Instructor Directory

Find a tai chi instructor whose line you can check.

How to find a certified tai chi instructor near you without guessing: style, line, forms, weapons and whether they teach online are separate fields here, so two teachers can be compared instead of described.

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Listed instructors

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Ten places open for the first listings.

We are opening the directory with ten listings, and each one is reserved for a teacher of a particular style or region. Every entry records a lineage we have actually checked, which is why the list starts short and is built carefully. If one of these is yours, apply.

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How to choose

How to find a good tai chi instructor.

Five questions worth asking any teacher before you commit to a class, whether you are looking for one near you or online. Every entry in this directory answers them, so you can compare before you write to anyone.

1

Who is their teacher, and can they name that teacher's teacher?

A lineage is not a certificate. It is a claim that can be checked, and a teacher who holds one answers this in a sentence. Every entry here records it as its own field.

2

Do they correct you individually, or only demonstrate?

A class that is pure demonstration is a video with rent. The larger the group and the less correction, the more you are practising your own mistakes. The entry says how a class with them actually runs.

3

Is the class about health, about martial application, or both?

Both are legitimate and they lead to different classes. A health class emphasises alignment and pace; a martial one asks what each movement would do. Neither is a better teacher, but you should be able to tell which room you are walking into.

4

Can you try a class first?

A trial is the only honest way to judge a teacher, and anyone confident in their teaching offers one. Where a teacher offers it, the entry says so.

5

What does it cost, including the things they do not mention?

Ask about grading fees, uniform requirements, and whether prices rise once you are past the introductory block. A teacher who cannot answer that plainly is answering it.

Two red flags worth naming

Claims of power that cannot be demonstrated, and classes that discourage questions. Neither is tai chi, whatever else they may be. We do not list teachers who market themselves this way.

What an entry records

The same fields for every teacher.

Not a paragraph that happens to mention some of these things, but a record — so two entries can be read against each other, and so a search engine or an AI assistant can answer "who teaches Chen style near Manchester" without guessing.

Identity

Name, teaching title, and the line: who they trained under, and for how long.

Style

Yang, Chen, Wu, Wu/Hao, Sun, Wudang, or a competition set — one controlled value, not free text.

What is taught

Forms, weapons, qigong systems, push hands — each a label, so they can be matched.

Where and how

City and country, plus whether they teach in person, online, or both, and whether private lessons are available.

For teachers

Why list your class here.

Most places a tai chi teacher can be found reduce you to a pin on a map and a phone number. That listing cannot say who taught you, what a class with you is like, or that you take beginners gently. So the students it sends you are the ones who chose on distance alone.

Here, the entry is the argument. Your line is a field. What you teach is a field. Whether you correct individually is a field. Someone can read it and decide you are the teacher they want before they ever write to you — which is a better first message for both of you.

What you get

  • ·A page of your own at a stable URL you can put on a business card
  • ·Your lineage recorded as a field, not buried in a paragraph
  • ·Links to your site and social profiles, without a reciprocal link asked for
  • ·Structured data, so search engines and AI assistants can read and quote it
  • ·A place in the directory style and country filters
  • ·A verified badge you can display on your own site

What we do not do

  • ·Charge for inclusion, or for a higher position
  • ·Take a cut of what a student pays you
  • ·Publish any sentence you have not seen and agreed
  • ·List affiliate offers or app referrals dressed as teaching
  • ·List anyone who cannot say who certified them or who they trained under
  • ·Keep your page up after you ask us to remove it
Verified Tai Chi Instructor — Tai Chi Wuji

Your own verified badge

Once your lineage is checked, you get a badge to display on your own website, in a newsletter, or on a class handout. It links back to your entry here, so a visitor who finds you anywhere can read your full listing.

Yours to use — no fees, no permission needed, and no obligation to link back in return.

How to be listed

Three steps, and we do the writing. Nothing here requires an account or a form.

  1. 1

    Send six things by email

    • Your name, and the title you teach under
    • Style, and who you trained under
    • City and country, or that you teach online only
    • Which forms you teach, and any weapons or qigong systems
    • In person, online, or both; and whether you take private students
    • Two or three sentences on how a class with you actually runs

    Rough answers are fine. A photo is welcome but not required; without one we use your initials, never a stock image.

  2. 2

    We write it and send you the draft

    Usually within a few days. We copy-edit for clarity and spelling and nothing else; any change to a claim you have made is put to you first.

  3. 3

    You approve it, we publish it

    Nothing goes live until you are happy with it. The page stays yours: ask for a change or a removal at any time and we act on it.

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We are listing teachers one at a time, so the first few entries get more of our attention than the fiftieth will. If you have been thinking about it, this is the good moment.

Common questions about finding an instructor

How do I choose between two styles?

For most beginners the difference between Yang and Chen matters less than the teacher. Both are complete systems; what you will actually experience in the first year is how fast the class moves and how much correction you get. Compare that, not only the style.

How do I check whether an instructor is legitimate?

Ask who they trained under, for how long, and whether they can name that teacher's line. A serious instructor answers without hesitation. Every entry here records it as a separate field for exactly this reason.

Does it cost anything to be listed?

No. There is no paid tier, and we do not charge for inclusion or for placement.

Can a listing be removed?

At any time, at the teacher's request. We take the entry down and do not keep a copy on the site.