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Tai
Chi Master Tsao in San Diego, a former champion from China with nearly
40 years of Tai Chi experience, brings you Tai Chi/Qigong classes in La
Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach, and Encinitas.
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Jesse
Tsao, internationally known Tai Chi master, Qigong therapist, and
alternative
medicine and wellness consultant, is the founder of Tai Chi
Healthways. He is specialized in the areas of self-healing,
preventive therapies, stress management and mind-body
wellness. Born and trained in China, he has been practicing
Tai Chi for over 40 years, including 10 years of intensive study with
world renowned grand master Li Deyin in Beijing, China. He
was the gold medallist in the Beijing Collegiate Wushu Competition in
1980. He is the 12th generation of direct-line lineage holder of Chen style Tai
Chi. He makes teaching tours internationally since 2005, Germany, France,
England, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Russia(Moscow), Greece.......
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With
over 30 years of
teaching experience, Master Tsao has dedicated his life to promote the
ancient Tai Chi and Qigong as alternative medicines to heal the modern
world. He provides services to several prominent healthcare
firms; conducts workshops,
group and
private
trainings;
and produces a series of instructional DVD
videos
and manuals
for all levels of practitioners. He also makes frequent
national and local television appearances. Master Tsao
coaches many athletes who have won U.S. national Tai Chi
competitions. He also certifies
Tai Chi
instructors
worldwide.
Master Tsao
is
the creator of Compact
Tai Chi™. An
article titled "Compact Tai Chi is a Perfect Fit" in the San Diego
Union-Tribune praised his special design as a perfect fit in corporate
wellness program.
Master
Tsao was
born in
Penglai, in the Shandong Province of China. He was exposed to
the rich Taoist culture in his hometown. Taoist healing and
self-defense skills made a great impression on him. He
started training at 7 years old with Tao masters among the folk people
of the country. He learned Taoist breathing methods,
stretching techniques, energy collecting and nourishing, as well as
kung fu. He later spent 10 years of intensive study with the
world-renowned Professor
Li Deyin (click for lineage) in
Beijing, China. He is a formal disciple of
Chen
Style Tai Chi grandmaster Chen
Zhenglei (click
for lineage). Master Tsao has also gained knowledge
from
workshops with Grandmasters Chen Xiaowang, Chen Zhenglei, Zhu Tiancai,
Abraham Liu, and Daniel Lee. He has also taken advice from
meetings with Wu Bin (Jet Li's coach), Li Ziming, Wu Tunan, Zang
Hongxian, Chen Sitan, Su Zifang, and many more.
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Master
Tsao practices Wudang Tai Chi Sword
The
world-famous Penglai Temple in Master Tsao's hometown, Penglai - the
"Fairyland on Earth," where the legendary Eight
Immortals are believed to have achieved immortality through
their practice of the Tao principle
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with
Grandmaster Chen
Zhenglei, 2003
with
Grandmaster
Chen Xiaowang 2003
with
Grandmaster
Zhu Tiancai, 2006
with
Master Chen
Sitan, 2006
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with
Professor Li Deyin,
1979
with
Wu Bin, Jet
Li's coach
National Tai Chi Competition 2001
with
Professor
Daniel Lee (left) and
Grandmaster Abraham Liu (middle)
with Kong
Xiangdong,
China National Tai Chi Champion
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Master
Tsao in the late
1970s in China
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Master
Tsao
practices the spear in 1979
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the most influential grandmaster on Jesse Tsao's Tai Chi and Wushu
study.
Master Tsao
has spent 10 years of intensive study with Professor Li Deyin in
Beijing, China. Professor Li is the primary author
of the Standard Tai Chi Form 42, which became the first internationally
standardized Tai Chi competition routine. He is the Vice
President of the Chinese Wushu Association, and he served as Chief
Judge at the 11th
Asian Games. Below is the lineage for Professor Li Deyin:
Professor
Li is
the 3rd
generation of famous masters from the Li family. His
grandfather, Li Yulin, was the first generation to study martial
arts. He learned Shaolin and "xing
yi quan" from Li Cunyi and Hao
Enguang; he learned Sun style Tai Chi and Bagua from Sun Lutang (the
founder of Sun style Tai Chi); and he learned Yang style Tai Chi and
Wudang sword from Li Jinglin (a disciple of Yang Jianhou). He
became the president of the Shanghai Shangde Wushu Institute, the main
coach of the Shandong Wushu Institute, and the publisher of Harbin
Taijiquan Press. He gained the honorable title
“Pioneer of Tai Chi” in Northeastern China.
Professor Li
Deyin’s father Li Tianchi became a doctor. He integrated
wushu, medical science, and
tuina (massage) in order to
better treat his patients. His name and medical treatments became
famous all over Harbin and Heilongjiang. Professor
Li’s
uncle Li Tianji studied wushu from his father, Li Yulin, as well as
from his father’s masters, Sun Lutang and Li Jinglin. He
graduated from the Shandong Wushu Institute, became a college
professor, the executive of the Harbin Wushu Federation, and the first
chief coach of the China Wushu Team. Li Tianji has been
memorialized as one of the “Ten Best Wushu Masters of China.
In
1956 Li
Tianji
created the first standardized Simplified Tai Chi Form 24 and
Simplified Tai Chi Sword Form 32. Both routines opened the door of Tai
Chi to novices and non-athletes, and both are now extremely popular all
over the world. For this, he earned the title
“Father of Contemporary Tai Chi.”
Professor
Li
Deyin began
Tai Chi and Wushu training with his grandfather Li Yulin and uncle Li
Tianji when he was only eight years old. Tai Chi and Wushu
took him to all different regions and masters in China. He traveled to
Shaolin Temple and Mount Wudang to study from advanced abbots; he
sought out Master Li Jingwu to learn Chen style taijiquan, Master Xu
Zhiyi to learn Wu style, Master Sun Jianyun to learn Sun style, and
Master Hao Jiajun to learn Yang style and Push Hands.
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Sun Lutang, founder of Sun style Tai Chi
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Li Jinglin, disciple of
Yang Jianhou
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Li Yulin, Professor Li's grandfather
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Li Tianji coaching his disciples
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Li Tianji and his brother practicing
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Li Tianji with Ma Yueliang, Wu Yinghua, and Wu Tunan
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Li Tianji visits Shaolin and Wudang Mountain
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Li Tianji designing Tai Chi Form 24,1956
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Li Tianji and Professor Li practicing Wudang Sword
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Professor Li practices his form
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Jesse Tsao received private training from Professor Li in Beijing
China, 1997
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Private training by Professor Li at Tsao's San Diego home in
2001
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Professor Li's wish to Jesse Tsao to carry the Tai Chi tradition
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Testimonials
Kim
Gillespie, Attorney at Law I
have been fortunate to study Tai Chi with Jesse. The results have been
nothing short of phenomenal. Prior to studying Tai Chi, I suffered from
chronic back pain so severe that I missed work several days a month.
Since working with Jesse, my back problems have diminished
significantly. My range of mobility and muscle strength has also
increased dramatically. Furthermore, my ability to concentrate has
increased and my stress levels have diminished remarkably. I get more
work done in less time.
Patience
T. Huntwork, Chief Staff Attorney of the Arizona Supreme
Court In
a brief period of 6 weeks, Mr. Tsao effectively communicated the basic
elements of Tai Chi to a group of the Court justice's and staff who
previously had no exposure to a Tai Chi program. His program
was enthusiastically accepted by all participants, who came to value
his sessions as a means of reducing stress, increasing wellness and
mental focus and enhancing our overall professional and personal
capabilities. Mr. Tsao's unfailing courtesy, ability to
accommodate the working environment of a busy office, and eminent
qualifications as a recognized master of the Tai Chi art form, all
contributed to an overwhelmingly positive experience for our
office. We look forward to maintaining our contacts with Mr.
Tsao through occasional master classes as his travel schedule
permits.
Ray
Williamson, Chief Economist I
have been taking Tai Chi classes from Jesse Tsao over the last four
years. I have found his classes and the techniques that he teaches
helpful in encouraging relaxation and reducing stress as well as
providing exercise. Although taught in groups, Jesse's Tai Chi classes
offer sufficient one-on-one help and review to allow each student to
master the intricate steps and movements. I recommend the class to
anyone who wishes to improve his physical, mental or spiritual
health.
James
W. Heronime, Shodan, Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu Karate The
most amazing aspect of training in Jesse's Tai Chi [program] is how
quickly he can teach even novices the basic form. Normally,
Tai Chi students study for months before they know a form well enough
to practice on their own. After Jesse's first three-week
class, several of my fellow students and myself were able to remember
the form well enough to continue practicing on our own. I
attribute this directly to Jesse's ability to break the form into
logical pieces so that it's easy to learn and remember. Jesse
is an outstanding teacher, and I wholeheartedly recommend Jesse's Tai
Chi to you.
David A.
Wheatley, Attorney The
Tai Chi
classes offered by Jesse Tsao are of remarkably high quality.
His training in China has prepared him well for handling a wide variety
of students, from beginners to the more advanced. He shows
particular aptitude for dealing with older students who are just
beginning Tai Chi. He demonstrated enormous patience and
communicates his enthusiasm to students without compromising the
quality of instruction. His teaching reflects the best
standards in the field of Chinese martial arts. He is to be
commended for stressing the importance of basic principles and then
demonstrating those principles in clear examples of movement.
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