A Taste of China

TWENTY-SIX YEARS
    2007 was our twenty-fifth year and the last of our
large-scale events. Looking back, it's amazing and wonderful
to see how we've grown since 1983, our first year.
Looking back, it's amazing and wonderful to see how
we've grown since 1983, our first year. After Steve Rhodes
had traveled to China to study taijiquan at the Beijing Sports
Institute, so many people eagerly asked "what was it like?"
that we decided to set up a weekend seminar to let
everyone have "a taste of China." People came to that
first one from "as far away as New Jersey" we bragged,
and we enthusiastically continued to expand our faculty
and participant base. In 1988 we added the U.S.A. All-Taijiquan Championships, with resounding success over the next years
for a total of fourteen tournaments. We sponsored
well-known lineage holders Chen Xiao-wang, Yang Zhen-duo,
and Wang Pei-sheng as featured guests from China, and
many well-known masters from all around the globe
honored us with their participation and support as faculty.
Thousands have come to learn, to share, to exchange ideas,
and simply to be part of a larger community with a mutual
interest in Chinese martial and healing arts. From first to
last, we appreciate you who have attended, in every
capacity; some only once, some year after year; all have
enriched our lives.
    Purposes
    A Taste of China's purposes have been constant since our
beginning: to promote taijiquan, to bring together
taijiquan players of all schools and styles to share their
art, to create a basis for further exchange among taijiquan
players in the U.S. and other countries, and to create an
opportunity for many distinguished and well-known teachers
to meet together and exchange ideas and experiences.
    We hope we have accomplished these aims and that we
have served the community that has trusted us.

THE FUTURE
     We are continuing, for the foreseeable future, with
modified versions of the most popular events-the weapons
series in spring, a smaller series for summer with one or
two faculty, and the Autumn Qigong Retreat. You can
count on us to be here for a while longer, though a bit
reduced in scale. We continue to welcome old and new
friends at our events.
    A Taste of China is proud of our tradition of bringing you
the best. We have been dedicated to bringing you excellent
training by outstanding teachers, good fellowship among
enthusiasts, and extraordinary value for your money and
time. Doing our best for you has become our trademark,
and we'll continue to earn our excellent reputation.
    It is truly a joy to organize and present A Taste of China.
Our hope is that you also find knowledge and guidance and
inspiration here, and joy as well.