Teachers
In the year 1987, FABIEN BASTIN discovered Vlady Stévanovitch through the book "La Biosofphie" and contacted him immediately. Participates in one of his seminars in Maredret, Belgium. Immediately clear and fulminating, he finds what he is looking for.
Between 1987 and 1992, he participated in the stages directed by Vlady Stevanovitch, and he practiced with tenacity alone. He started teaching in Italy and opened two branches of the School.
In 1992, Fabien left his job as an engineer to dedicate himself solely to the study and teaching of Tai Chi, staying with Vlady for the next five years.
Benefiting from his language skills, he traveled as a pioneer spreading the teachings of the school.
In 1996, he was appointed "trainer" by Vlady Stévanovitch.
In the autumn of 1997, he returned to Portugal. With the help of his wife Jeanne Houde, he opens the third Training Center in this country (Centro Vlady Stévanovitch Portugal).
E-mail: centrealgarve@artduchi.com
JEANNE HOUDE started Inner Way Tai Chi Chuan in Canada in 1991.
After having practiced the martial arts judo and karate for some years, this Way seemed smoother and deeper. She started teaching in Quebec in 1994.
She continued her teacher training, working with all the trainers and master Vlady Stévanovitch, in several countries in Europe and Canada.
She left her profession as a nurse in 1996 to dedicate herself solely to Art du Chi. In 1997, Vlady Stévanovitch appointed her a senior professor.
She also studied the secret form with Master Wang Yen Nien in Taiwan, who gave her a teacher's diploma.
In 2006, she was appointed teacher delegate for personal training.
She currently teaches in Portugal and in several other countries, and assists Fabien Bastin in the direction of the Training Center.
E-mail: centrealgarve@artduchi.com
http: www.artduchi.com/portuga
LUIS SOUTOwas born in Portugal, in the city of Porto, in 1960.
He was interested from an early age in inner search and spiritual development. He tried gymnastics, Hata Yoga, practiced martial arts (Karate Shotokai) and carried out research in the field of Universal Tradition.
Over time, the need to use martial movements in a slow and fluid way, feeling the currents of energy, arose from within. In this way he discovered that he wanted to learn Tai Chi.
In 1999 he learned the form of 108 Yang style movements and some “brocades”. In 2003, he contacted Escola da Via Interior and met Fabien Bastin and Jeanne Houde. In 2007 he received authorization to teach on behalf of the School. Since 2005 he regularly teaches Tai Chi and Chi Kung in the Azores.
RUI SANTOSwas born in Lisbon in 1974.
Between the ages of 7 and 10, he practiced Judo at Associação Académica da Amadora. Participates in Shotyugueiko, summer internship, taught by Master Kiyoshi Kobayashi. Between 1984 and 1987 he studied at the Dance School of the National Conservatory and for the next three years he was a player federated by the Lisbon Football Association.
In 1990 he discovered music, which he initially practiced as a hobby and which quickly became his passion and profession for 15 years, as a bass player and teacher. He studied at the Hot Club Jazz in Portugal and had private lessons with different teachers.
Between 2004 and 2012, he worked in the field of production and entertainment.
In 2013, he met José Amaro Dionísio, while he was practicing Tai Chi in a garden in Lisbon. Since then, he started to accompany him daily in this practice. It was during this period that he learned about the Chi work developed by Vlady Stevanovitch and the existence of the “Escola da via Interior - Centro Vlady Stevanovitch Portugal (CVSP)”, based in the Algarve, directed by his direct disciple Fabien Bastin. In 2014, he decided to leave Lisbon and began his continuous and intensive training at this school, where he continues to this day.
At this time, in addition to maintaining the daily practice of Tai Chi and Chi Kung and continuing his training with Fabien Bastin, he started his path as a teacher of Tai Chi and Chi Kung, sharing his practice as a way of continuous growth.
