SIFU PARICHARD HOLM

Parichard Holm grew up in Germany and began ballet dancing when she was 4 years old at the school of the State Theater in Braunschweig.  Since an early age, she has competed in top-level gymnastics and performed on stage. She became interested in the philosophy of Taoism, and the movement of Qigong, in 1995.  She attended classes in South Asian science at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and holds a degree in Design.                                                           
Her great passion is the art of Tai Chi Chuan and Pushing Hands.  In 1996, she became a certificated instructor of Tai Chi Qigong 18 movements, and began teaching Tai Chi Chuan 24 Yang form.  From 1999, she deepened her practice of Tai Chi Chuan-Yang Style with Grandmaster William C. C. Chen in New York City, NY, from whom she became a certified teacher (Sifu) in Tai Chi Chuan “Body Mechanics”.

She has enriched her knowledge of Tai Chi Chuan and Pushing Hands (Toui-Shou) by working with Rosa Cheng (Taiwan), Luis Molera (Germany),  Nils Klug (Germany), Nathan Managed (USA), Dr. Ping-Siang Tao (Taiwan), Benjamin Lo (USA), and Maggie Newman (USA). Her teachers in Qigong and Wai Tan Kung were Peter Weinrich, Master Hong Thay Lee (Germany), and Master Mantak Chia (Thailand).  She studied Pushing Hands, Wu style, with Master Yuanhua Yan (USA).

Between 1996 to the present, Sifu Holm has offered instruction in Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong at sports studios, universities, medical rehabilitation and fitness centers, as well as private corporations in Berlin, Germany, and Los Angeles, California.  Presently, she resides with her family in Winston-Salem.

Her passion for teaching Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong is rooted in a deep understanding of body mechanics and its philosophical aspects: "The soft overcoming the hard."

International Competitions:

1996

Gold – 24 Peking Tai Chi Chuan Yang form
Berlin, Germany

2004

Gold– William Chen Tai Chi Chuan Yang form
Martial Arts Championship, Orlando, Florida

Bronze- Fixed Pushing Hands World Champion
Gold- Foreigner Fixed Pushing Hands
Gold- Foreigner Moving Pushing Hands
World Chuang Hwa Cup, Taipei, Taiwan

2005

Gold- Pushing Hands US Champion
Silver- Restricted Moving Pushing Hands
Bronze- William Chen Tai Chi Chuan Yang form
Martial Arts Championship, Orlando, Florida

William C.C.Chen International Chung Hwa Cup Team 2004

Jan L. Childress, Trever Cohen, Parichard Holm, Calum Reid,
Irving Lee, Dan Caulfield, Josh Waitzkin, Jan C. Childress, Max Chen

Tai Chi Matrix                                                                                                Phone: 310.486.3438   Email: infoparichardholm@gmail.com