About Us

Ed Schneider

Ed Schneider, born in the year of the rat, grew up and attended schools in Ohio. He has lived in Delaware for 25 years and works as a Senior Technologist and Specialist in Blood Banking. Ed began studying T'ai Chi Ch'uan in February of 1999, looking for a way to reduce stress and increase relaxation. He initially was only interested in learning the Yang Family Long Form; however, he soon found himself enjoying and benefiting from various weapon forms, two person forms, push hands, san shou, hsing-yi and pa-kua. Ed looks forward to expanding his knowledge of the core elements of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and is grateful to be in a position to share his experiences with others. Ed's immediate Delaware Family is Jasmine Schneider, his Golden Retriever companion. His extended Delaware Family is Sifu Diane Cannon and the students of Ming Tao Studio.

Learning T'ai Chi has been like peeling an onion.

• The first layer was learning stretches to loosen and relax the body.
• The second layer was meditation to calm the mind.
• The third layer was learning the postures, names and counts in the long form.
• The fourth layer was improvement in balance, peace of mind and relaxation.
• The fifth layer was improvement in the form due to peeling the previous layers.
• The sixth, actually many layers, was learning weapons and dance forms.
• The seventh, many layers, was applying knowledge from, the form to weapons and dance, and then applying the knowledge from weapons and dance back to the form.
• The eighth, again many layers, was performing left side weapons and form.