Experience Advanced Tai Chi  Workshops with Elaine Waters   
Once a Month in Red Star, AR

WORKSHOP DATES:     JUNE 28 ....... JULY 26 ....... AUGUST 23 ....... SEPT 27 .......OCT 24, 25 & 26   2025

These advanced workshops are by invitation only. Everyone please register in advance.
If you would like to be invited, contact me and explain your background. 

 
TAI CHI TWO PERSON APPLICATIONS FORM 

WORKSHOP DATE:
September 27
SATURDAY​ 12:30-2:30 pm

MORE FALL WORKSHOP DATES: 
     OCTOBER 24, 25, 26
details coming soon 
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​TAI CHI TWO-PERSON APPLICATIONS FORM offers a spirited give and take between partners as they perform the 88 movement advanced form.​
Two Person Applications Form is challenging for the brain
and very good for increasing mental focus and flexibilty. 
Two Person Form is an advanced form where two people
​ learn to blend with spacing and timing. 
In Tai Chi, the upper body is trained in softness, and adhering, so we can stick and initially blend with opponents direction.
       TAI CHI BODY MECHANICS
  • Allows you to use less effort and have more effect
  • Develops the body alignment to absorb force 
  •  Legs generate the upper body movements without
    using muscle tension​
  • Compression and folding are based on a system of non-aggression
  • Tai chi body mechanics uses leverage, rooting, yielding,  softness, listening, inner strength and connection.   
TAI CHI PUSH HANDS 
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WORKSHOP DATE:
September 27
 SATURDAY ​10:00 am -12:00 noon

MORE SUMMER WORKSHOP DATES: ​
 October 24, 25,  26
details coming soon
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 EXPERIENCE TAI CHI PUSH HANDS
​WITH BODY MECHANICS!
Push Hands brings tai chi players together, to exchange neutralize, adhere, connect, push and laugh! 
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. 
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  • Learn simple ways to flow out of stuck spots.
  • Develop flexibility & calmness by listening.
  • Learn how to neutralize to gain an advantage.
 In Tai Chi Push Hands, softness overcomes hardness,
​doing less is more and softness wins over hardness. ​
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.
​​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.
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SIGN UP TODAY AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT! ​
Pricing: PUSH HANDS WORKSHOPS
in RED STAR, AR 

each 2 hr workshop $30 
WORKSHOP LOCATION

HEADWATERS SCHOOL
Red Star is located on remote hwy 16, 5 miles fom Boston, AR, which is where hwy 16 gets to the top of the ridge, after Pettigrew.
Red Star is 11 miles from Fallsville, AR; where hwy 16 meets hwy 21 coming up from Clarksville.

There is no potable water so be sure to bring your own!
Bring snacks, water, extra clothes, sun hat and everything you might want to have while we are out in Red Star in a county of   national forest without any cell service. 

Be sure to fill up on gas before heading out
​ hwy 16 or 21 from town!
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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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