Yang Chengfu Tai Chi Chuan Center Italy - Florence International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association

Presentation of Brunetto

Brunetto Cortigiani
born in Florence the 8/21/1962



e-mail: bcortigiani@unifi.it

He was born in 1962 in Florence and he is still living there. He got married in 1997 and now he is father of two children. He works in a chemistry research laboratory at the Florence University.
Starting from late nineties he got essays of Taijiquan in several schools which work with derivative Yang style and spent a period devoted to Qi Gong practice.
In 2005 he met Roberta Lazzeri and her Shuāngbāotāi association which works in promoting the traditional Yang family style. Thenceforward he is member of the International Yang family Taijiquan Association. In the following years he attended to two seminars held by Master Mei Mei Teo, disciple of Master Yang Zhen Duo. In 2009 he attended to the first international seminar held in Florence by Master Yang Jun (6th generation), devoted to the hand long form, the sword form and push hands. Once got acquainted with the hand form and the sword form he is now working on the saber form and push hands.
In the Taijiquan practice he found his way to a physical balance and mind equilibrium, cultivating body and spirit.