contact Vincent @ longrivertaichi.org

Summer Workshops 2010:

• Salamanca, Spain - July 7 to July 14, 2010, inclusive.
• Beach Lake PA (USA) Saturday August 14 through Friday August 20, 2010.

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Long River Store

Useful Information

• Reading List The literature of Tai Chi is as large and varied as its practice. These books represent the beginnings of a library consistent with what is taught at Long River.
  
• Hand Form - posture names
• Sword Form - posture names
• Cheng Man-ching lineage Alphabetical listing of schools influenced by the professor.
• Da lu form instruction, as a PDF file
• Taiji Lun by Wang Tsung-yueh
• The Hall of Happiness Dedication by Cheng Man-ch'ing

Community Events

• Beach Lake, PA, 2010
• Wolfe Workshop 2010: Salamanca, Spain, 2010
• Beach Lake, PA, 2009
• Wolfe Workshop 2009: Stirling, Scotland
• NYC Nov 11, 2008 : Keeping Balance (Windows Media)
• Workshop 2008 (Lenny): Callicoon, NY
• Wolfe Workshop 2008: Salamanca, Spain
• NYC Dec 11, 2007 : It Don't Change Who You Are (Windows Media)
• Workshop 2007: Amherst, MA
• Workshop 2007: Stirling, Scotland
• 12/12/2006 : Wolfe in NYC
• Intensive 2006: Amherst 2006 Intensive
• Workshop 2006: Salamanca, Spain
• 06/13/2006 New York, NY: Tricky Sword Moves (Windows Media)
• 02/11/2006 : Like a Long River - Book Signing Party
• 12/13/2005 : Wolfe in NYC
• Pervasive Practice 2005 Amherst, MA
• NYC May 17, 2005 Don't Go In the Cage (Windows Media)
• One Night Workshop, Nov 23, 2004 New York, NY
• Pervasive Practice 2004 Amherst, MA
• Workshop 2004 Carcassonne, France
• Workshop 2003: Amherst, MA
• Intensive 2002: Sirius Community, Shutesbury near Amherst
• Workshop 2002: Amherst, MA
• Workshop 2001: Carcassonne, France
• Workshop 2000: Acebo, Spain.
• Professor's Tree :- a taichi detective story...
• Last Class :- Wolfe's last regular Tuesday class in NYC

Last Updated: 8/24/2010