Tai Chi Class
FOR BEGINNERS. 
TIMES: Class starts Nov. 5th
Saturdays 12:00-1:00pm
16 sessions
Wu style 45 form (International Form)
INSTRUCTOR: Master Tommy Chan
COST: Members 180.00 Non-Members 200.00
WHAT IS TAI CHI?
The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the 'Supreme Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic
duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or, more literally, 'fist') can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or 'supreme-ultimate'
discipline.
Tai Chi, as it is practiced in the west today, can perhaps best be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. There are a number of so- called forms (sometimes also called 'sets') which consist of a sequence
of movements. Many of these movements are originally derived from the martial arts (and perhaps even more ancestrally than that, from the natural movements of animals and birds) although the way they are performed in Tai Chi
is slowly, softly and gracefully with smooth and even transitions between them.
The Curriculum:
Wu style tai chi chuan 45 form
Pushing hands: 4 hands method: Peng, Lu, Jie, An.
Pushing hands with footwork (Forward, backward, two steps forward & backward)
Listening skills
Sticking & Following skills
4 pillars: Fa, Na, Hua, Shuai
Fa: Explosive power/Striking
Na: To take/control/grab, control wrists, elbows, upper arms and whole body.
Hua: Neutralizing - using wrists, elbows, upper arms and whole body.
Shuai: Throw with arms, shoulders, legs, waists, etc.
Applications: Cloud hands, Wild Horse Mane, Grasp the
Peacock's Tail, etc.
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