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Why Read This? We hope it’s because you are looking for a martial arts school and care enough to want to know a little about the place … Not All Schools are the Same Contrary to what many people think martial arts schools are not the same. In fact there is a wide range of specialized services and information offered. One school may have no particular art, another might emphasize martial culture, another may only really specialize in kids, another may be a tournament school. Content Most schools teach very little martial practice, almost no tradition, less philosophy with the …Continue reading →
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Click image above to open (short) movie in new window. Read below for class info, then fill out the form at the bottom of the page to contact us with your interest. Thanks! Tai Chi Chuan We offer three levels of Tai Chi Chuan. A three-month introduction class, Tai Chi Short Set: Martial Structure for Health (open to all) Beginning/Intermediate Yang Style Long Form (Requires approval or invitation of instructor) Intermediate/Advanced Yang Style Long Form (Requires approval or invitation of instructor) Class Times Beginning Tai Chi Yang Style Short Form (open to all) Monday & Wednesday 6:30-7:30 pm April 20 …Continue reading →
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The Academy will be taking vacation for a couple weeks in August: We’ll be teaching classes on Thursday, August 2, and then will return for classes on Saturday, August 18. (We will be gone August 3 – August 17.) For students, please continue to make your monthly payment; we will provide plenty of opportunity to make up the time and also will offer some special events! Also, this will not affect the Five Animal Frolics Qigong seminar, which will still take place on Sunday, August 5! Hope to see some of you at the seminar, and enjoy your time off!
The Academy of Martial and Internal ArtsPosted on by Ted Mancuso
Q: Tell me about the new Kung Fu class that you’ve started. A: It’s nice to be doing this again. We took a hiatus from teaching Kung Fu for a few years and now we’ve started an entirely new class from the beginning. The times, so far, are 6:00 on Thursday night and 10:00 on Saturday morning. So it’s one of the few Saturday morning martial arts classes for adults.
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Beginner Level A student at this level will begin with some basic postural and movement exercises. Next we show you the Big Five Chi Kung Forms. These will open the meridians and prepare the student for just the right feeling and postures. An essential step to Real Chi Kung . Then comes the Tai Chi style Chi Kung, a wonderful, deceptively simple series of Four excellent sections taken from the art of Tai Chi but much simpler and easier to learn. Intermediate Level On this level we begin to explore Taoist methods of Chi Kung . Blossoms in the Spring, …Continue reading →
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The Power of Softness Beginner Level This is the beginning of your Tai Chi journey. At the Academy we start training you for a lifetime interest in this fascinating study. First you learn the basic postural and movement exercises. You won’t have to wait to feel what Tai Chi is about. You will immediately grasp the conscious movement and relaxed postures that make Tai Chi special. Once you have a lesson or two of the fundamentals you will start on the Tai Chi Linking Form. This only takes about five to seven minutes to complete but it has the core …Continue reading →
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Bagua Zhang: Tai Chi of the 21st Century Beginner Level Some martial arts are simple, some are not. Bagua is, without a doubt, one of the most mysterious martial arts to come out of China. A perfect expression of Chinese culture it is based on the core text of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching or Book of Changes. In Bagua everything is a little different. You start your basic training by walking in a circle while holding your hands in different Animal positions such as Lion and Unicorn. As you do this you perform Qigong training and leg strengthening. Then …Continue reading →
