Encounter Dao, Find Your Way
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Taoist Internal Alchemy
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Prof. dr. Dan K.J. Vercammen
Co-Founder China Arts Foundation
Professor CAC
Head of Research TASC
Advisor BETA
About Prof. dr. Dan K.J. Vercammen
Professor Vercammen is an anthropologist-sinologist, a Chinese Martial Arts expert, a Taoist Doctor, Taoist Internal Alchemy expert, and an artist (painting, calligraphy, poetry, design). He has published more than 30 books and articles on Chinese culture.
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1972-1978
1975-present
1978-1982
1985-1986
1986-1990
1985-present
1990
1990-present
2022-present
Yoga practitioner
Chinese Martial Arts practitioner (Southern Chinese Martial Arts, Internal Martial Arts, Shaolin, Traditional Weapons, ...)
studied Sinology and Anthropology @ Ghent University, Belgium
studied Classical Chinese Philosophy @ Shanghai Fudan University; Chinese Internal Martial Arts @ Shanghai Sports University and Jingwu Athletic Association and Martial Arts, Taoist Alchemy, TCM and Taoist Medicine with private teachers
research assistant and teaching Chinese @ Ghent University
anthropological participating fieldwork on Taoism, Taoist Medicine, Taoist Alchemy, Internal Martial Arts, and Chinese Fine Arts
PhD on Internal Martial Arts, Qigong, and Internal Alchemy from Ghent University (summa cum laude)
teaching @ China Arts College CAC and researching @ Taoist Alchemical Studies Center TASC, Antwerp, Belgium; lecturing @ universities, conferences, and institutes in China and the West
elected Director of the World Council of Sinologists, Beijing