Li Chi Hsiang School of Tai Chi Chuan
for Health and Self Defence
Our lineage
Tai Chi Chuan can only be learned first-hand from a good teacher who can demonstrate the principles and the applications of the Art.
Roman Czerniawsky
Co-founder and Principal
Li Chi Hsiang School of Tai Chi Chuan, New South Wales
For more than 30 years Sifu Roman Czerniawsky has been studying and teaching all aspects of Tai Chi Chuan, as passed on from his teacher, Sifu John Hartley.
He has taught numerous students to a very high level, including health professionals (doctors, physiotherapists and massage therapists).
Sifu Roman believes in maintaining the utmost integrity of the art of Tai Chi Chuan, adhering to the timeless principles of the Tai Chi Classics.
Importantly, Sifu Roman teaches the whole art, including the martial art applications, internal energy development and the philosophy behind the art.
A practitioner of martial arts for over 45 years, Roman's long-time interest in health and body alignment has led him to study and practice remedial and therapeutic massage, Feldenkrais and Bowen technique. For many years he ran a successful clinic and looked after various sports teams.
Roman has also led a successful eight-week pilot program for Spinal Rehabilitation Patients by the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, in 2008. This program explored the application of the principles of Tai Chi Chuan in therapeutic practice and the published results have been presented to medical specialists from across Australia.
Roman also led a 2010 program for spinal injury patients run by ParaQuad (Paraplegic & Quadraplegic Association of NSW - www.paraquad.org.au).
Roman's teaching expertise and experience is highly sought after by other Tai Chi organisations. He has been in demand to train the senior trainers of Tai Chi schools and to conduct workshops for other Tai Chi organisations.
for instruction from
across the
greater Sydney area.
For information,
please phone ROMAN on
(02) 9726 1647
or 0416 117 837
Stephen Duncombe
New South Wales
Stephen Duncombe has studied under Sifu Roman Czerniawsky for many years and has also had the great good fortune to learn from Sifu Roman's teacher, Sifu John Hartley and from Sifu Darren Cox.
In his teachers' faithful transmission of the philosophy, principles and practices of Tai Chi Chuan he has found a complete art that embodies a balance of physical, mental and spiritual. Under the ongoing guidance of his teachers, he endeavours to pass on to other students the many benefits he has found Tai Chi Chuan has brought to his daily life.
Duncombe
Darren Cox
Li Chi Hsiang Tasmania
For more than 20 years Darren Cox has studied the Art of Tai Chi Chuan through the daily practice and teaching of the form, push hands and weapons. Darren thanks his Sifu Roman Czerniawsky for his continual patient guidance in transmitting the principles and philosophies of the Art. Darren has also been fortunate to train under Sifu Roman's teacher, Sifu John Hartley.
Darren aims to promote the Art as it has been handed down in the traditional manner, directly from teacher to student. He relocated to Burnie, Tasmania, in 2005 where he offers instruction to interested students.
To visit Darren's web page Click here
Cox
Historical lineage chart
The Li Chi Hsiang School of Tai Chi Chuan follows the teachings of Professor Cheng Man Ching (1901-1975) and traces its lineage back to him and through him to the origins of the art with the founder of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1873).
The following chart details this progression.
