Tuesday Classes
Ongoing Chi Gung Class
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Chi Gung ( also spelled Qigong or Chi Kung ) is a three thousand year old Chinese art of developing and using the internal energy of the body and the external energy of our surroundings. Through our Chi Gung courses you learn the fundamental processes of moving energy within your body. The practice of Chi Gung is oriented toward health and meditation. These practices will boost your energy, reduce
your stress level and awaken your body and mind. Once you learn a technique in one course, you can then incorporate that technique into the exercises from other courses and into your Tai Chi or other internal art forms. In this manner all of our courses are complementary parts of a comprehensive system of energy based on movement and meditation. Although they are complementary one does not need to practice Tai Chi in order to practice Chi Gung.
$40 per month
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Wu Short Form Level 1 and Level 2
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Level 1 is designed to teach the basic movements of the Wu style short form. The Wu style short form consists of a sequence of 18 precisely choreographed movements practiced in a slow meditative manner, taking about four minutes to perform. This sequence of movements is specifically designed to help you develop calmness, flexibility, balance, coordination, ease of movement and stamina.
Level 2 adds greater depth to the short form, releasing major contractions of the body while smoothing out major exaggerations. We will begin the work of balancing the left and right sides of the body, stabilizing the legs and spine and incorporating the cadence of bending and stretching into the form.
$40 per month
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Ongoing
Wu Style Long Form
6:00 - 7:30 PM
This is a class of instruction for the traditional long form of the Wu style. This is a powerful small frame form filled with internal content. This form was passed through the Wu lineage from Wu Chien Chuan to Liu Hung Chieh. Liu formally passed his lineage to Bruce Kumar Frantzis. Steve Barowsky who teaches the classes at the Center For Internal Arts is a senior instructor for Master B.K. Frantzis
Thursday Classes
Ongoing
Yang Style Long Form
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Las Cruces NM.
This is a class for the study of the Yang family long form. This is a very open comfortable form. The emphasis is on releasing tension, grounding, gathering energy and centering
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Ongoing
Push Hands and Forms Practice
6:00 - 7:30 PM
This class is designed to give students who attend the various classes a chance to interact and refine their skills. The first half hour of this class will be devoted to the practice of the various forms the student is learning including Wu , Yang, Chen, Taomao, Sword, Fan or the two person form. The rest of the class will be devoted to learning and practicing two person techniques of Tai Chi Chuan such as push hands (tui shou) and applications.
Push hands consists of the basic two person practices of Tai Chi. Push Hands can help you develop greater sensitivity to your own energy as well as sensitivity to your partner's energy. Push Hand practices were originally developed as a martial training method which bridged the practice of form with the practice of free sparring. These are simple techniques which develop understanding of the basic energies of Tai Chi. Push hands develop skill in basic qualities of Tai Chi such as neutralizing force, tracking your partner's movement and energy, issuing force, sticking, etc. The practice of Push Hands greatly improves ones Tai Chi form.
$40 per month per person or $20 if enrolled in any other class
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Special Wu Style Short Form Class
Starting May 13
This class is being offered at Hayashi's Martial Arts Acadamy located at 4780 Doniphan Drive. Classes will meet On Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. There will be 20 sessions.
The cost for the entire course is $200.
Private Classes
Private classes can also be arranged for individuals or small groups.
The instruction will be designed to meet your interests and needs.
This is the most efficient way towards self improvement.
Classes are tailored to your individual needs.
$60per hour for one person
$60 per hour for 2 through 6 people
$40 per month
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Special Wu Style Short Form Class
Starting May 13
This class is being offered at Hayashi's Martial Arts Acadamy located at 4780 Doniphan Drive. Classes will meet On Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. There will be 20 sessions.
The cost for the entire course is $200.