Oscar Ichazo, Bolivian mystic and founder of the Arica School passed away on March 26. One of the greatest joys of our teacher Patrick Watson’s life was to introduce Oscar to Professor Cheng Man Ching. They greatly respected each other and enjoyed meeting. Oscar and the Arica School had a profound influence on our Tai Chi school. Almost all the most senior teachers did a great deal of the Arica work with some still doing it today. Our sense of service to all and our understanding of how to give and receive feedback originated in the Arica Work. 

We are profoundly saddened and offer our condolences to Oscar’s wife Sarah and to all the Aricans who have spent a lifetime studying with Oscar and doing his work for the benefit of all. Visit the TCF website link here for more about Patrick Watson and Oscar Ichazo.

We Are One.

Margaret Olmsted on behalf of the Tai Chi Foundation