Master Instructor and World Peace Advocate
David-Dorian Ross is the creator of TaijiFit: Mindfulness in Motion, and the founder of the TaijiFit instructor training program. He is America’s “Chi-vangelist,” whose public appearances introduce people to the benefits, accessibility and sheer joy of learning Taiji (T’ai Chi). Inside Kung-fu Magazine called him “the man who brought T’ai Chi mainstream.” Martial arts action star Jet Li called him “the American Idol of Tai Chi.” David-Dorian is the Executive Producer and host of 24 Hours of World Peace – the annual LiveStreaming webcast of World Tai Chi Qigong Day.
David-Dorian’s 3 1/2 decade-long career has a laser focus: his belief that Taiji has the answer to achieving World Peace, equality and prosperity. It’s an ancient principle – when your life is in balance and harmony, everything just works better. You are healthier, more abundant, more loving and generous etc. But in a world so out-of-balance as ours, where can the average person go to learn the principles of personal harmony? By embodying the philosophy and techniques of Taiji. However, just learning to do the movements of Taiji – even becoming a Master of the movements – is not the point. The point is in understanding how to apply the Principles of Taiji to daily life: going to work, raising kids, paying bills, being in a relationship, trying to stay healthy.
David-Dorian is the host and star of the PBS special T’ai Chi, Health and Happiness. His previous show on PBS was called T’ai Chi in Paradise, produced on location in Hawaii with Hawaiian Public Television. David-Dorian’s Taijii instructional dvds have sold more than 1 million copies world-wide, and his 24-volume program with The Great Courses “The Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong” is among the best-selling T’ai Chi dvds of all time. His book Exercising the Soul is an Amazon best-seller.
International Taiji Performance Champion
David-Dorian is one of the most prolific T’ai Chi athletes in America. He is 7-time US national Gold medalist, World Silver medalist and 2-time World Bronze medalist. These are the highest awards ever given to an American T’ai Chi athlete in international competition.
David-Dorian has also competed in many non-tai chi martial arts tournament throughout the United States, winning many regional and national gold medals while competing against many stylists in the hard martial arts. David-Dorian was one of the first to compete with T’ai Chi against karate styles in American martial arts tournaments.
In 2008, at age 51 (and after 15 years retirement), he attended the US national Olympic team trials. At that competition, he was awarded the highest technical marks in the tournament (a perfect score without acrobatics) for excellence in T’ai Chi form.