Experience Tai Chi Push Hands Workshops with Elaine Waters   
​Fayetteville, Arkansas  and Heart Song Retreat 


EXPERIENCE TAI CHI BODY MECHANICS IN PUSH HANDS!

Elaine Waters' Annual
TAI CHI SCHOOL REUNION 
the last weekend of April 

TAI CHI SCHOOL REUNION
APRIL 25-APRIL 27, 2025
Starts: FRIDAY APRIL 25 at 3:00 
POTLUCK MEAL 6:30 pm CAMPFIRE at dark

SATURDAY
TAI CHI CLASSES AT HEADWATERS SCHOOL 
10am-10:30 Tai Chi Body Mechanics and Form Corrections
10:30-11:00 Form Applications
11am-11:30 Tai Chi Sword review
BREAK
11:45-1:00pm Tai Chi Push Hands
1:00-1:30 Tai Chi Boxing

SUNDAY
TAI CHI CLASSES AT HEARTSONG RETREAT
10am Tai Chi Saber Review, Tai Chi Sword Review
11am-11:30 Tai Chi Push Hands Choreograpghed Forms
11:30-12:00 
LUNCH BREAK
​12:30-1:30 Tai Chi Push Hands
1:30-2:30 Tai Chi Boxing
 In Tai Chi Push Hands, softness overcomes hardness,
​doing less is more and softness wins over hardness. ​
 LEARN TAI CHI BODY MECHANICS IN PUSH HANDS!
Welcome to Tai Chi with Body Mechanics!
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 is a soft style martial art which produces incredible power by trapping pressure in the root and using the legs, alignment and leverage. ​

FLOW LIKE WATER in TAI CHI PUSH HANDS!
Tai Chi push hands puts into action, the practical application of the tai chi principles.
Discover strength within softness by using correct alignment and body mechanics.
Learn simple ways to flow out of stuck spots.
Develop flexibility & calmness by listening, and learn how to neutralize to gain an advantage.
More information coming soon.
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Heart Song Retreat - Newton County

TAI CHI PUSH HANDS WORKSHOPS
ONCE A MONTH
SATURDAYS  12:00-2:30
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1
SATURDAY MARCH 1
SATURDAY APRIL 26
SUNDAY APRIL 27

 EXPERIENCE TAI CHI PUSH HANDS
Push Hands brings tai chi players together, to exchange neutralize, adhere, connect, push and laugh! 
 *  Discover Tai Chi Body Mechanics in Push Hands
* Learn how to neutralize to gain an advantage
 *Allow the opponent to loose their own balance
​*Learn to use minimum effort to attain maximum effect.   
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.
       Tai Chi body mechanics allows you to use less effort
and have more effect.
Learn to yield without loosing ground
and neutralize to gain an advantage.
Develop alignment to absorb force 
And learn to push from the root.
In Tai Chi, the upper body is trained in softness, and adhering, so we can stick and initially blend with opponents direction. The upper body movements are not generated using muscle tension!
Tai Chi is based on a system of non-aggression. Tai chi uses leverage, yielding, and softness to allow the opponent to lose their own balance! Learn how to apply tai chi body mechanics in pushing hands.
​​Elaine Waters takes complex and potentially esoteric concepts, and delineates them into simple, easy to understand ideas,
called tai chi body mechanics.  
 Elaine Waters shares her deep understanding of
Tai Chi principles, and body mechanics as applied to push hands.
SIGN UP TODAY AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT! ​
Pricing: Heart Song Push Hands 2.5 hr workshop: 
​ $40 paid in advance
Elaine Waters, a former US Tai Chi tournament champion,  took first place in Tai Chi Push Hands at International Tournament in Taiwan in 1990. Elaine Waters offers a fun an informative push hands workshop. ​
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