Tai Chi is the most known and written about... but least understood martial art in the world.

You can be sure however, that the most important but the least known attribute associated with practicing Tai Chi Form, such as the 108 move long form, is ... it teaches you how to mobilize your energy or power resources and deliver them in a very dynamic but extremely efficient manner.

In order to achieve this,  you have to place your center of attention in the core body region, since this is potentially the most powerful part of the body and also the key junction where energy is being gathered and delivered to and from upper body and lower body. Therefore, when you take the opportunity to learn the skills associated with Classical Tai Chi form, your internal energy circulates unceasingly in your body especially in the core region.

The Internal Discipline to achieve this is the most challenging aspect of learning Tai Chi. When the legendary Master Wu Chian Chuan taught Tai Chi to Grand Master Young Wabu, Wu taught him the methodology of cultivating neigong through Internal Discipline. The central element of the practice dictates how your movement should be made from the internal core of the body—the abdomen and the back—not from the external parts of the body, such as arms and shoulders. This discipline is essential to obtain the full benefits of Tai Chi. Without it the entire logical structure of Tai Chi disintegrates and can no longer be considered an internal martial art

Wu learned the Tai Chi from his father who learned from the Yangs—without alteration . The Yangs learned the art from the Chens. Since then, the teaching of Tai Chi (or Taiji) has changed greatly. In addition to the divergence of Wu style, Yang style, and Chen Style, many other derivative styles have proliferated—most of them bearing little resemblance to the classical Yang Tai Ji and Wu Tai Ji.

Classical Tai Chi (or Taiji) is full of wondrous elements, tightly knit in a logical structure that provides a rich and rewarding way for you as a practitioner to achieve the ultimate in vitality, health, internal power, and the skill to apply the power in martial arts applications.

Unfortunately, the concept of Internal Discipline has been lost in most modern Tai Chi teaching.  This  site is offering you the opportunity to learn this internal discipline and directly participate in an ongoing effort to bring the focus of Classical Tai Chi back to fruition. 

You have the opportunity here as well to see an introduction on the concept of Internal Discipline and a demonstration of its practice, please click here.

You have the opportunity here as well to see what we include in our curriculum.  You will quickly see that this is not the standard curriculum of the many martial arts schools that hand out "belts" to measure some standard of achievement.  You will see here that our "curriculum" crosses over the line between knowing what to learn in the class and what to practice at home.

You can readily see that if one combines DVD learning with our classroom teaching, one has the "best of both worlds".  You can access the DVD curriculum and thus see the format and structure for our "hands on classes" by clicking below.  You will notice that our curriculum is not "spelled out" as the standard formats for "belt" study do, and you need to read and digest this information in order to make an informed decision. You should also view our  "table of contents"  download on the same page for  further  insight into our  "curriculum"...