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The festival took place from April 26th to May 5th, 2009  in Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy); located in the vicinity of Udine, a well-known seaside resort near Venice.

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Report of the ISCT Festival by Christian Greiter

In the beautiful city Lignano Sabbiadoro, that is located about 60 miles near Venice the third meeting of the ISCT occurred between the 28.04.2009 – 03.05.2009. The meeting was organised by the Qing Feng Academy under the administration of Carmela Filosa. Her invitation followed participators from all over the world.

Beneath the guests of honour and chairmen of the ISCT, Chen Peishan and Chen Peiju, there were participators from China, France, the USA, Malta, Israel, Germany and of course Italy. The meeting was themed “Grandmasters Chen Lixian and Chen Liqing Memorial. These two masters, who are unfortunately not well known in Europe, are deeply involved with the tradition and development of Taijiquan. Chen Liqing, the aunt of Chen Peishan and Chen Peiju died in 2008. She was the first woman, which was affiliated in the official martial arts genealogy of the Chen family. These deserve cannot be estimated high enough. Chen Lixian, the father of Chen Peishan and Chen Peiju was the teacher of these two masters since childhood.

Main focus of the meeting was the common Taijiquan training. All participators had the possibility to learn from Chen Peishan and from Chen Peiju. Chen Peishan teaches Sizheng Taijiquan, the short form with 20 movements, developed by him. He also teaches Neijing (inner movement) and applications of the first form of the small frame (Xiaojia Yilu). Chen Peiju corrected the movements of the first form of small frame (Xiaojia Yilu) and of the sword form. For her sword form she has legendary reputation in China. Because of the intensely training with these awesome masters, it was for all participators possible, to deepen their knowledge in Taijiquan.

On 30.04.2009 all attendants of the meeting gathered to the ISCT conference. After the inaugural address of the president Dietmar Stubenbaum, Annemarie Leippert presented the administrative work of the society in the last three years. This presentation was followed by reports from Carmela Filosa and Richard Galea-Debono & Conrad Laus (both Malta) were they talked about their achievements and work in their home countries. There upon doctor Lucio Pippa presented the results of his study “The effects of therapeutic Chen style Xiaojia Taijiquan”. With this study the significant positive effect of the practice of Xiaojia Taijiquan for health is proven. Finally Master Chen Peishan gave a lecture about the development of Taijiquan in China. In his detailed report he spoke about the historical background of Taijiquan, were he clarified many errors.

On the next day a ceremony occurred to honour the diseased grand masters Chen Lixian & Chen Liqing. Chen Peishan recognized their efforts in a speech. Afterwards participants from all over the world could demonstrate their skills. Spontaneously a group from different nations found together and showed that borders are irrelevant in the Taiji-world. The demonstrations were toped by demonstrations of Chen Peishan and Chen Peiju. The silence during their demonstrations, were you could hear proverbial “the pin falling”, was followed by a thunderous applause. After further days of intensive training, on the evening of the last day a formal dinner occurred. Knowing, to see each other soon, everybody could say here goodbye to new friends from all over the world.

Master Chen Peiju (20th generation Chen family)	Master Chen Peishan (20th generation Chen family)