RIP Marvin Smalheiser

[GeneChing]

I just saw this on John Painter's fb feed:


John P Painter (https://www.facebook.com/john.p.painter.7/posts/10207995121651314?comment_id=10207996049674514&notif_t=feed_comment_reply&notif_id=1477943072621553)

Tai Chi Magazine & Founder Passes Into The Void
Marvin Smalheiser (85?) the founder, publisher and editor of the magazine Tai Chi has died in California of undisclosed causes. Marvin founded Wayfarer Publications in 1981 for the purpose of promoting the internal martial arts and Qigong with a main focus on Taijiquan (tai chi). His was one of the first magazines to exclusively focus on just the Chinese arts and featured many well know and lesser known instructors as authors of informative articles.

I can't imagine John would post this if it was just a rumor. This is a tragic loss to the martial arts world.

Here is the Tai Chi magazine website (https://tai-chi.com/). I imagine there will be an announcement there eventually.

[GeneChing]

T’AI CHI Magazine Founder Marvin Smalheiser Passes Away (http://slantedflying.com/tai-chi-magazine-founder-marvin-smalheiser-passes-away/)
Posted on October 26, 2016 by Slanted Flying

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Marvin Smalheiser, the founder, publisher, and editor of the popular T’AI CHI Magazine, passed away on October 21, 2016 from undisclosed causes. He was in his mid 80’s.

Marvin Smalheiser began learning Yang style Tai Chi Chuan in 1969 from Marshall Ho’o, who was a student of Tung Hu Ling. After learning from Marshall Ho’o, Smalheiser began learning from Tung Kai Ying, who was the son of Tung Hu Ling. In 1974, Smalheiser took over teaching Tung’s classes at his Tai Chi studio at the Silver Lake location because he was relocating to the West Side of Los Angeles

Smalheiser founded the T’AI CHI Magazine in 1977, at a time when information about Tai Chi Chuan could only be found in the odd book, or a rare article in Black Belt Magazine and Official Karate Magazine. Over the years, Marvin Smalheiser has provided an invaluable service to the practitioners of Tai Chi Chuan.

T’AI CHI Magazine featured interviews of notable Tai Chi masters from China, biographies of famous masters of the past, articles on Tai Chi styles, and training tips.

Our condolences go out to Marvin Smalheiser family, friends, students, and staff of the magazine.

Still no announcement on the Tai Chi magazine site. It amazes still me that Marvin was able to publish that magazine with such a small staff. It was mostly him.

[mickey]

Still no announcement on the Tai Chi magazine site. It amazes still me that Marvin was able to publish that magazine with such a small staff. It was mostly him.

Even though the site is up, it does not appear to be current. It has not seen activity for a while. Still, condolences to all he touched with his life.

mickey