White Oak Tai Chi and Qigong

10/06/2024

I will be there Monday at 11am for class! We have no power and no water, but we'll have Tai Chi!

09/16/2024

Tai Chi reverses everything!

08/26/2024

Folding your hip, or the kua, is a great low impact skill to build for mobility and flexibility.

08/22/2024

Why Tai Chi?

08/20/2024

One of the things we work on in Tai Chi is body quality. One of the first things is how to "melt" the shoulder. This is amazing for anyone who has any kind of shoulder issues, or just anyone who wants to be able to relax their body, feel less stressed, and feel more energy.

08/19/2024

The 4 Primary Powers of Tai Chi are Peng, Lu, Ji, Ahn. Peng Jing is said to be the key to them all- but is generally poorly defined. To nebulous to be actionable. Here's where it starts.

08/15/2024

What is chi?

https://youtu.be/v11C-vcY9rM?si=2m3MEoZjfJpUI4OM

08/12/2024

A word from one of our students!

08/08/2024

This is the Liu Tai Chi Form. I learned it in Jilin City, China from Liu Chan Shan. It's one of the long forms that we teach.

08/08/2024

From our longest training student! Thank you!

08/05/2024

Derek Croley’s Tai Chi classes are excellent. He is a skilled practitioner who has been refining his own martial arts for over forty years. Derek allows himself to be an available and transparent teacher who is able to explain and demonstrate complex ideas in a way all can grasp. That said his class is a welcoming place for students of all levels.

Derek is a kind and generous and humorous teacher who creates a welcoming, non-competitive space. Coming to study here you will learn much from him and from your fellow aspirants as well as being encouraged to develop a practice of your own.

One doesn’t need to know anything in order to begin, yet Derek also welcomes more advanced students. I have enjoyed working with Derek for the last two years and still find myself surprised by how much I learn in every class. If you are considering Tai Chi, or looking for a knowledgeable and well known teacher in the martial arts world this is the place for you.

Charis

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05/16/2022

Tai Chi 101: Posture basics and the kua. Tai Chi is all about being relaxed. On a very fundamental level this begins with having good posture!