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9clouds taiji
Shanghai Instructors
KIT speaks English, essential Chinese
Kit Kelly, Thai / New Zealander, studied Choy-Lee-Fut kungfu as a child and later 5 Elements Bagua. He has been immersed in taiji from a young age as he travelled the world with his father. He now lives in Shanghai learning, teaching and managing nineclouds.
DANIEL speaks Chinese, Italian, English
Daniel Saracino, born in Rome had a varied academic background (ISPS, HP, India; University of Rome; Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA) culmiinating in a Masters in Architecture. He moved to China in 2005 and is now a practicing architect in Shanghai, while learning, designing and teaching at nineclouds.
TOMMASO speaks Chinese, Italian, English, French
Tommaso is a 'thinking-out-of-the-box' software engineer with a broad cross-cultural experience. He began Taiji in Italy in 2004, then moved to China in 2008 helping to establish nineclouds, Shanghai, in 2013.
CRISTA speaks Chinese, English, French, Spanish
Crista was born in Los Angeles where, with a working background in early childhood education and visual art, she began taiji. Recognizing taiji as a lifelong practice, seeking further oportunities for training, she arrived in Shanghai and began training at nineclouds in 2013, where she now participates as a student and instructor.
GUILLEM speaks English, Chinese, Spanish, Italian
Guillem, born in Spain, studied Chinese Medicine at University, beginning taiji in Barcelona aged 18. He first meet Patrick Kelly in Paris, 2005, and began his own taiji School in Girona, Spain, in 2006. In 2015 he moved to Shanghai to teach and learn taiji at nineclouds.
Anton speaks Chinese, English, essential Japanese
Anton Liu was born in Taiwan, educated and graduated in USA, studied Chinese medicine in Shanghai and lived some years in Okinawa. He learnt Taiji in Taiwan, USA and Switzerland. Anton moved to Shanghai in 2013 to help establish nineclouds as founding studio manager and resident instructor.