Tai Chi San Diego Events: Free Taiji Qigong Workshops in North Coast San Diego

San Diego Summer Tai Chi and Qigong Week
(July 24-29, 2012)

Jesse,
Thank you for the last 6 days of Tai Chi instruction. You showed us so many subtle details of the martial art and opened my eyes to the depth of Tai Chi practice and application. It is a martial art for the intelligent strategist and requires a lot of mental focus and years of training to develop real skill. You taught us the importance of the basic structure and how keeping the qi flowing and unbroken leads to real strength. You also taught us that good instructors feed their students and nourish them so they grow. Being a good person is key to being healthy and becoming a high level Tai Chi martial artist. We are all very blessed to receive such treasures from you.--J.W.

Hi Jesse,
I finally got home after a few days on the road! but with great energy to apply all the great teachings I received in your camp. I had a great time learning with you and words can't tell how appreciative I am for your valuable lessons that I know will carry me through this journey into Tai Chi. I had bad teachers in the past and finding one with such integrity and wisdom is the greatest reward. I would love to come every year if possible and also get to know the form very well so next time I'll feel more confident. Thanks again for an unforgettable week....--S.R

Master Jesse, I want to thank you again for teaching me this past week! I learned many new things and had some misconceptions cleared up! Also, I learned a valuable lesson regarding using softness to overcome force. I pushed with a couple of guys who were very Hard in their approach to push-hands and they were easily "pushed around" so to speak. And the eight push hands tactics you gave us are great! Thank you!--M.O.

What a week! I feel I have learned so much. It will take a lot of processing, but I'm sure my taiji will move to a new level. I met so many very fine people. They are a credit to your great teaching skills. Before I came to San Diego I consulted the Yijing. I asked what can I expect from a week taiji teaching? The sage answered 58 Dui Joyful, and my reflections: Progress and joy, Stimulating conversations, friendship.--A.F.

Please accept my thanks for all your generously shared knowledge, skill and patience during the summer workshop. I learned a lot more in Push Hands than I expected (just one or two defensive wiggles to set up an offensive move, rather than the endless wiggling I was doing) plus clarity on double-rooting for the first time (not that I can do it very well, but at least I know my goal). Your Push Hands training sessions have helped me to move forward into the present as well as understand the essentials that can make improvement possible - so thank you for using your fighting skills with respect for the "children" in your charge! The coil/joint lock on the wrist pull-down combined with the pluck head lock was fun, so thanks for using me as your demo.
I greatly value your dedication to teaching the real treasures of Tai Chi Chuan, and how hard you work for all your students. --D.S.

Just a quick email to thank you for another unbelievable workshop. You truly are a wonder!! You have a rare ability
to teach the most difficult concepts and techniques in a plain and simple manner. You are always open and welcoming,
never intimidating, allowing us to absorb the material as best we can. Last year I learnt enough to work on all year, now I realize it's enough to last a lifetime.-- M.R.

The workshop was excellent. I have been to quite a few martial arts workshops and this was by far the best both in terms of the amount of information presented and the quality of the presentation. It was very well structured and organized. The taiji shi san shi was an amazing drill and your insights into the ba fa was really helpful and opened my mind to a greater level and understanding of tai chi. The push hands was great. You did an excellent job of breaking down the material into small, learnable steps and then gradually expanding upon them. I found it to be very helpful. You are by far the greatest tai chi player and instructor I have ever met. I appreciate that you do not try to hide behind magic and mysticism and present real, tangible and honest skills to your students. Most other tai chi instructors teach very unrealistic self defense applications but yours are very realistic, reasonable and intelligent. It is so rare anymore to find someone of such high moral quality in the martial arts like you who exemplifies the true spirit of the martial arts. I am also glad that your local students seem to understand and respect what a treasure they have in you and how fortunate they are to have you as a teacher! I wish that I lived closer so that I could train from you more often. I spent my long flights home writing notes on all the great information I got from this training trip!! I just can't compliment you enough on the 2012 workshop and am very excited about the next one!--M.S.

Everyone enjoyed your workshop. You give so much to it and your knowledge and experience comes from your heart to the students. I wish I had been able to be there more.--G. C.

Dear Jesse -- What a week!! You have been tirelessly teaching, showing us all the Way of Taiji, the spirit and how to attain it. I learnt a lot. I loved the Shi San Shi, understanding that they can also mix and not always stand alone. I appreciated the details in the Chen classes, the wave like moves, the applications reminder. I gained a lot of depth in my form in these two days. This re-kindled my Chen spirit!!! I really enjoyed the way you taught Push-Hands. You controlled the class perfectly and the different moves were introduced and explained extremely clearly. These exercises enabled the students to get a deep understanding of each move (control, connection, peng, whole body, rounding, softness, coiling, change, from the feet, caterpillar/ worm!!!…) and to try the moves with different partners, thus allowing for different ways to react and adjust. It was perfect! Many if not all were able to go back home with the ability to do the push-hands form, while understanding the reasons behind each move. All students seemed really happy and relaxed, and some were bruised :-)
Again, a huge thank you and looking forward to continuing learning with you. --I.G.

Jesse, the workshop was great, it has really given me ideas for my training. I want to do more two-person and applications work. Thanks again, for being such an excellent teacher, and for all your support --K.N.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"Thanks for its involvement in the course.
That was a real pleasure for me!!
See you soon!" --Lou Y.