Yang Style Tai Chi for Beginners
Class just started! Mondays at 6:30 PM or Saturdays at 9:30 AM
Regardless of your age or ability, if you are interested in learning Tai Chi, these classes are for you! Whether you want to learn the energy secrets of the East, improve your balance, learn to "use the force", or gain better health, learning Tai Chi will help.
The Ba'z Tai Chi school offers sessions of classes in the Yang style of tai chi as taught by our grandmaster, Liu Yun-Chiao.
This slow and gentle series of movements has benefited practitioners all over the world.
Fall classes now forming, so sign up now to join us!
New beginners are encouraged to come to the beginners class either Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 AM or Monday evening at 6:30 PM. Choose which class works best for you. The cost is $90 for a session of six classes (one class per week for six weeks). Come as you are - just wear loose, comfortable clothing, and flexible shoes (sneakers).
Tai Chi is an "internal" art. This internal training concentrates on breathing, stance, and energy-generation in order to create outward form and movement. Internal training emphasizes tendon/ligament usage and energy projection rather than on muscle development. Grounding, centering, and balance are taught. Practitioners carry the health benefits of tai chi through their life into their senior years.
Tai chi practices and forms are suitable for all ages and abilities. Classes include:
Qigong: "energy work" which revolves around breathing exercises to circulate oxygen and blood from organs to extremities. Although Qigong can be practiced alone, it is actually an on-going component of the other tai chi exercises discussed below.
Stretching: opening joints, muscles, and tendons create pathways for directing energy (qi) and creating movement. This open flow of energy also nourishes the skeletal structure and body tissues. Stretching develops flexibility, endurance, and improves range of motion and posture.
The Yang Style Form The form trains your balance, improves leg strength, and teaches you how to direct your energy flow. The medical benefits of tai chi come from this training.