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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 a member of the International Yang family Taijiquan Association (IYFTCCA).
In the following years he attended to three seminars held by Master Mei Mei Teo (disciple of Master Yang Zhen Duo) on the hand long form, the sword form and push hands.
In 2009 at Florence and in 2010 at Tirrenia (PI) he attended to Master Yang Jun (6th generation) seminars devoted to the hand long form, sword form, saber form and push hands.
In April 2010 he got the 3rd level Gold Eagle in the IYFTCCA ranking system.
In the Taijiquan practice he found his way to a physical balance and mind equilibrium, cultivating body and spirit.