Great River Contact Information

grtc — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:23:17 +0000

Washington DC

Scott M. Rodell
(703)846-8222
(202)785-1767 evenings
Mailing Address:
1325 18th Street N.W.
Suite 210
Washington, DC 20036

Estonia

www.grtc.ee
Anne Likold
(English, Russian, Estonian spoken)
372/5342-6046

Rauno Gordon (English, Russian, Estonian spoken)
rauno@riveta.ee
(37)250-46471

San Francisco CA

Hal Kane
(415) 731-3684
halkane@earthlink.net

Moscow Russia

Albert Efimov
(English, Russian spoken)
7/901/909-126
bilbo@ropnet.ru

Saint Petersburg Russia

Vladimir Kozlovets
(Russian Only Spoken)
+7(81261) 20466
+7(81261) 23843

Australia – Blue Mountain Brach

www.grtc.org.au - Linda Heenan
(02)47826593

Tashi James
(02)47829512
both in Katoomba

Other Schools and Teachers of YangJia MiChuan Taijiquan

George Hu
Houston, TX
(713)777-4546

Elemental Tai Chi
Dale Napier
Houston, TX
713-252-3826
elementaltaichihouston@hotmail.com

Bede Bidlack
Still Mountain

Bozeman Chinese Martial Arts Club
Mike Wiseman
Bozeman, MT 59771
(406) 586-7213
mwiseman@wisearchitect.com

Jim Carlson

Rou He Dao Guan

Mendon, MI

496 – 8997

http://www.rouhedaoguan.com/index.html

Robert Politzer
New York Michuan Taijiquan Association
25 Indian Road, Suite 6F
New York, NY 10034
212-567-3694

Yen-nien Daoguan, Madison
Madison, WI
608-251-4726

Full Circle Synergy
Portland, ME
Ian Gamble
207/780-9581

John Cole
535 Whitecliff Dr.
Vallejo, CA 94589
(707) 552-4738

Don Coleman
801 Emerson St.
Madison, WI 53715
(608) 251-4726

Mark A. Linett
Hsingyi Road, Lane 186,#62,7thfl
Peitou, Taipei Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-2873-3929
Email: wenmark47@hotmail.com

Jeff Pentz
11888 93rd Ave.
N Seminole, FL 33772
(813) 399-1596

Other Taiji Schools

William C.C. Chen
New York City
212/675-2816
www.williamccchen.com

For Information on Northern Wu Style TaijiQuan
David Dolbear
Morrisville, NY
315/662-7727
davetjq@aol.com
www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stands/4161/

Peter Clifford
The Tai Chi Centre
70 Abingdon Road
London W8 6AP
England, UK
Tel: 020 7937 9362
Fax: 020 7937 9367
peter.wayfarers@ibm.net
Regular classes every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Who we are

grtc — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:38:55 +0000

Great River was founded in 1984 by a circle of friends practicing taijiquan (tai chi chuan) together who wanted to expand their practice. Initially, this group sponsored a “Visiting Masters Series” & a study/practice group. Over the years, many notable masters, including, Wang Yen-nian, T.T. Liang, William C .C. Chen & George Hu, amongst others lead trainings at the Center’s Washington, DC Branch. In time, the group focused its practice & organizing skills on bring together & training in all aspects of the Yang Family’s Taijiquan (tai chi chuan) & the sister practice of traditional daoist (taoist) neigong. Over the last two decades, the Center has grown from a local group into an international school with branched in many countries. Today, Center director Scott M. Rodell & senior students, hold regular weekly classes in Washington & lead seminars in Europe and America. Senior GRTC student Bede Bidlack founded a sister school – Still Mountain Tai Chi – which now has branches in two American cities.

Scott M. Rodell – Director
Scott M. Rodell is the Director of the Great River Taoist Center, which he founded in 1984. Great River is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has branches in Baltimore and across Russia, Estonia and Finland.

He began teaching in the Soviet Union at the request of the Soviet Wushu Federation in 1991, and in 1992 the Moscow school officially opened as a branch of Great River, with satellite groups later forming in other cities. While in Russia and Estonia, Scott has made TV programs about Yang family taijiquan (tai chi chuan) and has been featured in various national publications.

He was also one of the first ten Americans to enter the door of the Jin Shan Pai, a traditional school of Daoist Neigong. Rodell, initiated into the Jin Shan Pai by Wang Yen-nian, is a sixth generation teacher in this tradition. Through the Center, local students in the Jin Shan Pai are working to create a Retreat Center for the development of Taoist practice.

Scott M. Rodell executing Snake Creeps Down

Some highlights of Rodell’s career include:

Began studying martial arts at nine years of age. Rodell practiced Karate, Judo, Tournament & Instinct Archery, Wrestling, Olympic Fencing & Marksmanship before devoting his training full time to taijiquan (tai chi chuan).
Has over 20 years taijiquan (tai chi chuan) training in two branches of Yang Taijiquan.
Studied with several senior students of Zheng Manqing, including noted masters William C.C. Chen & T.T. Liang. He studied push hands & free fighting with Chen & push hands & sword with Liang. Rodell is also a disciple student of Master Wang Yen-nian of Shanxi province with whom he studied all aspect of Yang family Michuan (Secret Teaching) Taijiquan.
During the late ’80s was Push Hands Champion at several Nationally Sanctioned tournaments & placed Second in Push Hands at the International Championship held in the Republic of China in 1991.
Director & Founder of Great River Taoist Center, founded 1984. GRTC is headquatered in Washington, D.C., and has branches in the US & across Estonia & Western Russia.
Has been teaching regular seminars from beginners taijiquan (tai chi chuan) to advanced Chinese Swordsmanship in Europe since ‘91. Rodell began teaching in Europe at the request of the Soviet Wushu Federation.
Awarded ‘Honored Judge’ rank by the Russia Wushu Federation (their highest rank), ‘01.
Author of “Taiji Notebook for Martial Artists and “Chinese Swordsmanship, The Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition”.
Proprietor of Seven Stars Trading Co. specializing in Imperial Chinese Arms & Armor.
Rodell has a diverse teaching experience. In addition to his regular weekly classes in Washington, DC he has taught taijiquan (tai chi chuan) to Vietnamese refugee children, at the the Alexandria Jail, at health clubs and a seniors group at the Library Of Congress.
Moderator, Chinese Swords & Swordsmanship Forum, Sword Forum International

GRTC Senior Students
Senior students play an important role at Great River. Many beginners classes and special training seminars are lead by senior students. This enables us to offer small class sizes and more class types. Student instructors at the Center have a minimum of 3 years training with an average of well over 5 years taijiquan (tai chi chuan) experience.

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