TOP 10 TAI CHI CLASSES IN PINELANDS, CAPE TOWN

Tai Chi is more than just an exercise for calmness and relaxation. It is a complex and highly developed art that gives the practitioner a feeling of enjoyment and satisfaction which goes beyond that offered by other forms of exercise.

The Kushido School of  Martial Arts is one of the oldest schools of Martial Arts in South Africa that can develop anyone that has no knowledge of Self-defence into being able to defend themselves effectively against many different types of armed and unarmed attacks.

Classes consist of individual and partner exercises that will gently develop your strength, suppleness and gracefulness while at the same time, focusing your mind, making you more calm and present.

Arnold Erasmus started Lao Kung in 2002 mainly as a Tui-Na practice. In 2006 the emphasis of the practice shifted to specialisation in acupuncture and moxibustion treatments as well as Tai Chi and Chi Kung instruction.

Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing I Chuan, Ba Gua Zhang, Chi Kung, Shaolin Gung Fu.Dr Michael McLoughlin has been practising Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for the past fifteen years and specializes in drug addiction and related illnesses.

Both Tai Chi Quan and Qigong is known as preventative therapy exercise. Although Tai Chi is slow and gentle and doesn’t leave you breathless, it addresses the key components of fitness.

Tai Chi is an accurate reflection of the natural order of things. As we draw current into the body, value is seen as it moves through the body. Previously its value had been in potential only. E.g. Hoarding money. It has no value if one dies.

Kushido Karate Do is South Africa's oldest school of Karate. The head of Kushido is Renshi Nico Bester (7th Dan). Honbu dojo (the headquarters) is headed by the Chief Instructor Shihan Lawrence Milward Bridges (6th Dan)

Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan classes are offered by The Academy of Chinese Martial Arts.

As an intuitive child, I felt a deep connection with nature, experienced a ‘knowing’, which I could not explain and had visions of future events. Growing up in the functional and scientific orientated German culture.