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WELCOME

YMAA Tai Chi Chuan of Wisconsin

Serving Milwaukee since 2003

Lake Park Church
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Fellowship Hall

Tai Chi Ch'uan & Taiji Qigong Classes for Beginners..

October 2 & 4, 2025

Looking to begin or renew a Tai Chi practice?  YMAA Tai Chi Chuan of Wisconsin has been offering classes since 2003. Here are the options:

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Beginners:  12 week Session introducing the Art Of Tai Chi Chuan. You will learn the 8 Basic stances and the First Level of the Classic Yang Style Tai Chi sequence which consists of 22 movements.  Introductory Tai Chi Qigong to support the Tai Chi sequence will also be practiced. Supportive Videos and Written Instructions are provided for the students self practice. Saturday Mornings, 9AM or Thursday Evenings 7PM.

12 weeks/$90.

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Continuing Tai Chi:  When the Beginner is ready to continue their practice they can enroll in continuing Tai Chi. The student will move forward from Part 1, to the Second section of the Yang style Tai Chi sequence. 12 weeks/$90. Saturday Mornings 10 AM.

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Benefits of Tai Chi

Practicing Taiji consistently helps you:

  • Rebuild and Create new neural pathways

  • Regulate Emotional Disturbances

  • Increase osteo-circulation for greater bone density

  • Engage in a social ritual with others

  • Improve Balance and Proprioception

  • Deepen and soften breathing

  • Strengthen the Heart and Circulation

  • Ease through minor aches and pains

  • Overall Flexibility

  • Better Sleep Patterns

  • Enhanced psychological state of mind

  • Achieve a heightened, aware, state of mind and responses

  • Musculoskeletal strengthening through weight bearing exercise

  • Release deep reserves of blocked energy

  • Love your body well enough to train it well

  • Discover unexpected capacities and insights

  • Find your natural comfort zone without artificial stimulation​

  • Develop a sense of opponent

  • Retain your center during urgent moments

What is Tai Chi Chuan ?

 

Classic Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan is a series of 37 Martial Art techniques, threaded together with emphasized repetitions, into a 112-form sequence.  The learning process begins with Level I, Level II, and Level III in succession. During the acquisition of the sequence a student learns to apply the 5 Regulating Principles:

 

  1. Regulate the Body

  2. Regulate the Breath

  3. Regulate the Mind

  4. Regulate the Qi

  5. Regulate the Spirit

 

Upon Completion of the 112 sequence of Tai Chi Chuan, the student will test into Beginning Push Hands drills and Taiji Saber drills to round out their Taijiquan experience."The Teacher opens the Door, the student must enter by themself."

​Students must utilize the resource materials for the Course, Videos and handouts to reinforce their learning between classes.

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See the list of Classes on the Schedule page to select your  training time:    

Classes

Registration is open for Tai Chi Level I Classes in October of 2025. Continuous registration is available for Wednesday Wellness/Qigong classes.

$10. drop in session or $90. for 12 week session. Learn more by clicking on the topics below!

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