Corrections and Sensing Hands

This class will cover the entire 37 postures of the Tai Chi form as taught by Professor Cheng Man- ch’ing. Students must already know the choreography of the Tai Chi form.
The class will include a review of the “external” postures, as well as work on the “internal” underlying fundamentals of how movements happen in Tai Chi. In the Sensing Hands part of the class students will work cooperatively, rather than competitively. Students will develop their ability to “listen” and “stick” to their partner’s movements, as well as detect “resistance” in their partner’s movements, as well as in their own.

Each In-Person class meets once a week for one hour either on Sunday morning at Strathmore, or on Monday evening at Crossings in Silver Spring. The same content is taught in the Corrections Zoom class that meets on Thursday evening. Students registered for the Sunday, or Monday In-Person Corrections classes can also attend Zoom classes on Thursday evening. All Zoom classes are recorded and a link to the recording is sent each week to both In-Person and Zoom students as an aid to practicing the movements between the classes.

Tai Chi Sword Form Part 1, 2, 3*

The Tai Chi Sword Part 1 class will teach the first section of the Yang Style Sword form as taught by Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing. The subsequent sections of the Yang style Sword form (Parts 2 & 3) will be taught in the Summer and Fall semesters. Students registering for this class must know the entire Tai Chi solo form and be enrolled in a Corrections level solo form class.

* Students need instructor permission to register for this class.
Please contact Michael Ward at CloudHandsTaiChi37@gmail.com before registering.

Tai Chi Sword Form Corrections and Fencing*

The Sword Corrections class will review and refine all the movements of the Yang Style Tai Chi Sword form as taught by Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing.. In addition to refining each posture, this class will focus on how the principles practiced in the Tai Chi solo manifest in the Sword form  Students will also learn fencing and related partner exercises.

* Students need instructor permission to register for this class.
Please contact Michael Ward at CloudHandsTaiChi37@gmail.com before registering.

Tai Chi Beginner Classes Part 1, 2, 3

In the Beginner Part 1 classes students learn postures 1 -12 of the 37 postures that comprise the choreography of the entire “T’ai Chi Form”. Beginner Part 2 classes (postures 13 – 25) and Beginner Part 3 (postures 26-37) are taught in the Summer and Fall semesters.

Each In-Person class meets once a week for one hour either on Sunday morning at Strathmore, or on Monday evening at Crossings in Silver Spring. The same content is taught in the Beginner Zoom class that meets on Thursday evening. Students registered for the Sunday, or Monday In-Person Beginner classes can also attend Zoom classes on Thursday evening. All Zoom classes are recorded and a link to the recording is sent each week to both In-Person and Zoom students as an aid to practicing the movements between the classes.