Yang Family Tai Chi Park Opens in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Stara Zagora— April 22, 2023 The official opening of the Yang Family Tai Chi Park in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria took place on April 22, 2023. Officiating at this special event were Mrs. Krassimira Chahova , the mayor of Stara Zagora, Mr. Petko Krumov, the head of Stara Zagora sports department and Mr. Tihomir Todorov, Director of the Yang Family Tai Chi Center in Stara Zagora who has promoted tai chi chuan in the city for over 35 years.
Special guests included Master Yang Jun, the 5th generation inheritor of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan and President of the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association. Also present were Mr. Stefan Kolev, President of the Bulgarian Wushu Federation and Vice President of the European Wushu Federation, Mr. Stanislav Bagalev, Director of the Yang Family Tai Chi Centers in Sofia and Plovdiv and Mr. Andrean Karavastev, founder of the first Yang style tai chi groups in Stara Zagora 45 years ago.
This Yang Family Tai Chi Park was initiated by the Yang Family Tai Chi Center in Stara Zagora and supported by the centers in Sofia and Plovdiv.
The park will be used to promote Yang Family Tai Chi with free morning classes for the public with no age limit. “I wish that soon this place will be insufficient to host all that wish to practice tai chi!” said Mr. Krumov. “Doing sports is an investment in our health. Best Wishes!”
Stara Zagora has been an historical center in this part of the Balkans for the past 8000 years. At some point the city was the capital of the Roman empire for 1 year. The valleys of this area have been populated by the Trakian tribes for centuries. The area is rich with mineral spring waters with a variety of healing properties. The practice of Chinese martial arts in Bulgaria starts in 1978 in Stara Zagora.
Contact: Tihomir Todorov, Director
Yang Family Tai Chi Center, Stara Zagora
Mob.tel. +359 898 531692