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Classes

The AEA Tai Chi Club

A Tai Chi club was started by Alan Kan, a scientist and manager at The Aerospace Corporation, who had a long history of studying Yang style Tai Chi, (beginning with Dong branch of Yang style as a child). Many of the people in Alan Kan's group were employees of The Aerospace Corporation and the group soon became affiliated with The Aerospace Corporation as an AEA club, with special contributions by Stephen Tang.

People that Alan Kan taught Tai Chi remain our friends and sometimes we interact parts of other groups that he mentored. Our core practice remains Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, but we have members that study other styles of Tai Chi and other things.

Class Sessions

The AEA Tai Chi Club will be offering the following internal martial arts classes with Master Su ZiFang and Master Zhao Yun. Specifics will follow in separate email announcements for each of the classes. All sessions start @ 11:30 AM at Del Aire Park.

Class information is subject to change.

* IMPORTANT:  Class fee is based on 15 students.  If less than 15 students, then class fee will be higher.  Exact fee TBD.
* Non-members would need to sign up and pay annual club membership in addition to the class fee.  Annual membership fee is $15 (Aerospace/Air Force)/ $20 (All Others).  Current annual membership covers 10/1/12 - 9/30/13.

Monday: no classes.

Tuesday:

• The AEA Tai Chi Club is offering a LEVEL 2A Traditional Bagua Zhang class (startied on April 9, 2013). 
• This class is a continuation of the current LEVEL 1D Traditional Bagua Zhang class. Students who have prior experience in traditional Bagua Zhang can take this opportunity to joint the class.  The focuses for the class are:
  • Review, practice, and correction: training to build a strong foundation especially in the footwork and to reinforce knowing the routines well.  
  • Timing, speed, and power: training to execute the routines with mud-trading steps in a circle,  with correct speed and timing, and with power generation.  There will be some applications of forms practice.
  • Special training:  training to execute the routines from the opposite side (mirror image); training to know each form well enough to be able to break it  down into details.
• The class will be 16 sessions total, with a class session on every  Tuesday.  The fee for this class is $80 (15 students minimum). To sign up for the class, please send your payment made payable to the "AEA Tai Chi Club", to our club treasurer, C. T. Chu (M2/248), or give it to Sam or Helen in class.  For non-members, please include both the annual membership form and membership fee for FY13. 
• LEVEL 1D Traditional Bagua Zhang Class
  Instructor:                               Master Su Zifang; Master Zhao Yun
  Duration:                                16 Sessions Total 
  Location:                                Del Aire Park (located on Isis Ave. & El Segundo Blvd. behind Denny's restaurant) 
  Start Date:                             Tuesday, April 9
  Time:                                      11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
  Class Fee for Members:                $80 (student payment)
  Membership Fee (required):        $15 (Aerospace & Air Force Employees) / $20 (All Others)  ** 
  ** Annual membership fee is for 10/1/12 - 9/30/13 (our company fiscal year period)
  • LEVEL 2A Traditional Bagua Zhang CLASS SCHEDULE
    • SESSION #1      Tuesday, April 9 
    • SESSION #2      Tuesday, April 16 
    • SESSION #3      Tuesday, April 23
    • SESSION #4      Tuesday, April 30
    • SESSION #5      Tuesday, May 7
    • SESSION #6      Tuesday, May 14
    • SESSION #7      Tuesday, May 21
    • SESSION #8      Tuesday, May 28
    • SESSION #9      Tuesday, June 4
    • SESSION #10    Tuesday, June 11
    • SESSION #11     Tuesday, June 18
    • SESSION #12     Tuesday, June 25
    • SESSION #13     Tuesday, July 2
    • SESSION #14     Tuesday, July 9
    • SESSION #15     Tuesday, July 16 
    • SESSION #16     Tuesday, July 23 
      

Wednesday:

• The AEA Tai Chi Club is offering a  LEVEL 2A Traditional Yang Tai Chi Quan class (started on April 17, 2013).
• This class will be for practice and corrections with emphasis on a greater level of detail in the movements of the 108 forms of the Traditional Yang Tai Chi Quan. Students who have prior experience in traditional Yang Tai Chi Quan can take this opportunity to join the class.  The focuses for the class are:
  • Deeper Level of Understanding: training to have Peng energy in the postures, and better coordination of upper and lower body with movements becoming more circular and smooth.  Some form reference to applications will be demonstrated/explained.
  • Introductory Push Hands: training in some of the basics of push hands in one session every 3-4 weeks.The class will be 16 sessions total, with a class session on every  Wednesday.  The fee for this class is $80 (15 students minimum).  
• To sign up for the class, please send your payment made payable to the "AEA Tai Chi Club", to our club treasurer, C. T. Chu (M2/248); or give it to Sam or Helen who will forward it to CT.   For non-members, please include both the annual membership form and membership fee. 

LEVEL 1D Traditional Yang Tai Chi Quan Class
Instructor:                               Master Su, Zifang; Master Zhao Yun
Duration:                                16 Sessions Total 
Location:                                Del Aire Park (located on Isis Ave. & El Segundo Blvd. behind Denny's restaurant) 
Start Date:                             Wednesday, April 17
Time:                                      11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
Class Fee for Members:                  $80 (student payment)
Membership Fee (required):          $15 (Aerospace & Air Force Employees) / $20 (All Others)  ** 
** Annual membership fee is for 10/1/12 - 9/30/13 (our company fiscal year period) 

Thursday:

• The AEA Tai Chi Club is offering a  LEVEL 1 Xingyi Quan Class.  
• Xingyi Quan is one of the major internal Chinese martial arts.  This class introduces the Five Elements (metal, water, wood, fire, and earth) from both martial arts as well as health and fitness perspectives.  Students will learn Xingyi basics and all five elements routines.  This class also teaches students the relationships between the five elements and the human body, and how they are used to empower health.
• No prior experience with Xingyi Quan is necessary.
  • The class will be 16 sessions total, with a class session on every Thursday.  The fee for this class is $80.  To sign up for the class, please send your payment made payable to the "AEA Tai Chi Club", to our club treasurer, C. T. Chu (M2/248); or give it to Sam Jeng who will forward it to CT.   Please include both the annual membership form and membership fee if you are not already a FY13 member.
    
  • LEVEL 1 Xingyi Quan Class
    Instructor:                               Master Zhao Yun
    Duration:                                16 Sessions Total
    Location:                                Del Aire Park (located on Isis Ave. & El Segundo Blvd. behind Denny's restaurant)
    Start Date:                             Thursday, January 10
    Time:                                      11:30 am - 12:30 pm
    Class Fee for Members:                  $80 (student payment)
    Membership Fee (required):          $15 (Aerospace & Air Force Employees) / $20 (All Others)  **
    ** Annual membership fee is for 10/1/12 - 9/30/13 (our company fiscal year period)
    • LEVEL 1 Xingyi Quan CLASS SCHEDULE
      • SESSION #1        Wednesday, Jan 10
      • SESSION # 2        Wednesday, Feb 7
      • SESSION # 3        Wednesday, Feb 14
      • SESSION # 4        Wednesday, Feb 21
      • SESSION # 5        Wednesday, Feb 28
      • SESSION # 6        Wednesday, Mar 7
      • SESSION # 7        Wednesday, Mar 14
      • SESSION # 8        Wednesday, Mar 21
      • SESSION # 9        Wednesday, Mar 28
      • SESSION #10        Wednesday, Apr 4
      • SESSION #11        Wednesday, Apr 11
      • SESSION #12        Wednesday, Apr 18
      • SESSION #13        Wednesday, Apr 25
      • SESSION #14          Wednesday, May 2
      • SESSION #15        Wednesday, May 9
      • SESSION #16        Wednesday, May 16
        

  NOTE:  LEVEL 1  Yingyi Quan Class meets every Thursday for 16 consecutive sessions.  In the event that a session needs to be rescheduled (due to inclement weather or other special situation), we will continue with the above schedule and add an extra session at the end.

Friday: no classes.

We recommend the Louis Swaim translation of Fu Zhongwen's Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan from North Atlantic Books. ISBN I-55643-318-2.

Workshops

From time to time, the AEA Club Tai Chi Club puts on workshops. These workshops have featured world famous teachers such as Chen style family member Chen Xiao Wang, Push Hands specialist Dan Ethan Miller and Sam Tam (who was featured in a recent book on Yiquan). We have had workshops from our group and club founders, Alan Kan and Stephen Tang. We have also had workshops from several Los Angeles area instructors, including Jason Tsou, Gerald A. Sharp, Daniel Lee, Su Dong Chen, and Daniel Weng. More workshops are planned soon. (Add your name to our e-mail list to find out more about upcoming workshops by e-mail. We are happy to remove your name from our list if you ask us and we have no intention of sharing your information with anyone else.)

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Links

Teachers: Tai Chi Club founder, the late Alan Kan (left);. Stephen Tang (right); Jason Tsou ;. Gerald A. Sharp ;. Chen Xiao Wang ; Su Dong Chen;. Don Ethan Miller ;. Daniel Lee ; Sam Tam;. Daniel Wang: Su Zi Fang.

Magazines: Taijiquan - Lilun ; Tai Chi Magazine ; Qi Journal;

Stephen Tang is active in the Los Angeles aera Tai Chi community;.

We are located in the Los Angeles California area.

Last Modified: April 22, 2013