SIFU SHERLYN has studied, performed and taught  dance, movement and fitness arts for over 30 years.  She has taught Tai Chi for over 12 years in San Francisco and nearby communities, both as an assistant to her main Taiji teacher, and as instructor of her own classes and private clients.

Since 1991 Sherlyn, Sifu, has been a student and practitioner of Chen Style Taijiquan under the instruction and direction of Master Zhang Xue Xin, by whom she is Certified as an Instructor in the Hun Yuan Lineage. Master Zhang is a Senior Disciple of famed Grandmaster Feng Zhi Qiang of Beijing, China.  She has also studied Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan,-- briefly under Maggie Newman in Philadelphia in 1976 and more recently with Sifu Michael Shaman.

Her high level understanding of both Western movement theory and practice as well as Tai Chi enable her to communicate the principles of movement and subtle intricasies of Taijiquan in ways that her students value highly and that allow them to advance quickly in their practice.