Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan is a family art with deep historical roots and has kept the health, meditative and martial aspects intertwined, retaining the way it was meant to be practiced. Our school is part of the International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation. The founder of our style, Master Wu Chuan Yau was a Manchurian member of the Imperial Guard in Beijing. Bruce Lee was taught Wu Style by his father before he was introduced to Wing Chun.
Come join our club. You will be welcomed into a fun, supportive and focused learning environment that encourages continuous growth. Sifu Ken Johnston, a certified instructor and direct disciple of Grand Master Wu Kwong Yu (Eddie) 5th Generation and the current international Gate Keeper or Head of Wu Style Tai Chi and great great grandson of the founder.
People of all ages are drawn to our style because classes are fun, friendly and collaborative and give you that peaceful easy feeling. Many people start young and unlike with many sports, get better with age as they work towards Tai Chi classics ultimate goal of "longevity and eternal spring." Tai Chi will improve your balance, muscle tone, flexibility, make your movements fluid and give you a light to medium aerobic workout. Our shorter stance, small compact movements and parallel foot placement make it easier on your knees and easier to grasp the applications of the art. Click on the gold links to see recent research on the health benefits of Tai Chi. Harvard Medical School on arthritis, hypertension, bone density, sleep problems, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on Parkinson's, BBC Health on Diabetes and the University of South Florida on Alzheimer's. The Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital on anti-aging, stem cell renewal/repair. Consult your doctor before beginning tai chi or any exercise.
You will learn a full range of warm up and energy work (qi gong) exercises and forms that were designed centuries ago to warm you up, loosen your body and promote health. Proper breathing nourishes and relaxes the body, allowing it to work more efficiently. Our methodology will teach you step-by-step how to move your body efficiently as one integrated whole. Internal training teaches proper posture and alignment, stance training, stretching, breathing, relaxing and coordinating the bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia. This training will relax your body, calm your mind and teach you how to use your mind to coordinate your body, breath and energy into one powerful force.
Once you get the basics, you will put the tai chi principles into practical use through various two person push hands exercises. These are fun exercises that train you to sense and neutralize the partner's force without brute force and offset their balance while maintaining your own. You will notice that your body will relax naturally when working with a partner. You will feel centered and rooted to the ground. You will use proper posture, body mechanics and leverage to maintain your balance and structure and disrupt your partner's, putting into practice the old tai chi saying, "Four ounces can move a thousand pounds." You will learn to join with and accelerate your partner's momentum and use it to move him or her. You will feel an effortless effort, tranquility, tactile sensitivity and develop a whole body coordination. Your timing and power will increase and you will feel a nice sense of flow during all the activities.
Come join our club. You will be welcomed into a fun, supportive and focused learning environment that encourages continuous growth. Sifu Ken Johnston, a certified instructor and direct disciple of Grand Master Wu Kwong Yu (Eddie) 5th Generation and the current international Gate Keeper or Head of Wu Style Tai Chi and great great grandson of the founder.
People of all ages are drawn to our style because classes are fun, friendly and collaborative and give you that peaceful easy feeling. Many people start young and unlike with many sports, get better with age as they work towards Tai Chi classics ultimate goal of "longevity and eternal spring." Tai Chi will improve your balance, muscle tone, flexibility, make your movements fluid and give you a light to medium aerobic workout. Our shorter stance, small compact movements and parallel foot placement make it easier on your knees and easier to grasp the applications of the art. Click on the gold links to see recent research on the health benefits of Tai Chi. Harvard Medical School on arthritis, hypertension, bone density, sleep problems, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on Parkinson's, BBC Health on Diabetes and the University of South Florida on Alzheimer's. The Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital on anti-aging, stem cell renewal/repair. Consult your doctor before beginning tai chi or any exercise.
You will learn a full range of warm up and energy work (qi gong) exercises and forms that were designed centuries ago to warm you up, loosen your body and promote health. Proper breathing nourishes and relaxes the body, allowing it to work more efficiently. Our methodology will teach you step-by-step how to move your body efficiently as one integrated whole. Internal training teaches proper posture and alignment, stance training, stretching, breathing, relaxing and coordinating the bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia. This training will relax your body, calm your mind and teach you how to use your mind to coordinate your body, breath and energy into one powerful force.
Once you get the basics, you will put the tai chi principles into practical use through various two person push hands exercises. These are fun exercises that train you to sense and neutralize the partner's force without brute force and offset their balance while maintaining your own. You will notice that your body will relax naturally when working with a partner. You will feel centered and rooted to the ground. You will use proper posture, body mechanics and leverage to maintain your balance and structure and disrupt your partner's, putting into practice the old tai chi saying, "Four ounces can move a thousand pounds." You will learn to join with and accelerate your partner's momentum and use it to move him or her. You will feel an effortless effort, tranquility, tactile sensitivity and develop a whole body coordination. Your timing and power will increase and you will feel a nice sense of flow during all the activities.