The School

Providing a safe, friendly and fun environment for groups and individuals to study and explore taijiquan – encouraging strong friendships and wider links to the community.

Our aim is to offer quality teaching and the continuation of the high standards of taijiquan instruction gained from our teachers. Taijiquan is accessible and beneficial to everyone, people of all ages and physical conditions are welcome to join.

Training at the School

Training is focused around traditional methods and includes:

• Warm up exercises – a range of flexibility and mobility exercises. Preparing the body to be strong, loose and relaxed.

• Standing meditation – to calm the mind and to focus the intention. Encouraging the body to be correctly aligned and in a natural state.

• Silk reeling exercises – a range of exercises which demonstrate the basic movement principles of tai chi chuan.

• Form practice – an integrated set of choreographed movements and postures. Teaching the detailed movement principles and techniques of taijiquan.

• Pushing hands – partner based exercises which further demonstrate the principles of the art and allow for further exploration of the martial aspects of taijiquan, including self defence.