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Zuyao Wang

Datong Tai Chi Academy大同太极学院

Yang-style Old Frame. From China. Now teaching in Vancouver.

Come for your fitness if you want. The skill is still in the form.

Who is teaching

Ni Jianhao and Kou Guijiang both trained from childhood. Zuyao Wang began studying with Master Ni at 40. Kou Guijiang taught him in person for more than twenty days. He understands a stiff adult body, the habit of clumsy force, and what the body feels like along the way.

In Fujian and in Saskatoon, many older adults practiced. Some students have also trained the skill into their bodies.

Read the eight chapters

In their words

After three months of Tai Chi, I stopped going to the massage shop. Before, my body was worn out. Now a strong man is not my match in push hands.

Xiao Chen, owner of a sushi shop

After practicing Tai Chi with Master Wang, I learned how to release. Teachers and books had always said to release, but nobody could show me how.

Ian, a long-time Tai Chi exercise coach, 74

After four years of Tai Chi with Teacher Wang, my health has improved in a deep way, and my push hands is in good shape.

XinLing

After practicing Tai Chi, my swimming actually improved. In the water I use the force of the whole body to correct my stroke.

Xiao Min

My knees used to be bad. Getting in and out of a car, I had to hold both knees and lift myself. Years later, I move much more freely.

Teacher Kong

I like Tai Chi and qigong, but I had not found a good teacher. After practicing with XinLing and Teacher Wang, my complexion improved a great deal, and my outlook is much more positive.

Val

I help Teacher Wang with the platform. I lived at his home for a long time and watched him teach and practice every day. After a while, I learned how to practice too. I am over 60, and I can still stay up all night now and then. Practicing the form brings my strength and energy back.

Wayne

Following Teacher Wang's instruction, I did standing practice through a winter for three months, at least two hours a day, sometimes four. After three months I had a real degree of release, and people looked at me differently.

Helen