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Whangarei Tai chi Club Whangarei ti ji Club teaches Yang style Tai ji as developed by Chen Man Ching and further by Huang Xin Xian. In addition we teach Fujian White Crane Kung

26/01/2025

Beginner's classes start on Sunday March 2nd. At 8.30am to 9.30am in the Mata Hall, Mata (corner Salmon Road and SH1). Beginner's introduces the 37 pattern short form. This is also suitable for those who wish to start learning White Crane Kung fu. Classes are limited to a maximum of 6. The cost is $70.00 for 3 months (adults) and $40 for under 17. The 37 pattern short form is a variation of the Yang style as developed by Cheng Man Ching. We teach skills that are, traditionally, reserved to "inner" students. Our motto can be said to be "There are no secrets.". For further information ring Alan at zero27 208006one.

12/01/2024

Beginner's classes start on Sunday February 18th. At 8.30am to 9.30am in the Mata Hall, Mata (corner Salmon Road and SH1). Beginner's introduces the 37 pattern short form. This is also suitable for those who wish to start learning White Crane Kung fu. Classes are limited to a maximum of 6. The cost is $70.00 for 3 months (adults) and $40 for under 17. The 37 pattern short form is a variation of the Yang style as developed by Cheng Man Ching. We teach skills that are, traditionally, reserved to "inner" students. Our motto can be said to be "There are no secrets.". For further information ring Alan at 09 432 8904.

17/10/2023

We will be holding an open workshop on Sunday 19th November at the Mata Hall (cnr Salmon Rd and SH1). From 9.00am to 4.00pm. Bring your own lunch. The workshop will focus on the basic principles and practice of Tai Chi. It is open to anyone with an interest in Tai chi. It doesn't matter what school or teacher you have. The charge is $20.00 if you are not a member of the club. The teacher is Alan Jeffery who has been a practitioner of Tai chi for over 40 years.

We will be accepting new Tai chi students from Sunday February 26th. 8.30am at the Mata Hall, Mata. On the corner of S...
18/01/2023

We will be accepting new Tai chi students from Sunday February 26th. 8.30am at the Mata Hall, Mata. On the corner of Salmon Road and SH 1 at Mata. The maximum class size will be no more than six. So you need to contact me if you're interested.

30/05/2019

Some musing on Tai ch'i videos on Youtube. I've been watching a few videos over the last few weeks. It's interesting the range of skill shown by the various practitioners. I'm afraid that, all too often, the practitioners use students who can only be labelled "shills". That is the teacher claims a level of skill that is belied when you see the way they set things up with their students. In effect the student becomes a willing participant in a con job aimed to boost the teacher's ego/bank balance. Here is a good way of spotting the cons. If the student slows down, or stops, and then the teacher "does his/her thing", the teacher is running a con. If you want a comparison look at Wee Kee Jin doing free push hands. (On the School of Central Equilibrium website) Then at Adam Mizner (search for him - he's all over the web). Mizner, clearly, thinks he has a high skill level. But he has complete control of everything at all times.

Unfortunately Mizner claims to come from the same lineage as me. Yet I'm not aware that he has ever been taught by either Master Huang or any of his senior students. There is no mention of any such teacher on his website's pages. I would like to see him up against Wee Kee Jin - but, I suspect, that suggestion would annoy Jin.

Another way of spotting the cons is if the student does something completely unrealistic. For example "going inside" a punch. That means that the student has no idea how to fight. Some teachers illustrate "real techniques" by "blocking inside". And that shows they don't know how to fight either. By "going inside" I mean the student slipping, say, a right jab and moving to the teacher's left. That sets them up for whatever the teacher plans to use their left hand for. An "inside block" is similar. This time the teacher blocks to the left of (say) a right jab and the student doesn't promptly hit them with a left jab.

13/11/2018

We will be accepting new Tai chi students from Sunday February 24th. 8.30am at the Mata Hall, Mata. On the corner of Salmon Road and SH 1 at Mata. The maximum class size will be no more than ten. So you need to contact me if you're interested.

19/02/2018

We still have spaces for beginners in our Mata Hall classes at 8.30am on Sundays. Friendly people, fun session. And you learn stuff you never knew you could do.

02/02/2018

Tai ch'i beginner's classes start in February:
Mata Hall, corner Salmon Rd and SH1, Sunday 24th February at 8:30am. Adults only.

Adult (17 and older) White Crane Kung fu classes start in the Mata Hall 24th February at 11:30am.

03/07/2017

One of the hardest things to learn in Tai ch'i is that of mental focus. Now that is not the same thing as straining your brain to remember something. Rather it is the process of developing a constant awareness of something. The most important "something" in Tai ch'i to be aware of is "sung" - or downward intention.
Sung is critical to Tai ch'i. It could be said that without sung there is no Tai ch'i. Just a bunch of slow movements. Sung gives substance to the movements. It connects everything together and helps maintain an ability to relax and be centered. But without excess tension.
Sung DOES NOT mean you're always going down. That would be silly. Instead it means there is always an awareness of the connection between the crown of the head and root under the central point of equilibrium. In fact you can be going up physically and still have sung.
More on this later.

09/05/2017

Whangarei Tai chi welcomes new students until 1 June 2017.
Classes are held in the Mata Hall on Sundays from 9.30 to 11.30am.
The cost is $60.00 for 3 months.
If you want to learn more you can go to our website or contact me on 432 8904

09/05/2017

Bream Bay Kung fu will be accepting new students from 23 May, 2017.
Classes are held in the hall at One Tree Point Primary Schools. Ages are between 8 and 16.
The cost is $40.00 for three months
If you want to learn more please leave a message here or contact me on 432 8904

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Cnr Salmon Road And SH1

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09 432 8904

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