Seven Stars Tai Chi Club

01/07/2019

Tim Hayes will be teaching the Sunday morning classes, starting January 13th. This class is for all levels of Tai Chi.

The focus will be on yang style short and long forms. Beginners welcome.

All the times are on the calendar on the first page of the cedarlanestudio.com website.

Class costs are $10 for drop-in for one class per week. The Cedar Lane Studio is located at 210 Cedar Lane.

(If students also want to take Monday evening classes with Osman Phillips, his class is an additional $5/class for a total of $15 per week. The cost for taking Monday evening classes only is $10.)

09/22/2018

Our Fall Season starts this weekend! Please note the changes.

Tim Hayes will be teaching the Sunday morning classes, beginning on Sept. 23rd, usually at 10:30am, but note a 1pm start on Sept. 30th and Nov. 25th. This class is for all levels of Tai Chi. Check the times on the first page of the website.

Osman Phillips will lead the applications class on Monday evenings for 10 weeks beginning on Sept. 24th at 6:45pm. Anyone can come to this class to deepen their understanding of the art. Dr Chi, one of my teachers noted that applications and push hands made up 2/3 of the entire Tai Chi curriculum.

At 6.15pm on Monday evenings, 30 mins before Osman's class, Alexandra Hasenfratz will teach a Chen style sword form. Swords are available. She can be reached at ahasenfratz[at]gmail[dot]com.

Rumi Kanesaka will teach a beginners and Intermediate class on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm beginning on Sept. 13th. She will be teaching the Yang style short form as taught by Cheng Man Ch'ing. This is a beautiful form and a perfect starting point.

Rumi will also lead a silk reeling exercise class, for the first three weeks at 5:00pm on Thursdays beginning on 13th. These classes will resume in November at 10:30am on Tuesdays, beginning on Nov. 6th and continuing to Dec. 11th.

All the times are on the calendar on the first page of the cedarlanestudio.com website.

Please share this on to anyone who may be interested.

08/25/2018

Osman Phillips will resume Monday night classes, starting September 24th for a 10-week period.

These classes are an investigation of the Tai Chi principles as they relate to practical use in self defense. This is carried out using "sticking " and softness rather than force. The safety of your partner is primary. No experience is necessary.

07/05/2018

Just having a little fun at the Blossom Picnic last April, hosted by the Japanese Garden Society of Salt Spring Island!

Tim Hayes (the tall man with sunglasses) will be running Sunday morning classes during July and August, from 10.30am to noon. This will start on July 8th and continue weekly.

Tim is an excellent teacher: patient and thorough. He really knows the form and enjoys teaching it to others.

All levels are welcome including beginners. Primarily the classes will concentrate on Yang style. Hope you will be able to make it. Fall classes will be announced later.

You can contact Tim directly at timcaresaltspring[at]gmail[dot]com

01/04/2018

Happy New Year!

Sunday weekly classes start on January 7th at 10:30am. This class is for all levels, including beginners.

Note: January 28th this class will start at 1:00pm instead of 10:30am for just one week.

On Monday nights at 6:15pm starting on January 8th, you can study the Chen and Yang sword forms. This is followed at 6:45pm by an applications and "push hands" class. Any interested Tai Chi students welcome.

I hope you have all had a good start to the new year.

12/12/2017

We are now on holidays until January 7th! Happy holidays, everyone.

09/25/2017

This article has a bit more detail about this fall's program.

The Seven Stars Tai Chi Club operates out of a studio located in a cozy grove of cedars here on Salt Spring Island. In fact, it’s in my neighbourhood. After 12 years of yoga and yoga therapy, 3 years of sitting meditation, 4 years hunched over a computer, and 1 year of karate, I was…

01/06/2016

Make a healthy resolution. Our 2016 classes start on Sunday the 10th of January.