Please contact Master Jesse Tsao directly at [email protected] for private lesson schedule.  Master training fee at $160 per hour, can be shared with two or three people.

Saturdays 11:30a.m - 12:30 p.m.

Solana Beach/Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Outdoor Class)

This class teaches the traditional Chen style tai chi and all levels of skill in Push Hands (currently only Old Chen with mask and distance, Push Hands will resume after pandemic), a two-person Tai Chi exercise. It is a practice to understand another's force in order to handle his pressure and adhere to him at his 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. This class will train you the real competitive push hands skills, as well as classic push hands pattern. It trains you both the sensitivity and whole body strength. You will be leaner, you'll add tone to your body, and most important, your muscles and bones will be stronger. This is an on-going class, with part of the participants reviewing the Chen Tai Chi Xin-jia (new frame).

Saturdays 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

Solana Beach/Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Outdoor Class)

Traditional Wu style Tai Chi emphasizes parallel footwork and horse-riding stance, with medium-size frame and flat circle hand techniques. This is a ongoing class, and beginners are welcome because we formed a small beginner's group in this class. We teach the applications in both general well-being healthways and self-defense aspects at your preference. This is the traditional northern Wu style. You can see the clear shuai-jiao (grappling) tradition from its founder Wu Quanyou (1834-1902), who was an Imperial Guard officer of Manchu ancestry in Beijing's Forbidden City. Self-defense applications focus on sensitivity and reactions, grappling, throws, tumbling, pressure point leverage, and joint locks.

Saturdays 10:30a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Solana Beach/Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Outdoor Class)

Traditional Yang style Tai Chi is the most popular and widely practiced style in the world today. This style has slow, steady, expansive, and soft movements suitable for general practitioners. It is easy to learn! This is an on-going class, and beginners are welcome because we have also formed a small beginner's sub-group, and Yang Tai Chi Sword sub-group. We teach the aspects of self-healing and self-defense applications, from beginner level's simple movement to advanced skills in hidden strikes.

Wednesdays 11:30 am - 12:30 pm.

Outdoor Tai Chi and Qigong Class for Rejuvenation (Del Mar/Carmel Valley)

This class is suitable for everyone! No prerequisites.  Teaching is based on the body's innate ability to heal itself. Tai Chi 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.