Taijiquan European Championship 2016

There are a lot of Associations and Federations all over the world that organize Taijiquan championships. There are two types of forms execution with different approaches to refereeing: sports and internal (traditional). In 2016, the 8th European Championship in Taijiquan and Chinese Internal Arts was held in Russia, in St. Petersburg. Edward Gatalskiy took second place in the Yang Sword Open category (Form with a sword).