The WTBA is an organisation of like minds from all over the world coming together in friendship and harmony (well most times).
Erle Montaigue began the Australian Taiji Boxing Association back in 1979. It soon became clear that the organisation had outgrown the 'Australian' part so we changed it to the World Taiji Boxing Association.
Erle Montaigue is the head of the WTBA worldwide and we have a number of Country Representatives around the world. These are students and friends who have trained with Erle for many years and have risen to a high level of competence in Erle's system of Internal Gung-fu.
We now have representatives in around 30 countries with well over 10,000 students being in some way associated with the WTBA as 'WTBA members'.
There is no real hierarchy in the WTBA as this is how Erle Montaigue likes it, plain and simple without titles or bowing down to anyone, just a bunch of friends training together with a like goal of harmony and great good health and along the way perhaps some self defence.
The WTBA has no uniforms or any other patches or other lofty names like 'Sensei' or Master or Loucher etc. We are simply here to help each other up the ladder.
If you wish to join the WTBA, you will find an on-line application form. There is no charge for this in keeping with WTBA policy, that joining fees and grading fees should be nil! however, the applicant must have some knowledge of the WTBA and what is taught or be in some way connected, for instance via Erle's videos etc.
To become a WTBA instructor however, takes a little more training and assessment.
Worldwide Association