About Horace

as a Tai Chi Practicioner I have been practicing tai chi for over three decades and have trained under several instructors over these years from around North America and China. I practice the Yang, Sun, and Chen styles as well as the National Combined Routines. In certain styles, I not only practice the fist forms, […]

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Class Schedule

Class Schedule I am not teaching any classes at the moment. Workshops Having taught tai chi for over a two decades, I have had much experience teaching single workshops on tai chi. Tai chi is such a multifaceted discipline that I can tune the topics of the workshop to suit the needs of the workshop […]

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Tai Chi History and Theory

History of Tai Chi To this day, there are two major beliefs on the origin of tai chi. The more “mythical” of which is that tai chi was created by a Taoist priest, Zhang sanfeng, who lived during the Yuan and Ming Dynasty (late 1200s to mid 1600s AD) on Wudangshan, Hubei. He supposedly […]

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Tai Chi Benefits

Benefits of Tai Chi People who practice tai chi properly on a regular basis will reap many benefits. For years, tai chi has been thought to relieve stress, improve coordination, tone muscles, maintain good posture, develop flexibility, and helps neutralize the effects of arthritis. In recent years, there has been research focused on the effects […]

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Welcome!

Welcome to my website where I share my life-long passion for tai chi.

Chen Wangting’s Statue in Chen Jia Gou in China

What is Tai Chi?

Tai chi is a Chinese martial and healing art. You may also hear of names such “taiji”, “tai chi chuan”, “taijiquan”, which in a Western society all refer to the same thing. Tai chi is commonly characterized by soft, slow, and fluid movements. Those who practice it believe that the softness can overcome incoming hard force. Tai chi is known as an internal martial art and one of the factors which contribute to this classification is that there is focus on using the mind to control internal energy, “qi” (or “chi”), through a relaxed body.

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Last updated July 2019

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