Tai Chi and Qigong Wellness Center

New Spring schedule at the Center, starting April 6 2024:
8:15-9:15 am 108 Advanced Practice session
9:30-10:30 am Beginning 108 Long Form class
10:45-11:45 am Continuing 108 Long Form class
12-1 pm Sword Form class

The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday class times remain the same.

This is a gratitude post. A recent hip replacement made me unable to teach, let alone do, the full range of tai chi activities. Standing Zhang postures and qigong (not the more vigorous postures) were all that was possible, for almost 6 months. At this age things deteriorate a lot over 6 months. Doctors, a physical therapist, and the other teachers have told me they are surprised at how quickly i’ve recovered and how I’m moving now. Well short of 100%. But feeling grateful to the people who introduced me to tai chi, and taught me, some of who are still around for further explorations.

We’re starting up a sword class, this coming Saturday July 1 (2023). 11:15 a.m., hourlong class. Here is a teacher of a couple of our teachers doing the form. He was Master Xie Bingcan, a student of Fu Zhongwen.

Yang Style Tai Chi Sword Form Performed by Master Xie Bingcan.Classes in Yang style Tai Chi are currently offered in Bellevue, Washington. For more information, visit http://bellevuetaic...

While we are looking at performances by Grandmasters, here is a truly inspiring performance of the traditional Yang form by Zha Xi. She starts the pattern just after 4:00 minutes in.

Traditional Yang Taichi 85 forms by Grandmaster Zha Xi. 扎西大师: 传统杨氏太极拳85式 （1999年版） Grandmaster Zha Xi扎西大师(1932-2019), a legend in the history of Yang family Taichiquan.She is the 5th generation of Yang Taijiquan accepted By Grandmaster Zhao...

Here's a video of Niu ChunMing (a student of Yang ChengFu) doing the Yang long form. There is an excellent paused visualization of his Zhong Ding during a kick starting at about 3:17.

Yang Tai Chi- Niu ChunMing -long form. A disciple of Yang ChengFu 牛春明 杨式太极拳 This is continuation of a previous video ofNiu ChunMing filmed in 1960

Here's a link to something special. It is a video of Pu Bing Ru, the first female disciple of Grandmaster Yang Cheng Fu.

Yang Tai Chi by Pu Bing Ru 濮冰如 (1908 – 1998) 1st female disciple of Grandmaster Yang Cheng Fu. Female 1st disciple of Yang Cheng Fu. #杨式太极拳

A student asked me to teach him how to do the separate foot postures higher, above the waist. I asked him, how flexible are you? And he said, I can’t make Sundays through Tuesday, the rest are open.

In keeping with Governor Inslee's statewide stay-at-home order the Tai Chi and Qigong Wellness Center is canceling the first block of Spring Classes and all practice sessions. The classes were scheduled to run from April 7 to May 9 (https://tacomataichi.org/?p=1655).

We are looking into the possibility of offering online meetings. For now, students should contact their teacher for current information about his or her class. If online meetings look feasible, we will post that information on our "Updates" web page (https://tacomataichi.org/?p=1669).

We will continue to monitor the State and CDC best practices in the hopes of reinstating classes or holding practice sessions in Wright Park where keeping a 6 foot personal space is easier to do.