Weekly Tai Chi & Shibashi Qigong classes during term times with Zabeth in Yeovil, Somerset:
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TUESDAYS
Tai Chi classes for beginners & improvers
(Classes have stopped for the summer and will start again on 17 September 2024)
Tuesday afternoon from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm in the hall at Yeovil Recreation Centre, off Chilton Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4AW.
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WEDNESDAYS
Tai Chi classes for beginners & improvers
(Classes have stopped for the summer and will start again on 18 September 2024)
Wednesday afternoon from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm in the hall at Yeovil Recreation Centre, off Chilton Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4AW.
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Shibashi qigong evening classes
(Classes have stopped for the summer and will start again in September 2024. We are currently looking for a new hall as the caretaker in the hall we have been using is retiring and the school has now decided to stop hiring it’s hall).
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Tai chi evening classes for beginners, improvers & advanced
(Classes have stopped for the summer and will start again in September 2024. We are currently looking for a new hall as the caretaker in the hall we have been using is retiring and the school has now decided to stop hiring it’s hall).
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What is covered in classes:
TAI CHI – beginners & Intermediates tai chi sessions starts with warm up exercises, which are frequently qigong exercises, followed by qigong for the first half an hour. Qigong covered: Daoyin Qigong, Chinese Health Qigong, Shibashi, Soaring Crane, Winter Brocade, Yin & Yang Brocade, tai chi movements practised in a qigong way & much more.
Then tai chi pracrice such as Mrs Men Bao’s (the founder of our club) 10 Yang Style tai chi forms for new beginners, then learning the Chinese 10 and Standard 24 Yang Style tai chi forms for improvers.
The Advance section on a Wednesday evening will cover more advance tai chi forms such as the compact 24, 16, 32, 40, 88 Yang style tai chi forms, 18 & 32 sword Yang style, and also sabre Wu style, double fan & kung-fu fan 1.
Shibashi qigong sessions starts with warm up exercises, and then covering over a term different sets of 18 movements of tai chi qigong (Shibashi), as well as the Winter Brocade qigong, Yin & Yang Brocade qigong, and tai chi movements practised in a qigong way.
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Terms are 12 weeks and sessions run during Somerset school terms times, taking breaks at half-terms and holidays. All tai chi classes cost £6 per session payable by term. Shibashi qigong classes cost only £4 per session payable by term, or £5 on a ‘Pay As You Go’ basis.
As a teacher member of the Longfei Taijiquan Association of Great Britain, https://longfei-taiji.co.uk you have the option of becoming a member as well for £21 per year, which gives you personal insurance cover with the BCCMA (British Council of Chinese Martial Arts). This also gives you discounts on workshops they run in Potter Bar, north of London.
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