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Welcome to Tai Chi port STEPHENS
JOIN others in a friendly environment
Join your community!
Welcome to Tai Chi port STEPHENS
JOIN others in a friendly environment
Join your community!
Welcome to Tai Chi port STEPHENS
JOIN others in a friendly environment
Tai Chi Port Stephens 108 is dedicated to the teaching of the Chinese internal arts for health as passed on to us by the late Master Moy Lin-Shin (1931-1998).
He modified the traditional Yang Style 108-move Tai Chi set to maximize the health benefits for faster health improvement, as he realized that in a modern society, an exercise that was good for health was more important than a martial art for fighting.
Tai Chi Port Stephens 108 currently run classes at Nelson Bay, Sydney and Tamborine Mountain.
We are volunteer instructors with many years of Tai Chi experience between us.
In 2017 we decided to put that experience to good use and start Tai Chi classes in Sydney beginning in a park and then expanding to a indoor community facility. The 108 moves are taught a few moves at a time by the 3-3-3 method. Watch-do-modify. Each week more moves are added. It takes about 6 months to achieve the 108 moves.
We acknowledge the Worimi peoples as the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respects to their Elders both past and present .
The Canadian Tai Chi Academy for their ongoing support and friendship.
Our teaching and learning platform in Sydney - freetaichisydney.com.au
Port Stephens Council
Tai Chi has been practiced for centuries as a form of martial art. Tai chi has
evolved in many forms. Each has its similarities and its differences.
The Master Moy 108 Moves of Tai Chi has been adapted specifically for their health benefits.
The gentle stretching and relaxing of the limbs increases flexibility
The slow, gentle rotation of the body massages the spine and
internal organs.
The repeated transferring of weight from one foot to the other helps to improve balance, muscle strength and bone health.
Together, they help improve the circulatory system as well as the digestive, lymphatic and nervous systems.
The slow movements help to focus on the present and concentrate on the next move. This may aid memory.
The tai chi practice is a form of meditation in movement
Tai chi can be practiced by all ages and abilities.
Scientific studies have shown
that regular tai chi practice over time may have significant health benefits.
These include:
Reduced blood pressure
Improved sense of well-being and coordination
Reduction in stress
Improvements in physical and mental well being
Reduced falls in the elderly
Improvements in chronic pain
Tai chi can be practiced anywhere and anytime both indoors and outside.
Requires no special equipment or clothing.
It is important to wear loose fitting clothes and comfortable shoes.
Bring along a hat, water and sun block if attending an outdoor class.
Please inform the instructor if you have any current pain in your joints or you are pregnant
If you have a medical condition, please discuss practising tai chi with your doctor.
The 108 moves are taught in a group setting. It takes about 6 months to learn all the moves. Each week a small sequence of moves is taught by the 3-3-3 method:
The moves are demonstrated three times by the instructor.
The moves are practiced as a group three times, with the instructor.
The moves are repeated three more times with the instructor observing and then giving feedback.
In subsequent weeks we add on more moves to those already learned
There is often an expectation by students that they should remember the moves. This is not the initial aim. It takes time and a little patience.
Our approach is that the moves will always be practiced as a group, who observe then copy what they see. We learn as a group – always with someone to watch. In time the first moves will be remembered and then built on from there.
Once the 108 moves have been experienced, the 108 continuing class will learn more about stretching and refining those moves.
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