James Cravens

James Cravens is the President and Director of CBII and has continued the organization that was started by his teacher Kai Sai. Mr. Cravens has been in the martial arts since 1965. Since 1995 Mr. Cravens has been practicing Chen style Tai Chi and has been a Junior member of the executive council of the American Chen Tai Chi Association. For almost four years Mr. Cravens has been hosting and studying with Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang. In March of 2006 He became a direct student with a cermony in Chen village. Please direct all inquiries to cbii@mac .com or

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