Sifu Parichard Holm





Parichard Holm born in Thailand, grew up in Germany and started ballet dancing when she was 4 years old. Since an early age she has competed in top-level gymnastics and performed on stage. After she received her B.A. in Jewelery Design she became interested in the philosophy of Taoism and began studying the movement of Qigong in 1995.    
                                                       


In 1996 she became a certificated instructor of Tai Chi Qigong 18 movements and started to teach in Berlin the 24 Peking form, Yang Style. 
In 1999 she began practicing Grandmaster William C. C. Chen's (New York City) Tai Chi Chuan-Yang Style and has become a certified teacher "Sifu" in Tai Chi Chuan “Body Mechanics” in 2001 in Germany, and in 2004 in the US.

She has deepened her knowledge of Tai Chi Chuan and Pushing Hands (Toui-Shou) working with Rosa Chen (Taipei), Luis Molera (Germany),  Nils Klug (Germany), Nathan Managed (USA), Dr. Ping-Siang Tao (Taipei), Benjamin Lo (USA) and Maggie Newman (USA). Her teachers in Qigong and Wai Tan Kung were Peter Weinrich and Master Hong Thay Lee (Germany) and Master Mantak Chia (Thailand). 
She studied Pushing Hands - Wu Style with Master Yuanhua Yan, Los Angeles. Her principal teacher is Grandmaster William C.C.Chen.

Sifu Holm taught Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong classes since 1996 at sports studios, universities, medical rehabilitation and fitness centers as well as private corporations in Berlin Germany (1996 - 2002), Los Angeles (2002- 2010).  She taught Tai Chi and Qigong for a year in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Since the end of 2011 Sifu Parichard Holm has been living and working in Berlin, Germany.

Sifu Holm has been certified to teach the 60 and 128 movement Yang Style     Tai Chi Chuan forms and their self-defense applications, as well as sword form, form refinement, and Pushing Hands. She is also certified to train Tai Chi teacher in Grandmaster William C.C.Chen's Yang Style, 60 movements.
Sifu Holm’s qualifications in Qigong empower her to teach the 18 movements of Tai Chi Qigong, Wai Tan Kung. She teaches Dao-In, and Taoist Eight Treasures, Cosmic Healing among others. As a practitioner of the Tao, she holds a degree in Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology and she is currently studying elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is a certified instructor for Tai Chi for Arthritis Level I & Level II, Sun Style, by Dr. Paul Lam and the Arthritis Foundation since 2011.

International Competition:
Gold – 24 Peking Tai Chi Chuan Yang form
 Berlin, Germany, 1996.
Gold– William Chen Tai Chi Chuan Yang form

           Martial Arts Championship, Orlando, Florida 2004.
Bronze- Fixed Pushing Hands World Champion 

Gold- Foreigner Fixed Pushing Hands 

Gold- Foreigner Moving Pushing Hands

          World Chuang Hwa Cup Taipei, Taiwan 2004.
Gold- Pushing Hands US Champion 

Silver- Restricted Moving Pushing Hands

Bronze- William Chen Tai Chi Chuan Yang form

              Martial Arts Championship, Orlando, Florida 2005.


Masters and Teachers
In gratitude to all my teachers



Grandmaster William C.C. Chen, New York, New York
Grandmaster William C.C.Chen started teaching in the 1950’s when he was a live- in student of the famous Great-Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ching who preferred to be called Professor Cheng. He was involved competitively in the various free-style, Chinese Wushu. In 1958, he won the second place in the Taiwan national Olympic Competition. Master Chen is considered one of the world’s leading martial arts technicians. Inside Kung Fu Magazine recognized Master Chen as one of the Top most influential Chinese Martial Artists; because he has shown the world that the principles of Tai Chi Chuan can be used as an effective fighting art. His school id based in New York City

60 movement of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan
128 movement Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan
Form refinement
Application
Pushing Hands
San-Shou
Sword form Yang Style
www.williamccchen.com





Grandmaster Mantak Chiak, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Cosmic Healing
www.universal-tao.com



                                                                                                                            Dr. Ping-Siang Tao, Taipei, Taiwan (born -2006)
Pushing Hands


Benjamin Lo, San Francisco, California
Tai Chi Chuan Yang Style
Pushing Hands



Grandmaster Yap Cheng Hai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Feng Shui
www.ychacademy.com


Master Rosa Chen Shiu Yao, Taipei, Taiwan
Fan form




Maggie Newman, New York, New York
Tai Chi Chuan Yang Style
Sword form



Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,                                    Los Angeles, California
Dao-In                                                                                                             Taoist Eight Treasures
www.yosan.edu

   


Master Yuanhua Yan, Temple City, California
Tai Chi Chuan Wu Style
Pushing Hands      

Peter Shea & Joanne Shea, Asheville, North Carolina                                 The Taoist Bodywork Level I                                                                                   www.taoistbodywork.com     

                                 


Sifu Luis Molera, Malaga, Spain
60 movements of Tai Chi Chuan Yang Style
Pushing Hands
Fan form                                                                                             http://www.taichi-luismolera.de



Joey Yap, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Feng Shui
Chinese Astrology
www.joeyyap.com



Petra Coll Exposito, Berlin, Germany
Feng Shui
www.feng-shui-web.net




Patrician McCarthy, Los Angeles, California
Face Reading
mienshiang.com


Peter Fischer, Berlin, Germany
Feng Shui
www.feng-shui-center-berlin.de



Grandmaster Hong Thay Lee, Berlin, Germany
Tai Chi Chuan 24 form
18 movements of Tai Chi- Qigong
Wai Tan Kung
www.kung-fu-berlin.de


Sifu Nils Klug, Hannover, Germany
60 movement of Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan
Form refinement
Application
Pushing Hands
www.tai-chi-studio.de                                                                                 www.taiji-europa.eu


Sifu Bettina Böhm, Berlin, Germany
60 movement of Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan
Form refinement
Sword form Yang Style                                                                  ewierwer@zedat.fu-berlin.de



Sifu Nathan Menaged, Columbus, Ohio
Pushing Hands
www.taichicorner.net

                                         


Pete Weinrich, Braunschweig, Germany
18 movements of Tai Chi-Qigong
www.naturheilpraxis-weinrich.de/

                                            

Tai Chi Matrix                                                                                      Sifu Parichard Holm • 10783 Berlin Schöneberg                                                                         • Phone: 0151-464-88884 • Email: infoparichardholm@gmail.com