Tai Chi is a martial art that has become popular for providing low intensity excercise while developing mental clarity, joint health, balance and coordination.

How Does Tai Chi Work?

Tai Chi develops and enhances proprioreception.

Proprioreception refers to the ability to sense and feel the position,location,orientation and movement of the body and its parts.

By focusing on postural alignment and harmonious movement, the Tai Chi practioner develops better coordination, joint strength and stability, and greater power output for athletic performance.

Is Tai Chi a form of meditation?

Tai Chi is practice slow and becomes meditative by immersing ones mind to how the kinetic energy feels within the body as postures transition from one to another. If one practices hastily, the kinetic energy will be choppy and the benefits reduced.

By getting in the "Tai Chi mindstate" awareness expands to include mental and postural discipline and self-regulation.

Can Tai Chi be used for Self-Defense?

Tai Chi is first and foremost a martial art that was originally created to overcome a stronger opponent. The techniques that were created relies on detecting the opponents weakest point of balance.

Tactile feedback refers to feeling and sensing an opponents kinetic energy, and is enhanced in a Tai Chi game called Push Hands.

Push Hands is a game of balance where two practitioners maintain postural discipline while feeling for the opponents weakest point of balance. The object of the game is to unbalance the opponent by exploiting the postural flaws while borrowing the opponents kinetic energy.

Enhanced proprioreception coupled with the ability to feel the opponents weakest point of balance results in effortless throwing skills.

What is Tai Chi Push Hands?

The ability to effortlessly unbalance your partner leads to the ability to perform effortless throwing techniques. Tai Chi isolates the unbalancing component in an excercise called Push Hands.

Push Hands is a game of balance that is won by not winning. The focus is to go with the flow of kinetic energy by becoming desireless. No desire to win nor lose, but simply follow the flow motion. If the mind becomes excited, the body tenses and the relaxed physical state and mental clarity is compromised.

Thus, Push Hands focuses on maintaining composure while under stress. This in turn leads to the ability to better manage and reduce stress in every day life.

Class Schedule Tues. & Thurs. 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM