The Saturday morning class will now start at 0800 starting 01 November 2008.
This is due to some temporary resource conflicts in supporting some of the other classes at the gym. Hopefully this earlier time slot will help you off to a great start on your busy Saturday.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Moderate Exercise and Tai Chi
We are still learning the Yang Style Short Form and are about 1/2 way through. Don't be discouraged if you've missed a few classes or if you'd like to start. There is repetition in the form that makes it possible to start at any time and back fill what you missed later.
Tai Chi is endlessly challenging and takes long view about health and well being. You need to start up now and stay with it all your life to gain the great benefits of Tai Chi.
In modern exercise and health terms, you must establish an "active life-style" which can include structure exercise programs. These exercise programs don't have to be exceptionally demanding to produce remarkable improvements in good health. Numerous studies have shown that a mere 30 minutes of daily brisk walking can produce a host of positive changes in your health and well being. In fact these sessions can be broken up in to 3, 10 minutes rounds of walking.
A recent study of the aerobic effects of Tai Chi has shown that an hour of Tai Chi practice is approximately aerobically equivalent to walking for 30 minutes on level ground at a pace of 3.0 - 3.5 mph. This is a modest pace. Best of all you can practice Tai Chi indoors, when the weather is too bad for outside exercise (heat, cold, high ozone or pollen, precipitation).
Tai Chi can also benefit those who cannot walk extensively due to arthritis, back pain, or other conditions. Tai Chi can be great when you are rehabilitating from a sports injury or accident.
Tai Chi is endlessly challenging and takes long view about health and well being. You need to start up now and stay with it all your life to gain the great benefits of Tai Chi.
In modern exercise and health terms, you must establish an "active life-style" which can include structure exercise programs. These exercise programs don't have to be exceptionally demanding to produce remarkable improvements in good health. Numerous studies have shown that a mere 30 minutes of daily brisk walking can produce a host of positive changes in your health and well being. In fact these sessions can be broken up in to 3, 10 minutes rounds of walking.
A recent study of the aerobic effects of Tai Chi has shown that an hour of Tai Chi practice is approximately aerobically equivalent to walking for 30 minutes on level ground at a pace of 3.0 - 3.5 mph. This is a modest pace. Best of all you can practice Tai Chi indoors, when the weather is too bad for outside exercise (heat, cold, high ozone or pollen, precipitation).
Tai Chi can also benefit those who cannot walk extensively due to arthritis, back pain, or other conditions. Tai Chi can be great when you are rehabilitating from a sports injury or accident.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Form Videos Online
We have video! For those of you who are interested, we have added video demonstrations of the forms we teach to the web site. These can be an aid to memory as you practice, although they are not a substitute for in class instruction. Watching the forms performed is beneficial to your practice as it helps to imprint an image of the movements in the mind. The videos are:
Thanks to Gold's for the space and thanks to my ju jitsu buddy, Amy, for filming!
Enjoy!
- Dr Paul Lam's 6 posture form
- 24 posture form
- Tai Chi for Arthritis
- Tai Chi for Back Pain
- Yang 37 posture short form
Thanks to Gold's for the space and thanks to my ju jitsu buddy, Amy, for filming!
Enjoy!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Updated Tai Chi Play Web Site
We have moved the Tai Chi Play Web Site. Google is discontinuing their original Googlepages and is focused on an updated service with a lot more functions and features called Google Sites. We've moved to the new service and are adding several exciting new features. The new site offers:
- the ability for you to post comments on the content
- file downloads of key Tai Chi literature and forms charts
- video presentations (coming very soon)
- site search to find content
- easier site navigation
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