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Beginners and All Levels Welcome

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Develop your Tai Chi
  • Learn key exercises which can self-improve any tai chi form.
  • Moving the body as one piece opens the door to the energy dynamics in any style of tai chi.  
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Swimming Dragon Chi Kung
  • The gentle motion of Swimming Dragon Chi Kung moves the spine like a string of pearls, helping to open the joints.
  • Your energy can flow freely, and your movements can be light and agile when you learn to open the low back, suspend the top of the head and connect to the root.  
Tai Chi Push Hands Workshops 
Tai Chi Push Hands puts into action the practical
applicaton of the tai chi principles

Workshop #1
Traditional Push Hands Pattern
  • Learn to adhere, soften and get comfotable with tai chi push hands
  • Memorize a short choreographed push hands pattern, 2 moves on each side, called the 4 forms: Ward Off, Roll Away, Press, Push
  • Beginning push hands players welcome
Workshop #2
Flow Like Water -Push Hands 
  • Discover strength within softness, develop spontaneity and balance, and gain advantage through listening.
  • Begin free-style push hands through training reactionary skills.
  • Develop neutralization, spontaneity, fluidity, and adaptability; safely in specific partner drills.
  • Learn to neutralize and push from the root.
Workshop #3
Moving Step Traditional 4 Forms Pattern
  • Step with your partner in this choreographed push hands pattern which flows in circles around the room.
  • Develop push hands footwork

Workshop #4
Body Mechanics in Push Hands

  • Tai Chi body mechanics brings understanding of body alignment needed to develop the energetics of effortless power. Neutralization allows tai chi players to use the opponents force against them. Less is more in Tai Chi Push Hands when you use less effort and have more effect. Learn specific effective techniques. Train push hands footwork.

    • Workshop #5
    Secret Of The Effortless Push
  • The secret of the effortless push is to first neutralize properly.
  • Use your whole body to root the opponents force through proper body alignment. Allowing the opponent to push into your root can make you stronger if you can absorb the force rather than deflect it away.
  • Use the opponents force, rather than your own effort; to uproot them. Less is more when you use less effort and have more effect.
    • Workshop #6
    Tai Chi Two-Person Applications Form
    • This advanced form has 44 movements on each side. It is memorized as 2 solo sets, and then matched together when practiced with a partner. Increase your understanding of yang style form applications, as two tai chi players exchange attack and neutralize, in a choreographed fashion.


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