T’ai Chi Practiced at the
Phoenix Taoist Center

T’ai Chi, in essence, is Taoist philosophy in motion. The solo form is geared to develop a person’s qi and central equilibrium, but also has the wonderful benefit of relieving stress and tension, preventing arthritis, and increasing the blood circulation for overall improvement and maintenance of your health.

The two-person exercises are considered a means of self-defense, but in reality they are more about teaching you “defense against your self.” Meaning, we get hurt when we are attacked or by our own mishaps because of our inability to react without bodily tension and mental fright.

From the practices of the T’ai Chi solo form and the two-person exercises a person can derive all the benefits of T’ai Chi.

Workshops in Your Area

Stuart Alve Olson is available to teach any of the
following workshops in your area. Please contact him
at stuartalveolson@comcast.net for more information
on rates and availability. Stuart is also available
for lectures and private lessons.

Types of Workshops

16-Posture I T’ai Chi (Two Days)

  • Detailed instruction for the 16-Postures I T’ai Chi solo form

  • Ten Principles of T’ai Chi Movement

  • Breathing instructions

  • Applications of each of the postures

T’ai Chi Qigong (One Day)

  • Detailed instruction for the 21-Movement T’ai Chi Qigong exercise

  • Instructions for Standing Qigong (Chuang P’u)

  • Four breathing methods for Qigong

  • Tsai Tui Qigong

T’ai Chi Sensing-Hands (T’ui Shou) (Two Days)

  • Warding-Off, Rolling-Back, Pressing, and Pushing

  • The Eight Styles of Sensing-Hands

  • The Four Movements Exercise

  • Principles of Sensing-Hands

  • Meaning of Sticking, Adhering, Joining, and Following

T’ai Chi Greater Pulling-Back (Ta Lu) (One Day)

  • Pulling, Splitting, Elbowing, and Shouldering

  • Four Movement Exercise

  • Four Cornering Exercise

  • Cheng Man-Ch’ing’s Four Movements

  • Master Liang’s Circular Ta Lu

T’ai Chi Dispersing-Hands (San Shou) (Four Days)

  • Detailed instruction for the 88 postures of the San Shou exercise.

  • Instructions of Receiving, Borrowing, Neutralizing. Enticing, Seizing, and Issuing intrinsic energies (jin).