Tai Chi Chuan is a Taoist internal martial art. It is learned within an ancient system of fluid, rounded, and balanced movements. Practiced daily, Tai Chi will promote spiritual, emotional, and physical equilibrium. This class teaches the form developed and made popular by Chen Man Ching, a short form of Tai Chi with 37 movements.

Beginner 1: The first third of the form will be taught. The teaching is progressive and depends on building on knowledge and practice from class each week. 

• Ages: 16+ years
• Location: Wulf Rec Center
• Dates: January 8 to March 13, 2025
• Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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Register for Beginner 1 Tai Chi Chuan

Tai Chi Chuan is a Taoist internal martial art. It is learned within an ancient system of fluid, rounded, and balanced movements. Practiced daily, Tai Chi will promote spiritual, emotional, and physical equilibrium. This class teaches the form developed and made popular by Chen Man Ching, a short form of Tai Chi with 37 movements.

Beginner 2: This class builds upon the knowledge and practices of the Beginner 1 class from the fall session. The class will finish the entire form. The teaching is progressive and depends on building on knowledge and practice from class each week. 

• Ages: 16+ years
• Location: Buchanan Park Rec Center
• Dates: January 14, 2025 thru May 20, 2025
• Time: Tuesdays, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

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Register for Beginner 2 Tai Chi Chuan

Tai Chi Chuan is a Taoist internal martial art. It is learned within an ancient system of fluid, rounded, and balanced movements. Practiced daily, Tai Chi will promote spiritual, emotional, and physical equilibrium. This class teaches the form developed and made popular by Chen Man Ching, a short form of Tai Chi with 37 movements.

Intermediate: Focuses on the refinement of the form and enhancing Chi. This class relies on the students having completed both the Beginner 1 and Beginner 2 classes.

• Ages: 16+ years
• Location: Buchanan Park Rec Center
• Dates: January 14 to May 20
• Time: Tuesdays, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

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Register for Intermediate Tai Chi Chuan

T'ai Chi Chih (TCC) is easy to learn, and doesn’t require a particular level of physical fitness or coordination. Consisting of 19 movements and one pose, TCC attracts the widest possible audience because even those with physical limitations can participate, performing the movements while seated (with some modification)… paraplegics can practice right from their wheelchairs and advanced students have reported feeling the same benefits by simply visualizing the movements in their heads!

• Ages: 16+
• Location: Wulf Rec Center, Spruce Room
• Dates: January 15 to February 19 and March 12 to April 9, 2025
• Times: Wednesdays, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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This class is designed for those who have completed the TCA beginner level and want to continue their practice.  Each session focuses on reviewing the entire Tai Chi for Arthritis form and working on other Tai Chi for Health sets, including Tai Chi for Osteoporosis, and Tai Chi for Memory. In the summer, we meet outdoors at Hiwan Homestead Park. The rest of the year we practice indoors at Buchanan Rec Center.

• Ages: 18+ years
• Location: Starting Sept 24, 2024, the Fall classes are held at Buchanan Park Recreation Center. Class will be held in the Miller House on November 5th. There will be no class on Thanksgiving.
• Dates: January 7 to March 4
• Time: Tuesdays, 10:30 AM -11:30 AM

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Register here for Alumni Tai Chi for Arthritis

Taught By:

Ellen Arnold is a life long teacher. She has taught all levels, from preschool through graduate school, and continues to teach the 3 online courses she developed for educators.  She has practiced various forms of tai chi for over 20 years, and been teaching Tai Chi for Arthritis for 10+ years.  She hold certification in several programs through the Tai Chi for Health Institute. She is joined by several certified teaching assistants who help to individualize the class for students.

This research based program has been shown to reduce pain, increase strength and flexibility, improve balance and prevent falling.  It features slow, gentle movements that can be done seated or standing.  Classes are cumulative, so that after the 16 sessions, participants can independently practice all of the warm up activities, the first 12 movements to the Tai Chi for Arthritis form and the 3 cool down activities.

• Ages: 18+
• Location: Classes are held in the Evergreen Room at Buchanan Park Recreation Center.
• Dates: January 7 to March 4
• Times:  Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

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Register here for Tai Chi for Arthritis Beginners

Taught By:

Ellen Arnold is a life long teacher. She has taught all levels, from preschool through graduate school, and continues to teach the 3 online courses she developed for educators.  She has practiced various forms of tai chi for over 20 years, and been teaching Tai Chi for Arthritis for 10+ years.  She hold certification in several programs through the Tai Chi for Health Institute. She is joined by several certified teaching assistants who help to individualize the class for students.