Herb Cohen

Herb Cohen – Customized Tai Chi Resume Current Aim As a senior citizen myself, now experiencing the positive results of regular Tai Chi practice, I offer a class to share what this can accomplish. People can build up gradually, but success only comes with regular practice. Relevant Activities Athlete: Member of three U.S. Olympic Fencing Teams (1960, 64, 68) U.S. National Foil Champion 1964 NCAA Foil Champion 1961 and 1962 NCAA Sportsmanship Award, Fencer of the Year 1962 Member of New York University Athletic Hall of Fame Tai Chi student and teacher: Studied for 8 years with Da Liu, the first Tai Chi Master to arrive in NYC from Beijing China, via Taiwan. I became his chief assistant for teaching classes and appear in his popular book, “Tai Chi and the I Ching”, 1972 Harper & Row Publishers Matawan, NJ Saturday Program, Tai Chi teacher 2000 - 2010 Many Many smaller classes Book Author: The Soul of Nature ISBN: 978-0-9822323-0-9 Published 2009 Dealing with spiritual issues surrounding evolution Journey to Feel like a Man ISBN: 978-0-9822323-3-0 Published 2012 Describing my Tai Chi, fencing, and spiritual experiences. Of Note I had to stop doing Tai Chi due to progressive hip pain. In 2006 had double hip surgery, replacing both hips at NY Hospital for Special Surgery. Since then worked my way up to doing Tai Chi every day. Da Liu used to say “make it like brushing your teeth”, I believe this is the secret. Former Career Computer programmer and consultant 1969 – 2012 Programmed in COBOL and FoxPro and used various software tools. Education Graduated New York University; B.A. in Psychology