Chen Style Taijiquan (T’ai Chi Ch’uan) - 337022

We will learn and practice the traditional Chen Taijiquan form Lao Jia Yi Lu (old style first set). It is a key conditioning and training form within the Chen Style taijiquan system and is the parent form of the other major taijiquan styles (e.g., Yang, Wu). The form contains slow continuous movements that utilize the reeling silk movement quality of Chen taijiquan. Reeling silk exercises will be used as warm-up and to teach the style of spiraling body movement, deep opening and closing of tissue, and postures used in the form. Martial strategies of Lao Jia Yi Lu include strikes (da), joint locks (chin na), and take downs (swai). This session will teach the original taijiquan form and practitioners that know the form will deepen their practice through refinement, safely and carefully practicing the martial applications, and through repetition.