What is Tai Chi?
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Tai Chi (Taiji) is one of the major internal styles contained in Wushu (Chinese martial arts). Tai Chi Fist (Taijiquan) was originally developed as a martial art and the movements of tai chi contain martial applications. It utilizes the ancient philosophy of Yin-Yang and the Five Element theories for its foundation and to establish its training principles. The experience of hundreds of years has shown that practicing tai chi can improve ones health, reduce tension, and alleviate a number of ailments such as high blood pressure, arthritis, asthma, stomach and heart problems, and anxiety. Techniques used to develop internal qi for martial arts combat also proved to be effective as life prolonging and healing exercises. Today, tai chi is best known by the millions of practitioners around the world for its health benefits.
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Why Learn Tai Chi?
Modern day life has added enormous physical and mental stresses to our bodies, causing detrimental effects to our health. Practicing the ancient art of tai chi can help restore and rejuvenate our minds and bodies, allowing us to maintain optimum health and fitness. Tai chi is a gentle, low-impact, slow-motion exercise, commonly referred to as meditation in motion. Practicing tai chi trains us to connect our mind with our body, enabling us to maintain our body in a relaxed, stress-free state. Tai chi is appropriate for people of all ages, physical fitness levels and health conditions. Practicing tai chi has been clinically proven to boost immune system and improve many health conditions including stress, heart disease, high blood pressure, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, and low bone density. Tai chi is also an effective physical fitness exercise that can improve strength, flexibility, balance, and aerobic conditioning.
Modern day life has added enormous physical and mental stresses to our bodies, causing detrimental effects to our health. Practicing the ancient art of tai chi can help restore and rejuvenate our minds and bodies, allowing us to maintain optimum health and fitness. Tai chi is a gentle, low-impact, slow-motion exercise, commonly referred to as meditation in motion. Practicing tai chi trains us to connect our mind with our body, enabling us to maintain our body in a relaxed, stress-free state. Tai chi is appropriate for people of all ages, physical fitness levels and health conditions. Practicing tai chi has been clinically proven to boost immune system and improve many health conditions including stress, heart disease, high blood pressure, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, and low bone density. Tai chi is also an effective physical fitness exercise that can improve strength, flexibility, balance, and aerobic conditioning.
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While tai chi is most widely practiced solely for its health benefits, it is at its core an ancient and complex internal martial art. For those interested in learning martial arts, tai chi enables us to cultivate our qi, generate internal power, and control the direction of our opponents' forces. Our school teaches how to use tai chi techniques to neutralize opponents, how to use the 'soft' to conquer the 'hard/strong', how to use an opponent's strength against him, how to redirect his strength against him, how to use minimal force to move a powerful attack, and many other techniques.
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Our Curriculum
The Aiping Tai Chi Center is the only school in Connecticut with a curriculum developed by an 8th Duan tai chi master with mastery of both contemporary wushu and traditional tai chi. Our school's curriculum utilizes the effective training methods Grandmaster Aiping Cheng used in China to train her tai chi champions while always keeping true to the traditional core elements of this ancient martial art as taught to her from the traditional masters.
The Aiping Tai Chi Center is the only school in Connecticut with a curriculum developed by an 8th Duan tai chi master with mastery of both contemporary wushu and traditional tai chi. Our school's curriculum utilizes the effective training methods Grandmaster Aiping Cheng used in China to train her tai chi champions while always keeping true to the traditional core elements of this ancient martial art as taught to her from the traditional masters.