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New England Branch-Great River Taoist Center

This blog chronicles the history of our regional New England Chinese Swordsmanship study-group. We are students of Scott M. Rodell, thus a branch of The Great River Taoist Center. We study the tradition of Yangjia Michuan TaijiQuan Sword through bi-annual seminars guided by our Teacher, held in Vermont and Massachusetts.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The 11th New England Area Chinese swordsmanship seminar kicked off with a good showing. Some new faces were to be seen.





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Wednesday, April 7, 2010



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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Our very first glimpse of the Hanwei Forge Jian designed by Laoshi... soon to be available for our own individual test cutting practice.

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Great River Taoist Center. Let us raise our swords to the Heavens and shout in celebration!

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Brother-in-Arms Kyle Fiske releases his first CD in 2009. His musical alter-ego is Atlantica Vox. The new CD is titled, The Phantom Town Demos.

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The 2009 TCSL full-contact tournament took place in Brattleboro, Vermont, on June 13th. This year's tournamnet Champion was Greg Wolfson.


















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Yang Luchan founded the Yang-Style of Taijiquan. He studied under Chen Changxing in Chen Village.

Yang Luchan founded the Yang-Style of Taijiquan. He studied under Chen Changxing in Chen Village.

Yang Jianhou, 2nd son of Yang Luchan, passed the Michuan tradition to us through Zhang Chinlin.

Yang Jianhou, 2nd son of Yang Luchan, passed the Michuan tradition to us through Zhang Chinlin.

Yang Chengfu, son of Yang Jianhou, popularized the Yang-Style of Taiji Quan nearly 100 years ago.

Yang Chengfu, son of Yang Jianhou, popularized the Yang-Style of Taiji Quan nearly 100 years ago.

Zhang Chinlin, student of both Yang Jianhou and Yang Chengfu, was Laoshi Wang Yen-nien's Sifu.

Zhang Chinlin, student of both Yang Jianhou and Yang Chengfu, was Laoshi Wang Yen-nien's Sifu.

Chen Man-Ching, a student of Yang Cheng-Fu, brought Yang-Style Taiji Sword to the Western world.

Chen Man-Ching, a student of Yang Cheng-Fu, brought Yang-Style Taiji Sword to the Western world.

The legendary T.T. Liang was a student of Chen Man Ching. He has deeply inspired each of us!

The legendary T.T. Liang was a student of Chen Man Ching. He has deeply inspired each of us!

Our Grand-Master, Laoshi Wang Yen-nien. He is the reason we are able to study this system today.

Our Grand-Master, Laoshi Wang Yen-nien. He is the reason we are able to study this system today.

Laoshi Wang Yen-nien instructing our Teacher, Scott M. Rodell, in the fine art of jianmanship.

Laoshi Wang Yen-nien instructing our Teacher, Scott M. Rodell, in the fine art of jianmanship.
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