Tai Chi & Chi Gong
Class Schedule
Class Schedule
See our class schedule below. These are subject to change.
Monday: 10:15-11:15am
Tuesday: 10:00-11:15am
Location: The Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center 1060 River St., #111,
Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Wednesday: 10am-11:15am
Thursday: 10am-11:15am
Location: Ocean View Park 102 Ocean View Ave., Santa Cruz, CA, 95062
Class Activities, (varies by class):
- Warm-ups: Gentle Stretches, to open up the joints of the body.
- Chi Gong: Eight Pieces of Brocade and Muscle Change Classic or Marrow Washing Classic
- Hua Tuo Five Animal Frolics: Hua Tuo Five Animal Frolics is one of the
oldest and most well known styles of qigong in China. - Basic Taijiquan Eight, Yang Style. This form is popular for its
simplicity and it requires little space. It is symmetric. Also known as
Taijiquan 10 form. - Taijiquan 24 Form: A Yang style Taijiquan; a traditional form practiced
worldwide - Taijiquan 48 Yang Form: A routine that is primarily rooted in Yang style
but also incorporates selected techniques from Chen, Sun and Wu styles. - Silk Reeling: In silk reeling exercises the whole body moves as one
continual spiraling unit driven from the waist/Dantian through the feet
and legs. - Chen Tai Chi 18: The Chen 18 Movement Form was created by Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei. It condenses the core movements, body alignments, and spiraling energy of the classic 74-movement form into 18 manageable
steps.
Supplemental practice with Staff, Tai Chi Ruler, and Tai Chi Ball Qigong.
We practice Chi Gong before Tai Chi in order to build stances, flexibility,
awareness of the meridians and special acupuncture points (like the Bubbling
Wells or the Dantian), coordinated movement, strength, balance, and ability
to step from one stance to another. If one has basic abilities gained
through the warmups, qigong, and stretches, then progress in Tai Chi will be
that much faster. Furthermore, if one can open their meridians through basic
qigong and has already built basic stamina and power, then one can use the
Tai Chi set to circulate and compound energy.