Tai Chi Kilmarnock! Bonnyton community centre Saturdays 10am & 11am

Dearest Students,

There are 2 classes of offering the most ancient and China approved Tai Chi styles: Chen and Yang - every Saturday 10am and 11am at Bonnyton Community Centre in Kilmarnock for Tai Chi, join anytime 🤗 £6 pay on the day. Huge hall, plenty of parking.

51 Garrier Pl, Bonnyton Rd, Kilmarnock KA1 2NG

My warmest regards
Master Sifu Victoria

China Approved, Medically valid TAI Chi Styles

FYI - There are simply 5 recognised styles in China - Chen, Yang, Wu, Hao, and Sun. All others are non recognised, with practical consequences for lacking evidence for comparative health benefits and self-defense.

"There are different styles of Tai Chi practiced in modern society, which can be broadly classified into traditional styles (e.g., Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu, and Sun) according to the General Administration of Sport of China. 2 Chen style Tai Chi is the original style, and all the other styles are developed from traditional Chen style." ref: ScienceDirect & also cited as such on Wikipedia

Chen and Yang are the most popular styles for medical research, hence vitality of teaching given scientific peer-reviewed proven evidence that supports Yang first and Chen secondly across numbers of studies. "Among the popular traditional Tai Chi styles (i.e., Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu/Hao, Sun), Yang style was applied most (487/830, 58.7 %), followed by Chen style (57/830, 6.9 %) and Sun style (19/830, 2.3 %). " ScienceDirect

"Chen style is the oldest of all formal Tai Chi systems and the one back to which all other contemporary styles can be traced."
                               -Page 23 of Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi

"Another key figure in Tai Chi’s martial development is Yang Lu-ch’an (1799–1872), who learned this art in Chen village."
                                -Page 23 of Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi

Master Yang Luchan

"...One day when master Chen Chang Shing was not home, a troupe of martial artists visited the village and challenged the Chen family practitioners to a fighting match. After the troupe defeated Chen’s family members, Yang emerged, defeated the troupe, and defended the Chen family’s honor. This earned him the respect of Master Chen, who accepted Yang as his first “outside” (nonfamily) student. Master Chen also gave Yang permission to leave the Chen village and teach others. "

                                -Page 23 of Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi

Finally there are the other three China recognised "This Wu style (武, Wǔ) is the third-oldest among the five major styles – Chen, Yang, Wu (Hao), Wu (吳, Wú), and Sun – but is the smallest and least well-known of the five, in part because Wu Yuxiang and his family had no need to teach professionally."

Hence there are a number of non-recognised styles bearing next to no evidence of self-defence or having undergone any science-proven research of valid Tai Chi health benefits: examples of unrecognised styles include Wudang Pai, Cheng Man Ching, Li Style, Rose Lea, Lu Hung Bin and many others etc.

Thank you for the great photos!

Single Whip!

Teaching Six Sealing
and
Four Closing - Chen Style :)