Tai Chi Nashville
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We teach Yang style short form of tai chi chuan. The movements are widely acknowledged to help calm emotions, focus the mind, and strengthen the immune system. Practiced at a slow and even speed, tai chi promotes relaxation, straight posture, and balance. Tai chi helps us to stay younger as we grow older, thus making an outstanding contribution to our overall health and well-being.
We offer different courses in the teaching of tai chi. We start by teaching the Yang style short form in a series of three courses called the Beginning form. The first course is B1, the second B2, and the third B3. Other courses include Sensing Hands, Fundamentals, Intermediate, and the Eight Ways of Tai Chi Chuan™.
PRACTICE TAI CHI
Winter 2025 Schedule at a Glance
Winter Courses 2025
Beginning 1
Saturday 8.15 - 9.00 am
Start Date: Jan 04, 2025
12 Classes
Cost: $220 | Paid in Full
$25 | Paid per Class
Cost for Students Repeating
$120 | Paid in Full
$12 | Paid per Class
Beginning 2
Tuesday 6.00 - 6.45 pm
Start Date: Jan 14, 2025
12 Classes
Cost: $220 | Paid in Full
$25 | Paid per Class
Cost for Students Repeating
$120 | Paid in Full
$12 | Paid per Class
Prerequisite: Completion of B1
Winter Courses 2025
Beginning 1
ONLINE
Tuesday 11:00AM - 11:50 AM
Start Date: Jan 14, 2024
11 Classes
Cost: $150 | Paid in Full
All Classes held through ZOOM
MIN CLASS SIZE: 7 Students
Winter Courses 2025
Advanced Fundamentals
Tuesday 5.15 - 6.00 pm
Start Date: Jan 14, 2025
12 Classes
In Depth review and practice
Cost for Students ALL STUDENTS
$120 | Paid in Full
$12 | Paid per Class
Min students required for class is three. If we fail to meet the minimum, class rescheduled.
Prerequisite: Fundamentals #1
Fundamentals #2
Saturday 9.00 - 9.50 am
Start Date: Jan 04 2025
12 Classes
Cost: $220 | Paid in Full
$25 | Paid per Class
Cost for Students Repeating
$120 | Paid in Full
$12 | Paid per Class
Prerequisite: Fundamentals 1
Form and Push Hands Studies (Part 1)
Saturday 10.00 - 10.50 am
Start Date: Jan 04 2025
12 Classes
Cost: $220 | Paid in Full
$25 | Paid per Class
Cost for Students Repeating
$120 | Paid in Full
$12 | Paid per Class
Prerequisite: Completion of FUND #3
Private Lessons
If your schedule is limited and you want to learn or improve tai chi or qigong, schedule private lesson
TAI CHI PAYMENT
PAYMENT FOR CLASS
In Class: Cash, Check
Anytime: Venmo.
CLASS LOCATION
Friends Meeting Nashville
530 26th Ave N,
Nashville, TN 37209
General Inquiries
Our School
School of Tai Chi Chuan and T’ai Chi Foundation
At the request of Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing, the School of T’ai Chi Chuan was founded in 1976 by one of his senior students, Patrick Watson.
Cheng Man-Ch’ingGrand Master Cheng Man-Ch’ing (1901-1975) is known as master of the “Five Excellences”: painting, poetry, calligraphy, medicine and tai chi chuan. In the 1960s, he brought tai chi chuan to the West. The Professor’s form has become the most popular tai chi form in the West.
Patrick WatsonPatrick Watson (1935-1992) began studying with Cheng Man-Ch’ing in 1966. In 1976, Patrick founded The School of Tai Chi Chuan (STCC) specifically to train teachers to teach the Professor’s tai chi chuan form; in 1979 Patrick founded the T’ai Chi Foundation, Inc. which now manages all programs including teaching, training, research and development.
Tai Chi Shoes
Wearing cotton sole shoes for tai chi has an advantage.
Provide a good balance between grip and smoothness on the practice surface.
Provide stability while performing the intricate footwork and weight shifts characteristic of tai chi.
Facilitate the ability to pivot and rotate smoothly, promoting fluidity and ease of movement.
Allows for adequate airflow, preventing excessive sweating and discomfort during practice.
Most importantly, shoes are lightweight and flexible, enabling better sensory perception and a closer connection with the ground.
Size Information:
These shoes are sold in one sizing scale: Euro Sizes
Please use the chart to the left to help with ordering
Do NOT order Rubber Soled Shoes
Ensure you are ordering Cotton Sole Shoes
Honoring our Legacy, Inspiring the Future
Next year, the Tai Chi Foundation will celebrate a significant milestone—our 50th anniversary! As we anticipate this momentous occasion, I find myself reflecting on TCF’s journey thus far and eagerly looking ahead to the exciting possibilities that await us.
The Tai Chi Foundation was formed with a resolute mission: to improve health, well-being, and awareness through the practice, study, and teaching of tai chi and qigong. Over the past 50 years, we’ve watched that dream unfold, our community expanding across the globe, teaching and sharing practices that help people live healthier, more balanced lives.
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Tai Chi Articles
The Deeper Dimensions of Tai Chi and Universal Connection
In February 1950, in a letter to Robert S. Marcus, a father who lost his young son, Albert Einstein wrote: “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the ‘universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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Why Tai Chi Can Be the Ideal Path to Fitness for Beginners
At any given time of year, millions of Americans may find themselves looking for the right beginner workout with varying levels of enthusiasm. If you’re one of them, you may want to take the path less trodden (for Westerners, anyway) and choose a form of exercise that truly works for you and your lifestyle.
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