Yang Style Tai Chi

Friday 6:00 - 7:00 pm Intermediate ($10)

Friday 7:00 - 8:00 pm Beginner ($10)

T’ai Chi Ch’uan (pronounced Tai Gee Chwan), often simply referred to as T’ai Chi, is a traditional Chinese martial art and meditation that uses slow, flowing, balanced movement, combined with relaxation, to stimulate the circulation of ch’i (pronounced chee) or vital/life energy.  The benefits of T’ai Chi are vast and can help the student to gain an overall sense of well-being, reduce stress and anxiety, enhance awareness, strengthen the body and improve balance, flexibility, and circulation.  At advanced levels, T’ai Chi is a formidable system of self-defense.  Professor Cheng Man-ching developed the ‘simplified’ 37-posture Yang-style form and it is the most widely practiced form of T’ai Chi in the United States.

Students initially learn the 37-posture form and after learning the basic form exercise, will be eligible to attend advanced form classes and “push hands” classes.  

Taught by Patrick Cavanaugh

Patrick teaches and studies Professor Cheng Man-ching’s ‘simplified’ 37-posture Yang-style form.  Patrick is a longtime student and assistant to Wolfe Lowenthal of the Long River T'ai Chi Circle.  Mr. Lowenthal studied with Professor Cheng since 1967 and is widely acknowledged to be one of the foremost teachers of Professor Cheng’s Tai Chi. Patrick also has his Masters degree in psychology and currently works as a counselor in a boarding school in Vermont.