Victoria Windholtz
Victoria Windholtz (born 2 December 1971, Spain) is a professional expert in Chen style tai chi chuan. She is a teacher and professional Coach in France and internationally, a performer, and a choreographer.
Biography
She started to practice martial arts (Wushu in Chinese) intensively from 1981. She studied Taekwondo, then Chinese Martial Arts and Tai chi from the age of 18 and trained at the highest level in China. She is an ex-athlete of the French National Team of Wushu.
In 2001, she created her own school of Tai chi in Paris, Essence, as a fruit of her research. She developed a new perspective, in which Tai chi is considered as a true art, a performance art, a movement art. This open approach links it to other artistic disciplines, like contemporary dance.
Her teachers
- Zhan Xiao Yan, Wushu expert, seven times China national champion and Coach of the French National Team of Wushu.
- Chen Xiao Wang, 19th generation inheritor of Chen style Tai chi.
Titles
- 5 titles of French National Champion of Tai chi between 2000 and 2003
- 4 titles of European Champion of Chen style Tai chi in 2002 (Denmark)
- Awarded by the French Ministry of Sports in January 2004
External links
fr:Victoria Windholtz