Experience Advanced Tai Chi Workshops with Elaine Waters
Red Star, AR 2026
WORKSHOP DATES: AUGUST 15, SEPTEMBER 19, OCTOBER 24
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TAI CHI TWO PERSON APPLICATIONS FORM
TBA 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.
These advanced workshops are by invitation only. Everyone please register in advance.
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TAI CHI PUSH HANDS WORKSHOPS
AUGUST 15 SEPTEMBER 19 OCTOBER 24 SATURDAY 10:00-12:30 pm TAI CHI PUSH HANDS IS FUN!
Push Hands brings tai chi players together to interact using neutralize, adhere, follow, connect, roll away, push, and laughter! 
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. 
MARCH WORKSHOP
2025 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. 
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. 
SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP 2025
In Tai Chi Push Hands, softness overcomes hardness,
doing less is more and softness wins over hardness. AUTUMN TAI CHI WEEKEND 2026
OCTOBER 23, 24, 25 Workshop Schedule FRIDAY OCTOBER 23
(schedule a private classes between 12:00 - 3:00 4:00 - 6:00 pm Tai Chi Forms Push Hands Drills Push Hands Techniques Free-Style Push hands Tai Chi Boxing (Abnb for overnight) SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 10:30-11:20 Tai Chi Form & Applications 11:30-12:20 Push Hands Warm Ups 12:30-1:00 Free Style Push Hands lunch /break back to Abnb 3:30-4:20 pm Tai Chi Sword Form 3:00-3:30 Boxing (to shared Abnb for overnight) SUNDAY MAY 17 11:00 - 1:00 Tai Chi Forms and Push Hands Forms Review |
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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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