SEEKING TRUTH AS OLD AS MANKIND
We are a group of tai chi enthusiasts and guides who practice and instruct Tai Chi and Qigong classes, courses and workshops, for beginners, intermediate and advanced Tai Chi and Qigong students and regularly are found in around Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, Centennial Park, Coogee, Randwick and Central CBD. We continue since 2000 to offer tai chi and qigong classes, workshops and seminars. Larry Friedberg is the principal instructor for Taijisydney and has been fortunate to study with different masters of various disciplines ever since his discovery of taiji in the mid seventies in San Fransisco (Chinatown). He has (over the past 47 years) continued to train in the internal and therapeutic arts and with his senior students instruct Tai Chi workshops, courses and beginner classes in Sydney based on the teachings of the late Grandmaster HuangXingxian as passed on by the one of the worlds foremost instructors Patrick Kelly.
Self-awareness, and discipline improves our connection to our body – mind – energy sphere. Learning to absorb pressure helps to resolve conflict. Certain taiji and qigong postures stimulate, promote and control the energy flow through the meridians to joints and centres, directing and activating the coiled energy through the mind-body energy sphere to increase their elasticity; Improved skill, movement, health and fitness are initial benefits; Horizontal body movements (yang) represent the physical plane, while habitual activity is circular and meditation or inner stillness us vertical (Yin).
We perfect the form by increasing our physical skill through the movements and techniques. The movements express ideas of the universal Dao in the way that various other spiritual texts convey meaning and connection to original sources. We also learn to watch our flow of energy.
AWARENESS – ENERGETICS
We first activate the body-mind, then the mind-body sphere; we circulate the energy through the open joints with a deeper understanding of muscles and pressures; through various taiji and qigong postures and stances of the forms, we then stimulate the meridians and channels; and finally we refine ourselves through self-awareness, self-discipline and meditation.
We seek to integrate the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems – which we might think of as the respective energy-getting and spending systems of the body (and are also analogous to the right and left sides of the brain – broadly, the intuitive, poetic vs the analytic, controlling spheres) – through particular exercises which stimulate the flow of energy to strengthen the organs, tissues and bones of the body and, consequently, develop greater mental and emotional well-being.
As these systems become more closely aligned, the parasympathetic (yin) will be favoured, producing inner calm and peace. Knowledge and understanding of the methods, techniques, energetics and meditative quality of taiji can lead to wisdom. We can be revitalised, energised, sensitised, stimulated and refined to deepen our inner knowledge, inner calmness and peace.
We also train:-
The Late Grandmaster Huang Xingxian’s 5 Loosening up exercises
ZhengManqing (郑曼青) 37 Form
YangChengfu (杨澄甫) 108 Form
HuangXingxian (黃性賢) Fast Form (Quick Fist)
12 fixed partner push hands (Tuishou)
Our Team
Larry Friedberg
Zoltan
Malcolm
Anthony
Rosie
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Join us for a nine week tai chi course in the beautiful surrounds of Centennial Park Sydney or Grant Reserve Coogee. Other classes in Central CBD by request. Unwind and relax with our beginner and intermediate Tai Chi classes
Change by releasing body and mind tension
Tai Chi Improves blood circulation, moves stagnant energy and brings new renewed vitality. It increases blood flow, enhances breathing and improves muscle flexibility, joint mobility, balance and coordination, Qi (‘Chi’) is your life force or vital energy and by creating regular practice, you develop, refine and direct this chi throughout the entire body
Please Note:
Saturday classes – the first hour – are for both beginners and intermediate students. We train the first section of the Yang style short form – this makes learning the form a lot easier. The second hour is for students who have been practising for more than a year who stay on for advanced instruction which includes the 37 move Yang short form, push hands (tuishou) and the 108 move Yang long form..