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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. Other people that Alan Kan taught Tai Chi were our friends and sometimes 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 in the May - September timeframe. 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 10/1/09 - 9/30/10.

Monday: no classes.

Tuesday:

• Traditional Bagua Zhang Class (Part 3 section B), May 31 - Sept. 13, 2011
• Traditional Bagua Zhang Class (Part 3 section C), Sept 27 - Oct. 25, 2011 and Jan 3 - March 27, 2012.

Wednesday:

• Long Form Class (Part 1 section A), Feb. 2 - July 20, 2011
• Long Form Class (Part 3 section A), Feb. 9 - July 13, 2011
• Long Form Class (Part 1 section B), Aug. 17 - Oct. 26, 2011 and Jan. 11 - March 16, 2012.
• Long Form Class (Part 3 section B), Aug. 10 - Oct. 20, 2011 and Jan 18 - March 23, 2011.

Thursday:

• Traditional Yang Style Sword Class (Part 1 section A), Feb. 10 - Oct 27, 2011; Jan 12 - June 21, 2012.
• Staff Class (Part 1 section A), Feb. 3 - Oct. 20, 2011 and Jan. 11 - May 16, 2012.

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 ;. 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. A lot goes on in our region, and it would be nice if the AEA Tai Chi club website could help provide a bulletin board. We are starting with announcing the workshops of local area instructors that have had some interaction with our club. We hope to eventually provide a similar function for a larger community.

Last Modified: December 16, 2011