Classes

We teach tai chi classes in Durham, Newcastle and Sunderland.

New starters can join all year round. Adults of all ages are welcome - just come along.
You are encouraged to work at your own pace.

Be advised - this is not your average tai chi school...


Unique curriculum

Our tai chi curriculum assumes no prior experience and caters for all ability levels:

1. Beginners

2. Intermediate

3. Experienced

4. Advanced

5. Teacher training (and beyond)

Grading takes place every 3 months.

Tai chi chuan

There are two ways to learn tai chi in our school:

1. The complete syllabus (health & self defence)
   
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2. The abbreviated syllabus (health-only)

All students gain the health benefits of tai chi.
Health-only students are taught a pared-down syllabus, devoid of martial content.

Students are welcome to follow either path and can change their mind at any time.

We are the only tai chi school in the North East of England offering a curriculum of this kind.


Health

There are a variety of health approaches within our tai chi syllabus, including:

1. Constructive rest

2. Form

3. Meditation

4. Neigong

5. Psoas work

6. Qigong (soft, hard and moving)

7. Self-massage

8. Stretches & joint work

These tai chi exercises improve awareness, balance, flexibility, joint mobility, stamina, strength and suppleness.
They were designed to boost energy levels, improve overall wellbeing and protect the body from injury.


Health-only

If you have no interest in learning tai chi as a martial art, you are quite welcome to attend lessons as a health-only student.

You will be taught a physically and mentally challenging curriculum, but no self defence at all.


Self defence

Personal safety is important.
We live in a culture where people are sometimes attacked by:

1. A gang

2. An individual

3. People who carry knives

Our lessons teach a very thorough tai chi chuan self defence syllabus.
Students learn how to cope with an increasingly challenging range of attacks.

We have over 30 years martial arts experience. The last 20 years were spent practicing tai chi chuan.

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