Shifu:  Kathleen Cusick has studied taijiquan since 1984 with a variety of teachers, including Greg Mucci, Jou Tsung Hwa, and Yang Zhen Duo-- a 4th generation Yang family lineage holder. She teaches Yang style, qigong, push-hands, san shou, and taiji staff with the Magic Tortoise School and in workshops in this country and abroad. She is a certified judge of Chinese internal martial arts (ATOC 1993), and has judged in tournaments for A Taste of China, the U.S. Wushu Federation, and the U.S. Chinese Kuoshu Federation. She has been a trainer (featured instructor) for the Southern Women's Martial Artists' Network in 1994 & 1996, with the National Women's Martial Arts Federation's Special Training in 1996, 1998, and 2000, and at T'ai Chi Farm and the Zhang San Feng Festival. Kathleen received her M.A. in Technical writing and multicultural literature from East Carolina University.