Great River T'ai Chi Ch'uan—Since 1979!: October 2023

Monday, October 2, 2023

Ed Young, Children's Book Artist and T'ai Chi Teacher Passes Away

Ed Young (left) and Tam Gibbs

Ed Young, one of Great River T'ai Chi's mentors and frequent workshop teacher, has passed away at the age of 91. Ed was a senior student in Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing's Shr Jung school in New York City, and served as Professor's translator and instructor for over ten years.

Ed's main career was as a children's picture book artist and author, for which he received great recognition, winning the Caldecott Award and many other honors. He illustrated over 100 books, many of which he also wrote. Many of the books touch on human nature and virtues, environmentalism, and Chinese culture.

Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China, 1989

Caldecott Award-winning Lon Po Po

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Great River T'ai Chi Ch'uan in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was founded in 1979, and is one of the oldest t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) groups in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Great River is led by Barbara Davis and Cheryl Powers, both of whom have trained in Taiwan and the United States with senior students of the late Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing, including Maggie Newman, Ed Young, and since 1986, Mr. Liu Hsi-heng of Taipei, and workshops with Ben Lo. They have also worked with numerous other students of Professor Cheng's including Jane Faigao, Bataan Faigao, Wolfe Lowenthal, Ken Van Sickle, Lorie Reinstein, and Tao Ping-siang. Great River has regularly sponsored workshops with many of these senior teachers, and in recent years with Weiming Yuan (Taiwan) and Nathan Menaged, among others.

Barbara Davis is editor of Taijiquan Journal and author of The Taijiquan Classics: An Annotated Translation and translator of Chen Weiming's Taiji Sword. She is at work on a full-length biography of Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing. Barbara has been a presenter at A Taste of China, the Zhang Sanfeng Festival, International Forum on Taijiquan and the National Qigong Association. Cheryl Powers is on the editorial board of Taijiquan Journal and has taught throughout the midwest, and written many articles about t'ai chi.

Barbara, Cheryl, and Great River senior students have taught at numerous locales, including the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, Mankato State University, Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (now part of Northwestern Health Sciences University), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Tasks Unlimited, Honeywell, Hennepin County, Minneapolis Public Schools, YWCA (Minneapolis, Duluth, and Mankato), First Unitarian Society, Minnesota Jung Association, Concordia University-St. Paul, Minnesota Psychological Association, and the Minnesota Nurses Association.

For information on classes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities MN area, or to schedule a workshop, call 612--822-5760.

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Ed Young, Children's Book Artist and T'ai Chi Teacher Passes Away

Great River T'ai Chi Ch'uan--Minneapolis, Minnesota

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