Internal Training
Tai Chi, Qigong
Our morning classes, our Tuesday evening and our Saturday sessions are the internal side of the art — structure, sensitivity, and the fine mechanics of how the body moves and connects.
If you have been drawn to tai chi or qigong, this is close to what you were looking for, with one difference: there is a martial art underneath it, and that art is always present. The internal work here is not relaxation with a Chinese name. It is the same skill the rest of the school trains, approached through touch and structure rather than through impact.
What the work is
You will work on linking the body so it moves harmoniously. On the soft skills — listening to a partner through contact, in push hands and sensitivity drills. On the small, precise details that, gathered together, are what the art actually is. It rewards patience and close attention, and most people who take to it find it quietly absorbing.
It is still martial. Push hands is application — reading pressure, maintaining structure, finding where a partner is not connected. Trained alongside the practical classes over time, this is the half that makes the whole art make sense.
"In movement find stillness"