Weapons Classes

Sword, Staff and Sabre continue with a new format from this term rather than weapons days with all 3 disciplines.

Sabre: a taught session for all levels including beginners, with time for questions for more experienced students, will take place each first Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm promptly for 1 1/4 hours. This will be before our regular class at the usual Trinity Road venue, and other students who are not studying Sabre are encouraged to arrive as usual and stick, push hands, and do partnerwork until the warm up set at 7.45pm. There is a flat fee of £5 for the Sabre class, separate from normal termly fees, and it is possible to just come along to the Sabre session if you cannot stay for the rest of the class.
Dates for 2012: Jan 17, Feb 7, March 6, April 17, May 1, June 12, July 3, September 11, Oct, 2, Nov 6, Dec 4

Sword: a taught session for all levels including beginners, with time for questions for more experienced students, will take place each first Thursday of the month at 6.30pm promptly for 1 1/4 hours. This will be before our regular class at the usual Derinton Road venue, and other students who are not studying Sword are encouraged to arrive as usual and stick, push hands, and do partnerwork until the warm up set at 7.45pm. There is a flat fee of £5 for the Sword class, separate from normal termly fees, and it is possible to just come along to the Sword session if you cannot stay for the rest of the class.
Dates for 2012: Jan 19, Feb 9, March 8, April 19, May 3, June14, July 5, Sept 13, Oct 4, Nov 8, Dec 6.

Staff: class will be held approximately monthly at our regular place, the St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, when we can get it, and other similarly spacious venues when we cannot. The sessions will last for 3 hours, usually on a Sunday, and will include Staff Form, sticking staffs, stepping staff partnerwork and drills. Cost will be £15 for the session, concessions available. There will be time for questions and those new to staff are also welcome.

On the months where we are not at class for the first week of the month, such as September and January, the weapons classes will be on the second week back.

About the T'ai Chi Centre

The T'ai Chi Centre teaches the full Yang style syllabus of the British T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association. Tuition ranges from beginner to advanced and includes Instructor training.

The T'ai Chi Centre was founded in 1995. From 1996 to 2004 classes the centre was based in The Art of Health and Yoga Centre in South London. Since 2003 The T'ai Chi Centre has held classes and intensives at a variety of venues in South-West London, including Tooting, Balham and Clapham.

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Weekly Classes

Weekly classes are currently taking place for the Short Form, Long Form, Ta Lu and The Dance. In addition there is a weekly Sunday session and monthly Weapons workshops.

Tuesday evenings, Tooting Bec
Thursday evenings, Tooting
Sunday afternoons, Balham

About T'ai Chi

T'ai Chi Ch'uan is the ancient Chinese art of moving meditation, it is based on the Taoist understanding that all things are comprised of the interplay of two complimentary forces - Yin and Yang.

With its distinctive grace and flowing movements, T’ai Chi Ch’uan is becoming an increasingly popular form of relaxation in the West, as it provides an effective antidote to our stressful and competitive society. Many people practise T’ai Chi solely for its benefits to health and as a means to relieve tension. However, with a little dedicated study we find that T’ai Chi is a complete training, starting with the mind which the body naturally follows. It is meditation in movement. The stillness achieved in movement is regarded as of a higher level than the stillness reached in stillness. This is a clear and practical bridge from meditation under special circumstances to meditation under every circumstance.

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