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Sun Tai Chi Institute of Boston
(From the International Sun Tai Chi Association) Thomas Duterme began his training in the martial arts as a child, initially studying Shotokan karate for a brief period before moving on to a seven-year exploration of tae kwon do. In high school, Thomas switched arts and began his training in Wing Chun kung fu. At age 19, while finishing his undergraduate degree in Physics at Macalester College, Thomas founded a Wing Chun training gym, providing self-defense education for college staff and fellow students. He taught at Macalester for over two years. Fluent in Mandarin, Thomas moved to Beijing at age 21 and spent his next seven years living in China. During this time, he studied various Chinese martial arts including taijiquan (Sun, Yang, Li styles), baguazhang, xingyiquan, bajiquan and Shaolin mifaquan. Notably, in this period Thomas apprenticed for several years under Master Sun Shurong and undertook an in-depth study of the Sun family art. Thomas was the first non-Chinese practitioner to be accepted by Master Sun as an '"inner door" student. Thomas is co-founder of the International Sun Tai Chi Association. Copyright © 2009-2011 Sun Tai Chi Institute of Boston LLC™, Stanwood Chang |