Experience Advanced Tai Chi Workshops with Elaine Waters
Red Star, AR 2026
WORKSHOP DATES: March 21 and May 15, 16, 17
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:)
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TAI CHI TWO PERSON APPLICATIONS FORM
currently a WEEKLY CLASS in FAYETTEVILLE 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.
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 any tai chi form or push hands. TAI CHI BODY MECHANICS
JUNE WORKSHOP 2025
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. 
SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP 2025
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SPRING WORKSHOP DATES:
MARCH 21 SATURDAY 2:00-4:00 pm FOLLOWED BY EQUINOX GATHERING EXPERIENCE TAI CHI PUSH HANDS
WITH BODY MECHANICS! Push Hands brings tai chi players together, to exchange neutralize, adhere, connect, push and laugh! Annual Tai Chi Weekend
MAY15,16, 17 Workshop Schedule FRIDAY MAY 15
(schedule a private classes between (10 - 1:00) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Tai Chi Forms Beginner Push Hands Tai Chi Sword Form Push Hands Techniques Saber Form Tai Chi Boxing (Abnb for overnight) SATURDAY MAY 16 10:30-11:00 Tai Chi Form & Sword Review 11:00-11:30 Push Hands Stepping Pattern 11:30-12:30 Tai Chi Saber lunch /break 1:00-3:00 Tai Chi Push Hands 3:00-3:30 Boxing (to shared Abnb for overnight) SUNDAY MAY 17 10:30-11:30 Tai Chi Forms and Push Hands Forms Review 11:30-12:30 Push Hands 
MARCH WORKSHOP 2025
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 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. 
JULY WORKSHOP 2025
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Pricing: PUSH HANDS WORKSHOPS
in RED STAR, AR
$15 PER HOUR
$10 PER HOUR for students who are enrolled in tai chi weekly classes
in RED STAR, AR
$15 PER HOUR
$10 PER HOUR for students who are enrolled in tai chi weekly classes
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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! |
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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