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Instructor Bios Bede Bidlack, Director - Still Mountain T'ai Chi Center Bede Bidlack, brings his unique experience of these arts to the service of the people of Ardmore & Harleysville PA, and Somerville/Cambridge MA. He began studying Yang family taijiquan and sword under his teacher, Scott M. Rodell of Great River Taoist Center (www.grtc.org) in Washington, DC, in 1993. He has since worked with his grand teacher, Master Wang Yen-nien, as well as notables, Master George Hu and Master Benjamin Lo. He won the Gold Medal in the Regional Wu Shu Tournament in New York and the Bronze Medal in the National Tournament in Baltimore in 1995. Bede began studying Taoist meditation in 1995. He became one of only three Americans of the Seventh Generation of Jinshan Pai Taoists when he was inducted into Jinshan in February of 2000. He has learned much about the contemplative life through his years as a Benedictine monk of St. Anselm’s Abbey from 1997-2001. While a monk, he did graduate work in the Catholic University of America’s Department of Theology. He also taught in the monastery’s high school, conducted numerous retreats both for groups and individuals, and offered spiritual direction to those who sought it. Bede earned his Master of Arts degree in Chinese Religions from Boston University in 2005, and is currently working on his Ph.D. at Boston College. His current areas of study include Christian and Daoist conceptions of the body, and comparative theology. Bede earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Franklin and Marshall College. He lives in Somerville, MA with his wife, Felicitas. Marc Andonian, Student Instructor Marc Andonian has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology and gerontology and has been studying with Bede Bidlack since the founding of SMTC in 2001. Previous to becoming a student of Bede's, Marc studied several other T'ai Chi and Qi Gong forms over several years. Marc is a board member of SMTC and also the Taijiquan Club. He is an active member of the American Yangjia Taijiquan Association (www.aymta.org), where he has contributed several articles on his experiences with taijiquan. Marc teaches at our Harleysville, PA location. Danielle Foster, Student Instructor Danielle Foster is a speech pathologist, and has been studying with Bede Bidlack since the founding of SMTC in 2001. Danielle teaches at our Ardmore, PA location, and coordinates our annual Heart of the Mountain service projects in PA. Ira Orchin, Student Instructor Ira Orchin is a psychologist, and has been studying with Marc Andonian and Danielle Foster since 2005, and is teaching at our Ardmore, PA location.
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