|
San
Diego Tai Chi Healthways hosts annual Tai Chi seminars and workshops in
the North Coast area of San Diego for renowned Grandmasters, such as Li
Deyin, Chen Xiaowang, and Chen Zhenglei.
|
|
"EXCELLENT
workshops
this weekend!!!!!
It is a privilege to study under such teachers as Grand Master Chen
Zhenglei and Master Tsao! Please give my thanks to Chen Zhenglei for
his willingness to share his extensive knowledge with us!" -Sheryl W.
Master
Tsao's
appearance on NBC News
Click
here for more comments about our workshops!
|
|
Events
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Indianapolis (March 10 - 11, 2012)

World Tai Chi Day 2012 (April 28, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Barcelona, Spain (May 25 - 30, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Moscow, Russia (June 1 - 3, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Brussels, Belgium June 4 - 6, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Germany (June 8 - 10, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Greece (June 11 - 14, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Somerset, UK (June 15 - 17, 2012)

Qigong and Self Healing by Professor Yu Dinghai (June 22 - 24,
2012)

San Diego Summer Tai Chi and Qigong Week (July 24 - 29, 2012)
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Spain and Germany (September 3 - 12, 2011)
 San
Diego Tai Chi Summer Camp by Jesse Tsao (July 26-31, 2011) (Photos
here!)
 Qigong
for Health by Professor Yu Dinghai (June 30 - July 3, 2011)
 Master
Tsao's Visit to France, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, and England (May
-
June 2011) Photos
 Master
Tsao's Trip to Indiana (May 7-8, 2011)
 World
Tai Chi Day (April 30, 2011) Photos
 Chen
Zhenglei's
Chen Tai Chi Workshop
(Saturday and Sunday,
December 4-5, 2010) Photos
here!
 Jesse
Tsao's Visit to Netherlands and UK (August 28-29 and September 4-5,
2010)
 Tai
Chi Friendship Potluck and Talent Show (Saturday, July 17, 2010)
Photos
here!
 Zhu
Tiancai
Workshop (Sunday, June 6, 2010) Photos here!
 World
Tai Chi
Day (April 24, 2010)Photos here!
 Master
Tsao's
Europe Tour in 2010
Photos
here!
 Annual
Tai Chi
Picnic and Talent Show
Photos
here!
 San
Diego
Healing Festival at Balboa Park
(May 2009)
Photos
here!
 Europe
(France,
Spain, Italy) 2009 by Master Jesse Tsao
Photos
here!
 World
Tai Chi
Day 2009, with
picnic! Two galleries of pictures now available!
 Grandmaster
Zhu
Tiancai Tai Chi Workshop
(June 29, 2008)
 World
Tai Chi
Day in San Diego (April 26,
2008)
 Grandmaster
Chen Zhenglei: Tai Chi Workshop in San Diego (December 8-9, 2007)
 Jesse Tsao on NBC TV News
 42 Methods of Tai Chi Fajin
(Power Releasing) Workshop with Zhu Tiancai 2007
 World Tai
Chi Day 2007: April 28th
Video and Photos here!
 Chen
Zhenglei Tai Chi Workshop 2006
 Bagua Zhang Workshop in San Diego 2006
Photo gallery!
 Tai Chi Picnic and Talent Show 2006
Photo gallery here!
 San
Diego Tai Chi
& Self-Healing Summer Workshop 2006
 Tai Chi/Push Hands Workshop with
Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai...
Video here!
 San Diego Grand 'Nationals 2006 ...
 World
Tai Chi Day 2006 ... Photos
Here!
 Jesse
Tsao's Visit
to Germany 2005 ...
Photos Here!......
 Chen
Zhenglei Workshop ...
Photos Here!......
 Tai
Chi Tour Trip to China 2005 ...
Photos Here! DVD
also available, click here
for sample
 Tai Chi/XingYi Workshop
2005 with Grandmaster
Li Deyin...
......
 Tai Chi Healthways won both Men and
Women's Grand Champion.........

Chen Style Workshop with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei 2004

Hosting Professor Li Deyin Tai Chi Workshop 2004

Chen Style Workshop with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei 2003

Chen Style Workshop with Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang 2003

Hosting a workshop with Professor Li Deyin 2001
Tai Chi Literature of the Month
Tai
Chi
Information/Videos of Tai Chi Routines
Master
Tsao in the News and National TV
Links
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Father Guy at
guyr0327@aol.com.
Saturday,
March 10th: 9:00am-11:45am:
Qigong For Health Part I
Saturday,
March 10th: March
10th: 12:15pm-3:00pm: Qigong
For Health Part II
Qigong is an ancient Chinese energy
practice that works on the body's vital energy by gathering and cultivating
universal energy from nature. Using the mind-body connection and easy to
follow body moves, impurities break away from the inner organs and stress is
released from the body. Master
Jesse Tsao, a Ph.D. candidate on Traditional Chinese Healing Art at Shanghai
Sport University will teach you Qigong as an alternative medicine for disease
prevention and promoting better health.
Saturday,
March 10th:
7:00pm-9:45pm: Silk Reeling
Silk
Reeling is a set of repetitive spiral movements with the arms and hands to
create inner energy circulation. It
is the foundation for Tai Chi practice. It
will develop your coordination and leg strength, tendon and muscle condition, as
well as release stress.
Sunday,
March 11th:
12:00noon-3:00pm: Old Frame Chen Tai Chi Part I
The original Chen style Tai Chi is the oldest
style practiced today and is widely acknowledged to be the ancestor of all other
styles. It is characterized by coiling movements, and occasionally explosive
releases of power. It is an ancient form which fully encompasses the Tai Chi
principles, from stillness via soft relaxed movements to fast and dynamic
applications, which can be performed vigorously or gently according to the
condition of one's body.
|
Flowing
Waters Tai Chi and Tai Chi Healthways jointly celebrate this event!
Potluck picnic to follow at
noon, so please bring a dish to share with tai chi lovers!
Location:
Rancho Bernardo Community Park
18448 West Bernardo Drive, San Diego, CA
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Victor at
mirck32@hotmail.com.
We will post more soon.
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Andrew at
andrewjoe@mail.ru.
Teaching topics will include:
- Tai Chi self-healing, longevity, and Qigong therapy
- Push Hands (Tui Shou)
- Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi and real usage of Tai Chi techniques in fighting
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Nadine and Marco at
nadinezenthner@msn.com.
Topic: Qigong Therapy
An ancient Chinese meditation practice that works on the body's vital energies by gathering and cultivating universal energy from nature. Using the mind-body connection, impurities break away from inner organs and stress is released from the body.
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Edward at
edi.werner@gmx.de.
Saturday, June 9, 2012: Qigong Essentials: 5 Animal Frolics &
Self-healing application
Five Animal Frolics is an ancient Chinese Qigong practice. Hua-tuo, the most famous Chinese doctor in ancient China, designed Five Animals Frolic based on Chuang-tzu'ss Taoist practice and traditional Chinese medical philosophy. He observed animals in nature and mimicked their daily activities to create movements for people cultivating life energy. Each animal form has a special effect on a human being's inner organ health: tiger form for liver energy flow; deer form for kidney; bear form for spleen and stomach; ape form for the heart; bird form for lungs. Five Animal Frolics can fully stimulate and awaken qi, the vital energy inside of our body, contained within the meridian channels and cavities. Through the stimulation and accumulation of qi, a person can clear out stress and sickness and may not only acquire a new sense of physical and mental energy, but create the conditions for longevity as well.
Sunday, June 10, 2012: Tai Chi Push Hands and Self-defense Application:
This seminar teaches all levels of skill in Push Hands, a two-person Tai Chi exercise. It is a practice to understand another's force in order to yield at his slightest pressure and adhere to him at his slightest retreat. Push hands provides a unique form of extended human physical contact. It teaches you how to touch and be touched in a way that is neither sexual nor violent. This seminar will teach you not only how to react to physical, but also mental "pushes" in our daily lives. Tai Chi classics say: "Let him attack you with great force, and use four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds, neutralizing him until he becomes powerless."
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Contact: "bill drougas" <bdrougas@yahoo.com>
Topics:
Form 42 and self-defense applications (6 hours)
Chi Kung (Qigong): Traditional Five Animal Frolics or Qigong Fundamentals for Beginners
|
|
Please e-mail for more
information: Vanessa at
VClark@somerset.gov.uk.
1, Tai Chi Bang: Review the basic parts and learn the Section 3 - martial arts application.
Tai Chi Bang gives you an object to focus on, making it easy and fun to get you the benefits of Tai Chi practice. This well-kept Tai Chi secret develops concentration, balance, joint flexibility, arm strength, and self-defense skill.
2, Tai chi Push Hands -
This seminar teaches all levels of skill in Push Hands, a two-person Tai Chi exercise. It is a practice to understand another's force in order to yield at his slightest pressure and adhere to him at his slightest retreat. Push hands provides a unique form of extended human physical contact. It teaches you how to touch and be touched in a way that is neither sexual nor violent. This class will teach you not only how to react to physical, but also mental "pushes" in our daily lives. Tai Chi classics say: "Let him attack you with great force, and use four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds, neutralizing him until he becomes powerless."
3, Chen Tai Chi Laojia Yilu (the Old Frame) - Section 1
This seminar teaches you the original Chen Style, which is the oldest style practiced today and is widely acknowledged to be the ancestor of all other styles. It is characterized by whole-body twining, coiling movements, and occasionally explosive releases of power.
4, Mixture of the 18 Tai Chi warm ups, and the 9 piece Tai Chi qigong.
|
|
We will post more soon.
|
|
We will post more soon.
|
|
|
|
San
Diego Tai Chi Summer Camp by Jesse Tsao
July 26 - 31, 2011

We had a wonderful time
learning, teaching,
and sharing at this summer camp. We have people from far
away, New York, Indiana,
Florida, Colorado, Puerto Rico, even internationally, Denmark, Germany,
Belgium,..... Click here for pictures, and read
what
others saying about the summer camp below!
"I am having a great time
learning with you and am so very impressed with the people I have met
at the summer Tai Chi
camp. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to
learn with you, you are truly inspirational!" --Michael R.
"Great first day! Very informative and invigorating. So much wonderful
new to learn and in such an enjoyable way. Great people and great
turnout-it must be who the Master is-right!!!!" --Georgette
"Thank you so much for having
this weeklong event and all of the care
and attention to detail you showed. I feel very lucky to have found you
as a
teacher. You are not only a great tai chi master, but also a great
human being
and a wonderful example for all of us"-- Michael S,.
"I've really been enjoying the summer camp sessions & find the
content very valuable & informative. You've been doing an
amazing job & I can feel how much everyone is engaged &
connecting to you & the material!! :-)" --Suzy
|
|
|
|
June 30 - July 3,
2011

We had a successful lesson with
Professor Yu
Dinghai on the Five Animal Frolics. Click here for the photo gallery!
"It is the first day, and I feel it is already
worth the money! My lower back was a bit sore from work, and it feels
sooo good now. The moves felt so good for me, even the simple ones like
extend the hand, tiger claw, fist. After few repetitions, I could feel
vibrations from the energy accumulated. My lower back and feet are
burning hot, and I think
I will sleep really well tonight...Really appreciate you sharing your
PhD adviser with us!" --Alain M.
Oh My Gosh!!!! This qi gong is so powerful! I feel
stronger, like my back and arms are in steel and I could do anything!!!
I definitely want to pounce on a prey! My energy is renewed and much
higher after the workshop! It does feel like we are taking a cleansing
and strengthening shower from inside." --Isabelle G.
"Thank you for hosting Professor Yu and translating
for all of us. Everyone there was very focused and happy throughout the
long workshop. The long Qigong practice was a great reminder of the
importance of slowing down and focusing on what is inside of what it is
you are doing. It was very cleansing for me." --Jason
|
|
Master
Tsao's Visit to France, Germany,
The Netherlands, Ireland, and England
May - June 2011

Master Tsao had a lovely visit
to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland,
and England this summer. Click on the photo for the gallery!
|
|
Master
Tsao's Trip to Spain & Germany
September 3 - 12, 2011
Master Tsao
had a nice trip to Spain and Germany. More pictures and
gallery coming soon!

|
|
Master
Jesse Tsao's Tai
Chi Trip to Indiana
May 7-8, 2011

Master Tsao had a lovely visit
to Indianapolis. Thanks to all
attendees!
|
|
World
Tai
Chi Day
April 30, 2011

Click here for photos!
We had a wonderful Tai Chi
Day. Thanks to all who came!
|
|
GM Chen
Zhenglei's Chen Tai
Chi Workshop
Saturday
and
Sunday,
December 4-5, 2010

We had a great workshop with
Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei. Photo gallery here! (or click on photo)
EXCELLENT
workshop with GM Chen Zhenglei this weekend. Without fail in
each workshop
I always learn new things to enhance my training. He is so
clear and so
detailed in his teaching! Thank you again for hosting this
workshop and
allowing us all to participate in this experience. We were
talking after
today’s morning session how lucky we all are to have access to such
treasures......."-
Sheryl W.
|
|
Master
Jesse Tsao's Tai
Chi Workshops in
the Netherlands and UK
August 28-29 and September 4-5, 2010
"We all enjoyed your visit very
much! You have such a good energy, that
it touches everybody that is with you. You're an interesting fusion
between the American
enthusiastic way of communication and Chinese modesty....."

Another great teaching trip to Europe! Meeting lovely people from
Netherlands, Belgium, and England; sightseeing in Den Haag, Amsterdam,
London, and the beautiful Somerset area of UK; tasting the famous
Holland raw herring fish like sashimi; enjoying the traditional cream
tea at Dunster; playing England countryside skittle game... You can see
lots more in the photo gallery here!
|
|
Tai Chi
Friendship Potluck and
Talent Show
Saturday,July 17, 2010
It
was a joyful gathering with lots of good
energy. We look forward to next year! Thanks to
Scott and
Vanessa for the pictures.

Click here to view the gallery!
|
|
Tai
Chi Workshop with
Grandmaster Zhu
Tiancai
from
Chen
Village, China
Sunday,
June
6, 2010

Click here for the gallery!
We
had a great workshop with Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai.
"...Please
thank GM Zhu a lot for us, we appreciate his honesty, humility and
willingness to share his immense skills with good humor!...."
"
......Just a note to thank you for the great workshop
yesterday!
Grand Master Zhu is such a treasure and I reallyenjoyed the
workshop....."
|
|
Celebrate
World Tai Chi
Day 2010
followed
by a
picnic
Saturday,
April 24, 2010

Click here to view the photo gallery!
Tai
Chi
Healthways and Flowing Waters Tai Chi jointly hosted this
year’s World Tai Chi Day event. Thanks to everyone who came!
|
|
Master
Jesse Tsao's
Europe Tour Photos - 2010
March
19-30, 2010
View pictures by clicking here!
Second galleryhere, more pictures: Teaching in
Holland
and Barcelona!
A great teaching trip!! From Netherlands to
Belgium, then Spain! I enjoyed every stop
and had fun with participants! More galleries to come
soon:-) Comments:
"Hi
Jesse, hope you had a great and safe trip back to
San Diego. it would be easy to thank you for all
the Tai Chi and Qi Gong that you shared with us
this past weekend here in Barcelona. But I never
expected to be thanking you for a life-shifting
experience. Thanks so much for absolutely
everything. You are a true Mast...." --Mikel
B.
"Thanks
Jesse for the experience. Now that I've seen
you I start to realize the power of Tai Chi.....
Your movements are spectacular!! But the best is
met people like you!! ;)
Best regards from Spain!! See you very very soon
master!!" --Alexandre & Feel Good
"Thank
you very much Master... This week-end was very
great! I have learned a lot thanks to you. You
have make me discover the big and fascinating
world of Tai chi !
I'm very happy to have met you. I wont forget you
and those days...
Thanks you very much." --Badaboy G.
"Master!!!Thank
you for this great weekend!!! People like you make
a better world!! Tank youuuuu!" --Jessica M.
"Thanks
for its involvement in the course.
That was a real pleasure for me!!
See you soon!" --Lou Y.
"I am still digesting your
intensive
workshop in Wijk Bij Duurstede and there are many
details (I am not even sure whether 'details'
is the correct word here) that already have fallen
into place in my system spontaneously. So you can
imagine I feel very fulfilled! In particular
the stability you can get from the use of the
tailbone (which I never have thought of as being
useful before....)
And having the chi flow fling out some movement,
which thereby spontaneously becomes super fast.
This is particularly useful in fencing.
And for the first time I have been able to really
use Jin by myself after the weekend, since you
gave this clear example of two people opposing
each other with Jang, which surely leads to
destruction because it gets totally off balance
this way since there is fire raging from both
sides and there is no neutralizing at all. But
this must also mean that it must be somehow
possible to neutralize this situation by the
correct use of Jin, which mobilizes neutralizing
energy leading to a more peaceful situation.
I have now understood that there is a big
difference actively using Jin here as opposed to
'not reacting'. In my work there is a discussion
that is soon to come, in which I will try to give
less Jang than I intended at first in order to
hopefully provoke a Jin reaction instead of
activating opposing Jang too much.
Furthermore what you were teaching us about using
different fingers in different movements, I
particularly liked ! You especially
emphasized the little finger
gathering energy back in and the thumb giving it
out. I found myself practicing this while sitting
in the train yesterday........ " --Gert C.
|
|
Annual
Tai Chi Picnic
and Talent Show, 2009

Our
Annual Tai Chi Picnic and Talent
Show was yet another amazing event. Thank you to all who
came! Thanks to Paul Potash for the beautiful
pictures. Photo
album now up!
- built by Alain. YouTube videos by Linda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF4cH96rBIw,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNGBnX-G5eQ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2rGWGSDkQQ,
|
|
San
Diego Healing Arts
Festival at Balboa
Park
May 2009

Tai Chi
Healthways participated this
year's San Diego Healing Arts Festival! We had a great demo
event at Balboa Park. It was a lot of fun! Thanks
to all who came! Photo
album now up!
- built by Alain. Pictures taken by Thomas,
Patricia, and Scott.
Video
Clip on YouTube by Linda
|
|
Europe
(France, Spain,
Italy) Workshops by
Master Jesse Tsao
May 21 - June 2, 2009

Master Tsao
had a very successful
teaching tour in Europe! Photo
album now up!
-- "You will have a vivid tour through my camera: from the beautiful
Paris to Annecy, France, the air is clean, the food is more tasty, the
strawberries and cherries are sweeter; the mountains are greener, and
Lake Annecy is the most clear lake I have ever seen! :-)
Barcelona, Spain, is a showcase of architecture! The whole
city went to crazy on May 27th when Barcelona's soccer team won this
year's Europe Cup championship!! Oh yes, the paella from a
traditional restaurant with 70-plus years history was good
too! Surely you will see the Barcelona harbor and beaches!
:-) Parma, Italy is the home land of parmesan
cheese! They showed me the real pasta and pizza!
:-) Best of all, tai chi practitioners make me feel at home
wherever I teach and stay."
|
|
World
Tai Chi Day in San Diego
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Tai
Chi Healthways and Flowing Waters
Tai Chi jointly hosted this
year’s World Tai Chi Day event. Thanks to all who came, you
are the ones who made it such a great success!
Photos are here!
Thanks to Jesse Tsao, Paul Potash, and Thomas Mellan, and Nathan Estis
for taking them!
Click here to see
Gallery 1
Click the
picture to go
to Gallery 2!
(opens in a new window)
|
|
Grandmaster
Zhu Tiancai
Tai Chi Workshop in
San Diego
Sunday, June 29, 2008


Another
awesome fabulous workshop
yesterday! I can see the New Frame will add a whole new level to my tai
chi practice. GM Zhu is an absolute treasure! I loved the pace,
explanations and precise details of all of the movements. The emphasis
on coiling/spiraling, subtle differences in weight shifts and movements
... and that oh so awesome jump that I can't do yet but just have to
get ... well, suffice it to say ... I really like the New Frame and am
looking forward to learning more! Hopefully someday I will be able to
do more than just dance my way through it ;-)
ñSheryl W.
Thank you so much for today's workshop. It's the first time I seen
grandmaster Zhu Tiancai, and he is great. He has a very good, powerful
and gentle energy! Even when showing chin-na he didn't want to hurt. He
shared a lot and worked us hard!
Xin Jia is interesting, but it is a whole new world! It is clear it
requires a lot of skills to move the qi around, that can only be
developed with a lot of practice. It was very good to practice very
slowly, with all the details. The silk reeling in the afternoon were
GREAT. After some time, I could really feel the benefit of all the
coiling, big and small. --Alain
M.
What an energetic man Grand Master Zhu Tian Cai is!!!! It was a
pleasure meeting him, he has a great energy and a very nice and
pleasant personality. He shares, explains and details very well. It was
so easy to follow when he was standing just in front.
He never tires! What an explosive energy!
I enjoyed the workshop as I learnt a lot of detail and a lot of
postures. I enjoyed the silk reelings that we started with in the
morning and afternoon a lot! I wish we had continued longer as I was
starting to feel a lot of qi and understand the way to move the
waist... . I would like to spend more time on the "small circles" and
the links in between each move. I was not aware of it right after the
workshop but I felt an energy shift thanks to the workshop.
Spending a whole day learning and practicing taiji opened up my energy
level. This shows me that I "need" taiji. We all have busy and
stressful lives, taiji is necessary to erase and smoothen the stress,
strengthen our health and help us see the "half full glass" as opposed
to the half empty glass :-)
---Izabelle M.
I really enjoyed the training and was very impressed with the skill
level of both grandmaster Zhu Tiancai and yourself! Sometimes it is
difficult to find people interested and skilled in the real martial
arts who have a good character and are willing to openly share. There
are a lot of people around with "watered down" systems and only limited
knowledge of realistic applications or people who can fight but are too
violent and of poor character or are just in it to make money. So I
feel very lucky to have found you! --Michael
S.
|
|
World
Tai Chi Day in San Diego
Saturday, April 26, 2008
We had
another great
Tai Chi Day party. See link for more photos--thanks Alain,
Dale and Lori for the photo contribution! Thanks to Alain
for putting photos together.

Click
here
for the
gallery!
|
| San Diego, CA
December 12,
2007óSan Diego-based Master Jesse Tsao and Tai Chi
Healthwaysô recently hosted a workshop by Grand
Master Chen Zheng Lei of Henan, China. The two-day event held on
December 8 and 9 drew participants from across the United States.
Commenting on the event, Master Jesse Tsao noted,
ìAll tai chi styles can be traced back to the Chen
style. Grand Master Chen is the 19th
generation of the family, and the 11th
generation to pass on traditional Chinese art
form.î Participants, both new to tai chi
and well as advanced practitioners, remarked that learning directly
from Grand Master Chen was an experience all would treasure.
Highlights
of the workshop
included detailed
explanation by the Grand Master on Chen philosophy and its application
in health, longevity, and self-defense. Two special performances by the
Grand MasterÃs daughter, Chen Yuan Yuan, drew
applause and appreciation by participants and guests.

Workshop Video: Click Here
Click
the link below to
download your own
photo of "Receiving Certificate". Thanks to Alain Mellan for
taking the photos:
http://gallery.mac.com/thalisa#100023
|
|
42 Methods of
Tai Chi Fajin (Power Releasing)
Workshop with Zhu Tiancai in San Diego
Sunday, April 29, 2007
The
workshop with
Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai was a great experience.
Click here
for the photo gallery! (Thanks to Roman Klimenko)
|
|
World Tai Chi
Day: April 28th, 2007
"That
was quite a
meaningful day with all the Tai Chi enthusiasts and meeting your
students. It's a wonderful group of very fine
people. I especially like Larry he was so present and
engaging with his great spirit. Your style at the end was the
hit of the day. We look to you for mastering our own
skills. Tai Chi certainly does give one opportunity to find
places within and define deeper places within one's self. I
found one that day. It was so neat!!" --Barbara N. Click
here
for
the
photo
gallery (Thanks to Dolores Casile!)
Video
clips here! (.wmv
streaming format, .
|
|
Tai Chi
Workshop with Chen Zhenglei
Saturday and Sunday, December 9-10, 2006
We had
another
wonderful workshop with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei. Thank you
to all who came!
"This
weekendÃs Chen workshop was the best ever for me!
Now that I have completed the forms,I can focus on refining and
deepening my understanding of each posture. Thanks again for your part
in hosting the workshop and for all of your efforts in teaching us.
†I appreciate you and the open, humble
spirit that you embody!
--Larry C.
"Thanks
for hosting
another incredible workshop with Grand Master Chen! It is such an honor
to learn about the
Chen†family's†amazing
art directly from the source. Each workshop reveals another level to
study and explore. The hands-on posture correction was also extremely
helpful ... amazing the difference†one
small change in posture/alignment makes in the internal flow of
chi!"
--Sheryl W.

Click
here
for the
picture gallery!
|
|
Bagua
Zhang
Workshop in San Diego
Sunday, September 10th,
2006
with Su Zifang
Our
workshop with Su
Zifang was enlightening for all who came.
"FUN
workshop
yesterday with Master Su Zifang... my legs are still feeling the burn
this morning:) Good workout and I was a bit surprised that I
could really feel the qi quite strongly in the routine. I
think I am really going to like Bagua! Master Su's
performance was beautiful...I want to have that leg strength when I'm
58!!!" --Sheryl W.

Click for more photos!
|
|
Tai Chi
Picnic and Talent Show 2006
A great
picnic and
talent show in our Tai Chi community! Special thanks to our
event MC and performer, Larry Cammarata, and the others who shared
their talent: Melissa and Evan, Brady, Marianne, Nikki, David and Dan.
Click
Here
for Photos
(64 in gallery)
|
|
San
Diego Summer
Tai Chi & Self-Healing Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16, 2006
We had
a very
successful workshop with Sifu Xiao Pu Quan, Jesse Tsao, and Katharine
Iskrant! Here are some photos of the event.
"Wonderful
workshop. I learned so much over the 2 day weekend and
enjoyed being with so many enthusiastic and great people.
Thank you for all the work you did to make it so successful".
--Georgette C.
"I just
needed to
write and say thank you for the awesome workshop.
I feel so rejuvenated and enthused. I learned many things that will be
useful
in working with the patients here at the clinic." -- Pam B.
"Dear
Master Tsao,
Thank you so much for organizing the self healing workshop. I am very
grateful to you and Sifu Xiao for sharing your knowledge.
I don't know if I can explain the significance of the event..."
--Marianne
Click Here Photos
|
|
Workshop with
Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai
June 11, 2006
We had
a short-notice
but still successful workshop with Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai.
He became an honorary advisor of Tai Chi Healthways - we are lucky to
have such a high-caliber grandmaster as our guide! Click
for many more photos!
Click here for a
video clip of the
event! (6:35, 16.7 MB
streaming WMV)
Note:
The thumbnails
look different, but the actual photos are super. Just click on one to
see the photo.
"Jesse
-- Many, many
thanks for hosting ANOTHER workshop filled with Tai Chi treasures! Each
workshop introduces me to new levels and insights about this incredible
art. There is always so much more to learn! Please convey my thanks to
Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai for being so friendly and so willing to share
his extensive knowledge of Chen style. Ahhhhhhhhh ... love that
fajin!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT for next year's workshop :)"
-Sheryl W.

Photo
Gallery (28
pictures total)
|
|
San Diego
Grand International Martial Arts Competition
We had
five people
competing in twenty events, with a total of 14 gold medals, 5 silver,
and 1 bronze. Sheryl Wilde won the International Grand
Champion (see photo on right) and was elite winner in both bare-hand
and weapons routine! She is invited to the International
Competition in Florida's Disney World later this year.
Congratulations!
Results
Sheryl Wilde: 9 gold, 1 silver
Karl Newmeyer: 2 gold, 3 silver
David Moreno: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Jamie Ding: 1 gold
Jeffrey Tsao: 1 gold

Gold
medallists
receiving their awards. From left: Tsao, Ding, Newmeyer, Moreno.
|
|
World Tai
Chi/Qigong Day 2006
We had
a successful
World Tai Chi/Qigong Day. Click
for many more photos!
"This
was a great
togetherness for all Tai-Chi aficionados which should happen more often
through your leadership. I did not only find a great
teacher in you but also a friend." -Dan
"Thanks
for hosting a
great World Tai Chi Day today, Jesse!â€
Awesome demonstration you gave!!!†Can't
believe you just ad-libbed that!†And I
wanted to share what I heard†said by many
students throughout the day: "We are so lucky to have Jesse as a
teacher!†He is a treasure." It's always
such fun getting together with others who share a love of Tai
Chi." -Sheryl W.

Photo
Gallery (145
pictures total)
|
|
Master
Tsao's Workshop in
Germany
Master Jesse Tsao
taught a Tai Chi/Qigong workshop in Germany on November 25 through 27.
"Thank you very much
for the wonderful workshop you gave. Everybody enjoyed
it...You left a lot of good chi for us here." -Simone O.

Click
here
for more
photos!
|
|
Chen Workshop
with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei
November 12 - 13, 2005
We
had a successful
workshop with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei. Thank you to all who attended!
"EXCELLENT
workshops
this weekend!!!!!
It is a privilege to study under such teachers as Grand Master Chen
Zhenglei and Master Tsao! Please give my thanks to Chen Zhenglei for
his willingness to share his extensive knowledge with
usÖ" -Sheryl W.
Click
here for more comments about our
workshops!
Click
here
to browse
100 photos!
|
|
Tai Chi Tour
Trip to China
August 18 - 28th, 2005
The
trip was an
incredible Tai Chi experience for all who attended. We
visited the Chen village, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace,
the Shaolin Temple, terra-cotta soldiers in Xian, the Yellow
River...See below for comments and photos about the trip (more to
come)!
Dear Jesse, Thank you
for a wonderful journey. You are an example to all your
students for patience, consideration and tolerance. A very
special man. We had a great adventure and will cherish the
memory.
It was the most
wonderful experience of our lives. Bob said he felt such love and
peaceful chi the most of his life. It's true, Jesse. I know you could
feel it too. --Pat & Bob
I just wanted to take
a moment to thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience the
unique people, culture and history of China. It was a journey full of
moments and memories that I will remember and treasure for a lifetime.
I really appreciate all the hard work you put into giving all of us
such a remarkable, memorable adventure. Once again, I am struck by what
a good and generous person you are and how much we can all learn from
you. Tai Chi is not simply a method to study martial arts or even to
improve health Ö it is truly a way of life
Ö and you exemplify that way of life. We are
lucky to have you as a teacher.--Sheryl
Click
here
to browse
300+ photos!
|
|
|
|
We had a successful
Tai Chi and XingYi Workshop 2005 with Grandmaster Li Deyin.
Thanks to all who participated!


|
|
There
were 4 students
who participated in this year's San Diego Grand Nationals: Sheryl
Wilde, Karl Newmeyer, Yibin Wang, and Shirley Gao. They won 13 gold
medals, 8 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal collectively. Sheryl Wilde
won Women's Grand Champion, Karl won Men's Grand Champion.
Congratulations to all of them!

his
student Karl
Newmeyer with 2 gold medals and 5 silver medals, men's Grand Champion
(2005)

his
student Sheryl
Wilde with 7 gold medals and 2 silver medals, women's Grand Champion
(2005)
|
|
Chang
San-Feng: The
Theory of Tai Chi
In any action, the
whole body should be light and agile.
One should feel that all of the bodyÃs joints are
connected with full linkage.
Qi should be stirred. The spirit of vitality, or shen, should be
concentrated inwards.
Do not show any deficiency, neither concavity nor convexity in
movement.
Do not show disconnected movement.
The jin is rooted in the feet, bursts out in the legs, is controlled by
the waist and functions through the hands.
From the feet to the legs, legs to the waist; all should be moved as a
unit.
By moving as a unit, one can advance or retreat with precise timing and
have the most advantageous position.
If precise timing and good position are not achieved and the body does
not move as a unit, then the waist and legs need more development; they
may not be strong or flexible enough.
This often shows when moving up or down, backwards or forwards.
Where there is something up, there must be something down.
Where there is something forwards, there must be something backwards.
Where there is something left, there must be something right.
If one intends to move up, one must simultaneously show a contrary
tendency (downwards) and loosen the roots, so that it can be easily
pushed off.
One must distinguish substantiality from insubstantiality.
Where there is substantiality, there must be insubstantiality.
In all ways, one has to distinguish one from the other.
The whole body should be linked together through every joint; do not
show any interruptions.
(Another Version)
At the start of any movement, all parts of the body are called upon to
move and act agilely.
They should be functionally and sequentially linked through out the
body.
The chi should be stirring, and vital force is concentrated inwardly.
There should be no deficiency nor pitfalls; no concavity nor extension.
The strength is rooted in the feet, bursts out the legs, is dominated
by the waist, and exhibited in the fingers.
Only when the feet, the legs, and the waist are organized as their
functional integrity,
you are then able to catch the optimum moment and advantageous position
whenever you are confronted with an opponent.
If you fail in holding the optimum moment and advantageous position,
your body will be in disorder, and strength will be dispersed.
The cause of this fault must be sought from the waist and legs,
whether the distortion is on top or below, in front or behind, or to
the left or right.
And all of these use the mind, not in the outward forms.
If there is something on the top, there must be something below;
if there is something in front, there must be something behind;
if there is something in the left, there must be something in the
right.
Like pulling a tree out of the earth, it will be much easier if the
root has been shaken and loosened first.
The changing of solid and void must be distinct.
There is solid and void in any movement, and any movement consists of
void and solid.
The chi and strength link throughout the body without interruption.
|
|
Website
Links
Grandmaster
Chen Xiaowang
Mountain
Waters Tai Chi
Jet
Li
Gianni
de Nittis Kung Fu
Violet Li
Victor
FC Tai Chi (Barcelona, Spain)
Patrick
Sifenos (Tai Chi Oracle)
Vanessa Clark: Tai Chi bamboo bang
Paul Clark - Personal Trainer in Bridgwater,
UK
Rich
Adzgowski, (FL Tai Chi in Colorado)
Alternative Resources Directory
Martial
Arts Kung Fu Fighting Tips
Simone
Otto, Acupuncturist
Nel van Biezen (Netherlands)
Wude
School (Germany)
Mario Poehl (Germany)
Air/Water
Purifiers
Online
Health Resource
Health
Directory/Resource
Health
Directory/Resource 2
Flowing
Waters Tai Chi
Warrior
Crafts
Tai
Chi Class
Sifu
Yijiao Hong
Dr.
Larry Cammarata
Rooted
Living
White
Eagle
Tai
Chi Reiki
|
Master Jesse Tsao in
the News
Master Tsao's
appearance on NBC News
Master
Tsao
on National TV,
May 2005 (streaming, 9.97 MB)
Download directly here
(31.1 MB, .wmv format)
Qi Magazine
(Summer 2004)
The
San Diego Union Tribune (Apr. 26
2003)
The
San Diego Union Tribune (Apr. 11
2003)
The
San Diego Union Tribune (Nov. 9
2001)
Del
Mar Times (Apr. 12 2001)
The
San Diego Union Tribune (Mar. 12
2001)
Del
Mar Times (Mar. 16 2000)
The
Wrangler - Chandler, AZ (Oct. 3
1998)
Tai
Chi Healthways
5051 Sterling Grove Lane, San Diego, CA 92130
(858)
793-8939,
e-mail: Jesse@TaiChiHealthways.com

Tai
Chi
About
Founder
Classes
Tai Chi
DVD Qigong DVD
Certification
Lineage
& History News
& Link
|
|
Comments
I wanted to
extend
my sincere gratitude for this past weekend's workshop. Although Chen
style was brand new to me, I received a great deal of knowledge from
you and grandmaster Chen. I am very eager to begin learning Chen style
in earnest, as it reminds my of my younger days studying praying mantis
kung-fu. The balance between the hard and soft is excellent. And I
cannot believe the workout I got from this weekend - the last time I
was this tired after a seminar was from a Muay Thai seminar, where you
expect to get a great workout; this weekend was a surprise to me, I
must admit.
Please also extend this gratitude to grandmaster Chen Zhenglei for me -
he is an exemplary martial artist and exudes the qualities of a true
master. What a gift to receive training from both of you at the same
time.
Best Regards,
Michael M.
Dear Sifu
Tsao,
Thank you very much for letting me join the workshop on the past
weekend. It was very inspiring event and such an honor to be in the
class of the Grand Master Chen. The classes on Silk Wheeling and Lao
Jia as well as Pauchoi were very instructive and I learned so much!
(Although I was too chicken to ask questions, I could learn a lot from
the questions that people in the class asked and Master's answers.) I
wish we had three days so that Master Chen can teach us more about Pao
Chui, but I understand his time and your time was limited:-) Once
again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to join the workshop.
Also, it was great pleasure meeting your wonderful students in your
classes. I was amazed to see how eager they are to learn about Tai chi.
The experience at the event will be something that I will treasure for
a long time.
Best Regards,
Tomone T.
Jesse, It's a
BIG
thanks to YOU for hosting the workshop, which is "lifeblood" for
students like myself! Without you, many of us could never see such
great masters so often. I'm always re-invigorated and inspired. And the
photos are GREAT! Thank you!
Bill E.
Master Tsao,
Thank you for hosting the wonderful workshop and putting up the
workshop
photos on your website. Your energy and active participation from
translating Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei's instructions to helping us all
learn the postures to hosting private lessons with Grandmaster Chen
Zhenglei at your own home resulted in a very successful and worth while
weekend immersion into Chen style Tai Chi.
I'd also like to say thank you for taking such a strong interest in
everyone who attended, even those who like me, were only visiting for a
weekend. You made us all feel like one of your own students. Your
dedication to helping everyone there learn the postures and making sure
that everyone had a chance to be photographed being corrected by
Grandmaster Chen himself, made this a truly memorable experience.
Gary M.
|
|
|
|