T’ai Chi Chih Conferences

T’ai Chi Chih International Teacher Conference
July 26, 2025
Zoom

50th Anniversary of the origination of T’ai Chi Chih practice
July 25-28, 2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Conference summary:

• 150 teachers registered for the Conference
• 134 attended
• The T’ai Chi Chih International Foundation scholarship fund helped 39 teachers attend.
• Four countries (UK, Canada, Belize, and the US) were represented, including 32 states and 3 provinces
• Accreditation statistics:
  • 11 teachers from the 1980s
  • 22 from the 1990s
  • 42 from the 2000s
  • 55 from the 2010s
  • 20 from the 2020s

The fundraising to replenish the Foundation’s scholarship fund raised $6,974 through the silent and live auctions and the raffle.

The community passed the hat, a Justin tradition, and collected more than $ 1,600 to tip the hotel’s catering staff.

Other conference artifacts are available here.

Thank you to those who registered and came, and those who sent their positive energy for the Conference.  It was felt. Gratitude to all those who share in our commitment to T’ai Chi Chih practice!

There is still only one thing going on…

Cultivating Wisdom
July 22 – 24, 2022
Zoom

Cultivating Wisdom is condensed into two full days and a short evening, beginning July 22 and continuing July 23-24.

The shorter schedule reflects simplicity, with time for teachers to share insights. Some features of a three-day schedule simply do not fit into our two-day schedule. So that teachers may have enough time together to share insights, students will not be invited to join us this year. We teach T’ai Chi Chih in hopes that through practice, our students may develop their insight or “wisdom.” Let’s plan to Cultivate Wisdom and Joy at this year’s conference!

Check out the 2022 Teachers’ Conference preliminary schedule here.

Look who’s coming to the conference — encourage your friends from Accreditation to join us

• Conference Coordinator –  Eliza Fulton (email)
• Assistant Coordinator – Anita Vestal
• Conference Registrars – Jim and Lorel Maple
• Communications – Judy Kistler-Robinson
• Programming – Judy Chancey and Sky Young-Wick
• Volunteer Coordinator – Linda Jones

Continuing the Connection
June 24 – 27, 2021
Zoom

• Take Your Teacher Listing Page to the Next Level, by Kim Grant
• Seijaku for TCC Teachers, by Pam Towne
• Community Updates for justinstonetcc.com + The Vital Force + taichichih.org, by Kim Grant
• Teacher Conference History

Return to the Circle
June 27 – 30, 2019
Minnetonka, Minnesota

• Building Community through T’ai Chi Chih — by Dr Ed Ehlinger
• Awakening the Energy Within — by Sheila Leonard
• TCC Notes for Parkinson’s Students — by Stephen Thompson
• Beyond The Brain: The Spiritual Aspect of Ta’i Chi Chih — by David Parrish
• Reflections & Observations On The Adaptation Of Ta’i Chi Chih To Aging — by Lorraine Lepine
• Remembrance Of Justin Stone — by Carmen L. Brocklehurst (see the August issue of The Vital Force)
• Remembering Justin Stone — by Nancy Werner-Azarski (see the August issue of The Vital Force)
• The Grounding, Healing Effect Of T’ai Chi Chih: Applications To Trauma & PTSD — by Bruce Eisenmenger (see the August issue of The Vital Force)

Feel the Chi ~ Share the Chi
June 15 – 18, 2017
Boulder, Colorado

• Continuity: Push Pull & Rocking Motion Through The Lens Of Expansion & Contraction by Amy Tyksinski, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Demystifying The Taffies by Donna McElhose, Wildwood, Illinois
• Energy by Dorene Krause, Midland Park, New Jersey
• Feeling The Chi by Dora Wiemann, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Feeling The Chi by Caroline Guillot, Lake Charles, Louisiana
• Feeling the Chi — Wrist Vitality by Amy Tyksinski, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Grounding by Carmen L. Brocklehurst, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Grounding by Marie Dotts, Loveland, Colorado
• Hip Swivel by Daniel Pienciak, Howell, New Jersey
• Rededication Ceremony by Marie Dotts, Loveland, Colorado
• Seated TCC: Great For Beginners & Advanced Students by Darlene Karasik, Saratoga, California
• Teaching The Forward & Back Weight Shift by Dora Wiemann, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Videos
• My Experiences Sharing The Chi by Jessica Lewis, Claymont, Delaware
• The Brain On TCC: Neuroscience, Neuroplasticity, Meditation and Moving Meditation by Dr. David Parrish, Media, Pennsylvania

August 11 – 14, 2016
Seattle, Washington

• Getting TCC Taught at Colleges by April Leffler, Janet Oussaty, and Sharon Sirkis
• Getting TCC Taught at Prisons by Julie Heryet
• When All Else Fails by Antonia Cooper
• Growing Your Local Community Using Facebook by Lisa M Otero
• Happy Hands and Happy Feet by Sheila Leonard
• Ongoing Classes by Daniel Pienciak
• Vital Force, www.taichichih.org and Social Media: Update and Outreach by Kim Grant

August 1 – 4, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota

• TCC Accreditation Journey Framework by Deb Bertelsen
• Working with Your Habit Energies Presentation & Handout by Marie Dotts
• Prajna by April Leffler
• Practical Trade Tools for Teaching by Lisa Otero
• TEDx by Amy Tyksinski
• Joyful Feet by Judy George

July 5 – 8, 2012
Portland, Oregon

• TCC & the Relevance of Technology by Kim Grant
• How to Protect your Body from Injury in your TCC Practice by Sara Nelson
• How to Get Your Foot in the Door at Large Senior Retirement Communities by Eileen Butler
• Working with Alzheimer’s and Dementia Students by Jerry Bumbalough
• Hosting: A Service to the Community by Dan Pienciak
• Justin’s Gift to Teachers: Seijaku by Pam Towne and Ann Rutherford
• Mirror, Mirror by Jackson Raines
• TCC and Personal Growth by Pat Moseley
• Helping Students with Home Practice by Linda Braga and Stephen Thompson
• The Spiritual Side of TCC by Sandy McAlister