Caroline Ross has been a student of Mark Raudva since 2001 and still studies with him whenever possible. She was the senior instructor assisting him at classes and workshops until 2020 when she moved away from London. She ran the admin for The T’ai Chi Centre, including organising the week-long summer T’ai Chi intensive for 15 years. She studied in person with John Kells at his London and Chepstow workshops several times.
Mark Raudva studied with Dr. John Kells at the British T’ai Chi Ch’uan Association for nine years. Mark began teaching in 1989, he founded The T’ai Chi Centre in 1995.
Dr. John Kells founded the B.T.C.C.A. in 1968 – it is the oldest T’ai Chi organisation in Europe. In 1976 Dr. Kells was the first Westerner to become an internationally recognised Master of T’ai Chi Ch’uan, he has had many notable teachers, one of the most important being Dr. Chi Chiang Tao who was Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing’s top student. John Kells died in 2017. An obituary by his students Christian Birch is here.
