At Manchester
Chen style Tai Chi and Qi Gung taught in a traditional manner.
- Peaceful movement bringing inner strength
- Great for fitness
- All welcome regardless of age or fitness
- No previous experience necessary
Tai Chi practice serves to bring balance and harmony to the practitioner. The beautiful circles and graceful moves serve to provide a powerful self healing and fitness system that does not over stress the joints. Tai Chi is one of the 5 healing arts of Traditional Chinese medicine along with Qi Gong, Acupuncture, Herbs and Tui Na (acupressure) massage.
Qi Gung is an internal system of breathing and cultivating Qi, which translates loosely as energy, it can involve movements or be stationary and is complementary to Tai Chi. Qi Gong has been practiced in China for over 5000 years and provided the basis for most of the healing arts throughout China.
Why not join us and experience for yourself the benefits of Tai Chi and Qi Gung or for more information please contact the manchester centre.
Each session will begin with a traditional warm up allowing the body to start to release any tension it has built up during the day and to allow the bodies energies to start to move. We then move onto Qi Gung to strengthen the internal energies and finally we practice the 8 step Tai Chi form.
The 8 step form is excellent for beginners as it is quite easy to remember but will also challenge experienced practitioners as it contains many movements that have more challenging qualities.
Mondays at the Hope Centre Manchester except the last monday of each month, please call for details on 0161 973 9130
7pm to 8pm - Qi Gong and Ba Jia (8 Step) Form and Chen 18 Step Form
Please contact the Manchester Centre for details.
Cost £5
Wear lose comfortable clothing with flat shoes or bear feet. All ages and ablities welcome
Dates: 2011
April 4th, 11th - no Tai Chi on 25th April(Centre Closed)
May 9th, 16th - No Tai Chin on 2nd and 25th May (Centre Closed)
June 6th, 13th 20th
STEPS usualy runs on the last monday of each month but due to Trafford Council planing rules we cannot open on a bank holiday.
Tai chi chuan (simplified Chinese: 太极拳; traditional Chinese: 太極拳; pinyin: tàijíquán; Wade-Giles: t'ai4 chi2 ch'üan2) (literal translation "Supreme Ultimate Fist") is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. It is also typically practiced for a variety of other personal reasons: its hard and soft martial art technique, demonstration competitions, and longevity. As a consequence, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Some of tai chi chuan's training forms are especially known for being practiced at what most people categorize as slow movement.
Today, tai chi has spread worldwide. Most modern styles of tai chi trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu, and Sun.
For more informatio please see:
Wikipedia Tai Chi Page
Chen Village Home Page
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