Taijiquan at Qi Elements in Herndon Virginia

04/21/2026

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day will be celebrated Saturday, April 25 at Meadow Lark Gardens Park in Vienna VA. Come and join the celebration. Doors open at 9:30 AM. Admission to the park is $5. Exhibitions and workshops are free and run from 10 AM to 12 Noon. Visit PeaceableDragon.org for more details and any notice of bad weather cancellation.

03/10/2026

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02/06/2026

Qigong for Joints

Healing, Flexibility, Range of Motion This week in Wednesday evening Qigong class marks halfway through our current Qigong series, Qigong for Joints and Flexibility. We covered the All-Season Qigong in spine health mode, many White Crane Soft Qigong exercises, and how qigong can help arthritic joints with gentle movements and massage. I also repeated instructions on the standard for determining if you have over-done the exercises....

Healing, Flexibility, Range of Motion This week in Wednesday evening Qigong class marks halfway through our current Qigong series, Qigong for Joints and Flexibility. We covered the All-Season Qigon…

01/05/2026

Our first Tai Chi class in the New Year inspired me to ponder the two ways of looking at Tai Chi--health and martial art.

Not everyone knows it, but Tai Chi is a martial art. Nowadays, Tai Chi is more well known as a health exercise. If we go back to its origin several centuries ago, Tai Chi was just a martial art use…

12/04/2025

Just uploaded a demo video of our Tai Chi cane form, level 1, to YouTube. If you are interested in Tai Chi cane, there are lots of other videos on our channel, qielements1.

This video is a demonstration of our Tai Chi cane level 1 form with audio commands. This form is an element of our Advanced Tai Chi program, which includes ...

09/16/2025

Our Fundamentals of Tai Chi class on Saturday morning (9/13/25) focused on our curriculum component Coiling, Spiraling and Silk-Reeling and the underlying theory of Yin and Yang. This topic is timely as we are currently experiencing the transition from waning Yang to growing Yin as summer changes to Autumn in Northern Virginia. We are also experiencing major changes in other areas of our lives....

Our Fundamentals of Tai Chi class on Saturday morning (9/13/25) focused on our curriculum component Coiling, Spiraling and Silk-Reeling and the underlying theory of Yin and Yang. This topic is time…

09/03/2025

Exciting news for Tai Chi enthusiasts! Qi Elements is offering free access to our Level 1 Tai Chi instructional videos on Vimeo. Our programs are designed to enhance health and longevity, focusing on fundamental practices without martial arts exercises. For those interested in furthering their training, Levels 2 and 3 will soon be available for purchase. Join us in exploring the benefits of Tai Chi!

Email from Qi Elements Center for Taijiquan and Qigong Videos free on Vimeo Qi Elements' First Level Tai Chi Videos Are Free on Vimeo Dear Friends, Our instructional videos for the first level of our

07/25/2025

Why did the great Tai Chi master Yang, Cheng Fu die prematurely in 1936 at age 53? I recently learned that as witnesses to the events have grown old and are passing, they are finally telling what they saw. Reportedly from multiple witness accounts, Cheng Fu was napping near a training area at the Nanjing Central Goushu Institute when he was awakened by the noise of another master conducting training. The two masters had a confrontation and agreed have a duel by exchanging three blows. After the exchange of blows, the other master died the next day. Cheng Fu died two weeks later. If true, this story is a sad example of failure to follow the Tai Chi principles to give up ego and control one's emotions

07/18/2025

One day a young man came to my Tai Chi school expressing interest in Tai Chi, but he noted that he had some concerns about Tai Chi and his religious beliefs. I didn’t want to pry into his personal beliefs, and as is my policy, I told him he could have a free trial class. My expectation was that he would quickly discover there would be no problem of conflict between his religious beliefs and Tai Chi. ...

One day a young man came to my Tai Chi school expressing interest in Tai Chi, but he noted that he had some concerns about Tai Chi and his religious beliefs. I didn’t want to pry into his personal…

07/10/2025

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Email from Qi Elements Center for Taijiquan and Qigong Videos free on Vimeo Qi Elements' First Level Tai Chi Videos Now Free on Vimeo Dear Friends, Our instructional videos for the first level of our