A two-day Tai Chi Master Workshop Series and a Tai Chi Wushu demonstration by masters, held in the Miami area, Florida.
These workshops place strong emphasis on practical instruction, hands-on training, and the refinement of authentic skills. Designed for dedicated learners, the program goes beyond theory to focus on real practice, method application, and measurable improvement in Tai Chi and Qigong proficiency.
Features world-leading Tai Chi lineage holders and mind–body practice experts, with a strong emphasis on master-level demonstrations that highlight the cultural, historical, and embodied dimensions of traditional movement-based practices.
A platform centered on Tai Chi, Qigong wellness, and integrative health, bringing together diverse organizations and communities to share practice, connect across disciplines, and foster collaboration, mutual empowerment, and integrated development.
Co-HOSTED BY:
Vital Martial Arts Academy
SUPPORT BY:
Journal of Taiji Science (JTS) / KungFuDirect.com
Chair
Master Shudong Li
President of the World Taiji Science Federation and World Wushu Open Championships,
Co-Chair
Master Vital Yarashevich, B.A.M., M.S.Ed.
President and Chief Instructor of
Vital Martial Arts Academy
Yang Style Taiji disciple, 9 Duan, Fifth-generation inheritor of Yang-style Tai Chi. Currently serves as the President of the Xi’an Yongnian Yang-style Tai Chi Association, and concurrently holds positions as a member of the Chinese Wushu Association and Vice Chairman of the Tai Chi Committee of Shaanxi Province. Recognized as a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of Yang-style Tai Chi.
President of the World Taiji Science Federation and Executive Chairman of the World Wushu Open Championships, he also serves as a member of the Kung Fu Committee of the International Wushu Federation and as a Commissioner of the California Acupuncture Board. A globally recognized Chen-style Tai Chi master, he is a pioneer of Medical Taiji education and a leading advocate for integrating traditional martial arts with modern scientific research.
He is a leading Tai Chi master from China, trained from childhood in a renowned martial family. He remained undefeated in hundreds of competitions, won multiple national titles, and devoted his life to teaching Tai Chi worldwide, educating over 30,000 students, promoting health culture harmony balance resilience mindfulness respect unity excellence tradition discipline legacy ethics community service peace continuity.
Selected at age nine into a professional wushu team, trained in traditional Chinese martial arts for ten years. Later apprenticed in Wudang Daoist martial arts and health cultivation. National-level coach and Daoist physician. Founder of a cultural institute, teaching Wudang Tai Chi, Qigong and martial arts.