Tai Chi Grand Master Tony Ho Signs On As A Guest Instrctor at Body Design
CLASSIC TAI CHI By Grand Master Tony Ho
Newport Beach, CA – Some say Tony Ho is the “Tiger Woods” of Tai Chi. With a worldwide following, Tai Chi Grand Master Tony Ho has signed on as a guest instructor at Body Design, the women’s athletic and wellness center in Newport Beach. Ho will teach a one hour class at Body Design every Wednesday from 10:00-11:00a.m. and from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
“With all the stresses of today’s life, our clients are looking for ways to be healthy, feel good and to relieve stress.” says Susan Tobiessen, owner and founder of Body Design. “We are so excited to be able to introduce our clients to Tai Chi Grand Master Tony Ho. With his vast knowledge of the body and the power of chi, we are sure they will find what they are looking for from this master.”
Classes are sold in advance as a series of five, $20 per class, and can be purchased by called Body Design at 949.719.2600. Each class is limited to 12 people.
In case you want to learn more about Tai Chi and Grand Master Ho:
History
Tai Chi is one of the most sophisticated exercises in the world. Developed over four hundred years ago, Tai Chi is deeply intertwined in Chinese culture with the great benefit of improving one’s life with harmony and balance.
Over the centuries to preserve the purity of Tai Chi, the teachings have been passed down privately from one grand master to the next. Grand Master Tony Ho, a direct descendant of this tradition, has learned Tai Chi from the grand master above him, who in turn learned the art of Tai Chi from his grand master. This tradition has a lineage of only six grand masters with Mr. Ho being the seventh.
Imagine that you have never played golf and you are considering taking up the game. Your first teacher walks in and is none other than Tiger Woods. By that comparison, you will understand your luck in stumbling upon Tony Ho as your beginning teacher of Tai Chi.
Tai Chi is rooted in Taoism. Balance and yielding are very important. As the student progresses, the principles positively affect his life and through the years that student gains a better understanding of the depth and sophistication of the art while becoming more observant of the wonders of nature’s balance.
Benefits
The Chinese believe that there is an element other than air and blood that circulates throughout the body and space. This element is Chi. The principle of balancing the flow of Chi is central to Chinese medicine. Tai Chi is practiced to increase the amount and flow of Chi throughout the body. Many students feel Chi from the beginning of their endeavor. The feeling is wonderful and remains consistent in intensity with each practice session. By observing someone practicing the slow movements of Tai Chi, one can hardly imagine the feeling generated inside. It is a feeling that can be achieved only through participation.
Tai Chi is a longevity exercise. When people grow older, they become more rigid and less flexible. Many are eventually unable to walk comfortably without aid and falling is a serious danger and problem. Over the years, the Tai Chi student maintains youthfulness, walking flexibility and inner core strength. Tai Chi is the ultimate walking exercise. In China, it is not uncommon to see people in their nineties practicing Tai Chi as if they were in their midyears.
Tai Chi is extremely meditative and soothing while providing physical strength. Tai Chi is commonly referred to as walking meditation. There are few exercises like it. The concept of centering is very important to Tai Chi. One becomes more aware of the body’s balance and achieves sensitivity and feeling from the inside, the core, not through gross muscle movement, but rather through precise alignment and balance. Everything must be aligned correctly. The more one begins to feel inside, the more delicate and precise the exercise becomes, not through thought but through awareness and sensitivity.
Tai Chi has few requirements. The exercise can be practiced in an extremely small area such as a hotel room when traveling. The exercise requires no equipment, props or special clothing, although looser clothing and flat shoes are recommended One gains tremendous benefit by practicing only a few minutes a day.
Although Tai Chi is one of the most sophisticated martial arts in the world, to look at it solely as a martial art is to miss the additional enormous benefits Tai Chi offers. One can practice Tai Chi with no intent of applying it as a martial art but rather as an exercise offering tremendous meditative and physical gains.
Newport Beach, CA – Some say Tony Ho is the “Tiger Woods” of Tai Chi. With a worldwide following, Tai Chi Grand Master Tony Ho has signed on as a guest instructor at Body Design, the women’s athletic and wellness center in Newport Beach. Ho will teach a one hour class at Body Design every Wednesday from 10:00-11:00a.m. and from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
“With all the stresses of today’s life, our clients are looking for ways to be healthy, feel good and to relieve stress.” says Susan Tobiessen, owner and founder of Body Design. “We are so excited to be able to introduce our clients to Tai Chi Grand Master Tony Ho. With his vast knowledge of the body and the power of chi, we are sure they will find what they are looking for from this master.”
Classes are sold in advance as a series of five, $20 per class, and can be purchased by called Body Design at 949.719.2600. Each class is limited to 12 people.
In case you want to learn more about Tai Chi and Grand Master Ho:
History
Tai Chi is one of the most sophisticated exercises in the world. Developed over four hundred years ago, Tai Chi is deeply intertwined in Chinese culture with the great benefit of improving one’s life with harmony and balance.
Over the centuries to preserve the purity of Tai Chi, the teachings have been passed down privately from one grand master to the next. Grand Master Tony Ho, a direct descendant of this tradition, has learned Tai Chi from the grand master above him, who in turn learned the art of Tai Chi from his grand master. This tradition has a lineage of only six grand masters with Mr. Ho being the seventh.
Imagine that you have never played golf and you are considering taking up the game. Your first teacher walks in and is none other than Tiger Woods. By that comparison, you will understand your luck in stumbling upon Tony Ho as your beginning teacher of Tai Chi.
Tai Chi is rooted in Taoism. Balance and yielding are very important. As the student progresses, the principles positively affect his life and through the years that student gains a better understanding of the depth and sophistication of the art while becoming more observant of the wonders of nature’s balance.
Benefits
The Chinese believe that there is an element other than air and blood that circulates throughout the body and space. This element is Chi. The principle of balancing the flow of Chi is central to Chinese medicine. Tai Chi is practiced to increase the amount and flow of Chi throughout the body. Many students feel Chi from the beginning of their endeavor. The feeling is wonderful and remains consistent in intensity with each practice session. By observing someone practicing the slow movements of Tai Chi, one can hardly imagine the feeling generated inside. It is a feeling that can be achieved only through participation.
Tai Chi is a longevity exercise. When people grow older, they become more rigid and less flexible. Many are eventually unable to walk comfortably without aid and falling is a serious danger and problem. Over the years, the Tai Chi student maintains youthfulness, walking flexibility and inner core strength. Tai Chi is the ultimate walking exercise. In China, it is not uncommon to see people in their nineties practicing Tai Chi as if they were in their midyears.
Tai Chi is extremely meditative and soothing while providing physical strength. Tai Chi is commonly referred to as walking meditation. There are few exercises like it. The concept of centering is very important to Tai Chi. One becomes more aware of the body’s balance and achieves sensitivity and feeling from the inside, the core, not through gross muscle movement, but rather through precise alignment and balance. Everything must be aligned correctly. The more one begins to feel inside, the more delicate and precise the exercise becomes, not through thought but through awareness and sensitivity.
Tai Chi has few requirements. The exercise can be practiced in an extremely small area such as a hotel room when traveling. The exercise requires no equipment, props or special clothing, although looser clothing and flat shoes are recommended One gains tremendous benefit by practicing only a few minutes a day.
Although Tai Chi is one of the most sophisticated martial arts in the world, to look at it solely as a martial art is to miss the additional enormous benefits Tai Chi offers. One can practice Tai Chi with no intent of applying it as a martial art but rather as an exercise offering tremendous meditative and physical gains.
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