​Experience  Tai Chi Push Hands Workshops with Elaine Waters - Lakewood, CO

EXPERIENCE TAI CHI & PUSH HANDS WORKSHOPS with Elaine Waters
 Lakewood Dance Academy, Lakewood, CO
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  JUNE 16  -  JULY 21   -   AUG 18  -  SEPT 22   -   OCT 20  - 2018! 
ONCE A MONTH
1:00-3:30pm
TAI CHI - BODY MECHANICS 
​SATURDAY  JUNE 16
1:00-2:00pm
​9635 W Colfax Ave Lakewood 80215
​​​Lakewood Dance Academy​​

NEW STUDENTS MAY JOIN AT ANYTIME!
​Welcome to Tai Chi with Elaine Waters.
Here you will find the secrets of Tai Chi explained through the dynamics of
Tai Chi Body Mechanics.
The Body Mechanics of Tai Chi provide the link between the esoteric Tai Chi principles and modern physical fitness,
resulting in movement which
uses minimum effort to achieve
maximum results.
Standing out from other training systems,
Tai Chi Body Mechanics teaches how
this soft martial art can produce
incredible power.
The secret of the effortless movement in tai chi  is to discover how to sink without collapsing the leg joints. ​
Learn to apply the body mechanics
of Tai Chi to the Sword Form sequence!
TAI CHI SWORD FORM 
 ​SATURDAY JUNE 16
1:00-2:00pm​ 
​9635 W Colfax Ave Lakewood 80215
​​​Lakewood Dance Academy​​

NEW STUDENTS MAY JOIN AT ANYTIME!
TAI CHI SWORD FORM SEQUENCE
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Haven't You Always wanted to learn
Tai Chi Sword Form Sequence? 

All students must sign up in advance!
You may borrow a wooden tai chi sword for your first workshop. 
Learn movements to the Tai Chi Sword Form in each workshop. Students progress through the form at each workshop. 
DVD available

JOIN ME AT WORKSHOPS
ONCE A MONTH
​in both Lakewood and Leadville Colorado.
 EXPERIENCE PUSH HANDS  
SATURDAY JUNE 16
2:00-3:30pm
Tai Chi Body Mechanics offers the
​Secret to the Effortless Push! 
​9635 W Colfax Ave Lakewood 80215
​​​Lakewood Dance Academy​​​
The effortless tai chi push is done by trapping pressure in your root.
Discover strength within softness by using correct alignment and body mechanics. 
Develop flexibility & calmness by listening.
Learn how to use your partners force and neutralize to gain an advantage.
Be as still as a mountain, and move like a great river... in tai chi push hands! 
In tai chi push hands we use only minimum movement, and we allow the opponent to lose their own balance.
Learn push hands foundation according to tai chi classics: never use upper body force while playing push hands. 
To learn the effortless push, you must learn to drop weight without collapsing leg joints! 
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Please Sign up in Advance 
 for Chi Kung or Tai Chi Workshops
SWIMMING DRAGON CHI KUNG​
​TBA
​9635 W Colfax Ave Lakewood 80215
​​​Lakewood Dance Academy​
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BEGINNER/ INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED
​Water-Fire Balancing Chi Kung
and 
Swimming Dragon Chi Kung
are moving Chi Kung routines, where the whole body flows!

BEGINNER/ INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED
​Elaine Waters takes complex and potentially esoteric concepts, and delineates them into simple, easy to understand ideas! 
 Elaine Waters shares her deep understanding of Tai Chi principles, and body mechanics, aided by years of study with famous masters such as: 
Jou Tsung Hwa, William C.C. Chen, T. K. Shih, BP Chan, Chen Hsiang Yu,  Chen Zhonghua, Yang Jwing Ming, Yang Yang...

​Sign Up and Reserve Your Spot Today!

 
Learn Tai Chi Sword Form
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Tai Chi Sword Form Workshop!
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PRICING for SUMMER WORKSHOPS  
Lakewood, CO  
​JUNE 16 / JULY 21 / AUG 18

TAI CHI BODY MECHANICS
1:00-2:00pm  
$20
PRICING for SUMMER WORKSHOPS 
Lakewood, CO  
​JUNE 16 / JULY 21 / AUG 18

TAI CHI BODY MECHANICS 
and
PUSH HANDS WORKSHOP
1:00-3:30pm  
$40
everyone who wants to play push hands with body mechanics needs to attend the Body Mechanics Session from 1:00-2:00pm
EXPERIENCE TAI CHI
Experience Tai Chi with Elaine Waters
Once a Month - Workshops 

WORKSHOP LOCATION:
​Lakewood Dance Academy
9635 W Colfax Ave Lakewood, CO 80215
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TAI CHI PUSH HANDS:
Tai Chi Push Hands brings players together to share neutralize, adhere, connect and push!
     Proper neutralization takes little physical upper body force and has its foundation in correct alignment, timing, and body positions. 
In Tai Chi Push Hands players exchange moves attempting to cause a loss of balance. 
TAI CHI PUSH HANDS 
Push Hands bring tai chi players together to share neutralize, adhere, follow, connect, roll away, push, and laughter!
  *Discover the secret to the effortless push by learning  tai chi body mechanics!
*Improve your reactionary skills
*Learn specific push hands techniques
*Learn choeographed push hands patterns
Previous tai chi experience necessary
Tai Chi postures are exchanged in push hands in a dynamic and  spontaneous interaction.
In tai chi push hands, we attempt to put into action, the strategies of the Taoist classics. Softness overcomes hardness, doing less is more, as we use minimum effort to attain maximum effect. Push hands emphasizes the value of yielding and relaxing, and the disadvantage of resisting and using tension. Push hands trains the ability to read and interpret external force.
What are Tai Chi Body Mechanics in Push Hands?
Learn to trap pressure under the foot and use it to move your opponent. Effortless pushes are done with the foot!