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San
Diego Tai Chi Healthways hosts annual Tai Chi seminars and workshops in the North Coast area of San Diego
for renowned Grandmasters, such as Li Deyin, Chen Xiaowang,
and Chen Zhenglei. |
"EXCELLENT workshops this weekend!!!!! It is a privilege to study under such teachers as Grand Master Chen Zhenglei and Master Tsao! Please give my thanks to Chen Zhenglei for his willingness to share his extensive knowledge with us…"
-Sheryl W.
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 Events
 
Grandmaster
Zhu Tiancai Tai Chi Workshop (June 29, 2008)
World Tai Chi Day in San Diego (April 26, 2008)
Grandmaster Chen
Zhenglei: Tai Chi Workshop in San Diego (December 8-9,
2007)
Jesse Tsao on NBC TV News
42 Methods of Tai Chi Fajin (Power Releasing) Workshop with Zhu Tiancai 2007
World Tai Chi Day 2007: April 28th
Video and Photos here!
Chen Zhenglei Tai Chi Workshop 2006
Bagua Zhang Workshop in San Diego 2006
Photo gallery!
Tai Chi Picnic and Talent Show 2006
Photo gallery here!
San Diego Tai Chi & Self-Healing Summer Workshop 2006
Tai Chi/Push Hands Workshop with Grandmaster Zhu
Tiancai...
Video here!
San Diego Grand 'Nationals 2006
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World Tai Chi Day 2006
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Photos Here!
Jesse Tsao's Workshop in Germany
... Photos Here!......
Chen Zhenglei Workshop
... Photos Here!......
Tai Chi Tour Trip
to China 2005 ... Photos
Here! DVD
also available, click here for sample
Tai Chi/XingYi
Workshop
2005 with
Grandmaster Li Deyin.........
Tai Chi Healthways won both Men and Women's Grand Champion.........
Tai Chi Literature of the Month
Tai Chi
Information/Videos of Tai Chi Routines
Master Tsao in the
News and National TV
Links
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Grandmaster
Zhu Tiancai Tai Chi Workshop in
San Diego
Sunday, June 29,
2008
Another awesome fabulous workshop yesterday! I can see the New Frame will add a whole new level to my tai chi practice. GM Zhu is an absolute treasure! I loved the pace, explanations and precise details of all of the movements. The emphasis on coiling/spiraling, subtle differences in weight shifts and movements ... and that oh so awesome jump that I can't do yet but just have to get ... well, suffice it to say ... I really like the New Frame and am looking forward to learning more! Hopefully someday I will be able to do more than just dance my way through it ;-)
–Sheryl W.
Thank you so much for today's workshop. It's the first time I seen
grandmaster Zhu Tiancai, and he is great. He has a very good, powerful and gentle energy! Even when showing chin-na he didn't want to hurt. He shared a lot and worked us hard!
Xin Jia is interesting, but it is a whole new world! It is clear it requires a lot of skills to move the qi around, that can only be developed with a lot of practice. It was very good to practice very slowly, with all the details. The silk
reeling in the afternoon were GREAT. After some time, I could really feel the benefit of all the coiling, big and small.
--Alain M.
What an energetic man Grand Master Zhu Tian Cai is!!!! It was a pleasure meeting him, he has a great energy and a very nice and pleasant personality. He shares, explains and details very well. It was so easy to follow when he was standing just in front.
He never tires! What an explosive energy!
I enjoyed the workshop as I learnt a lot of detail and a lot of postures. I enjoyed the silk reelings that we started with in the morning and afternoon a lot! I wish we had continued longer as I was starting to feel a lot of qi and understand the way to move the waist... . I would like to spend more time on the "small circles" and the links in between each
move. I was not aware of it right after the workshop but I felt an energy shift thanks to the workshop.
Spending a whole day learning and practicing taiji opened up my energy level. This shows me that I "need" taiji. We all have busy and stressful lives, taiji is necessary to erase and smoothen the stress, strengthen our health and help us see the "half full glass" as opposed to the half empty glass :-)
---Izabelle M.
I really enjoyed the training and was very impressed with the skill level of both
grandmaster Zhu Tiancai and yourself! Sometimes it is difficult to find people interested and skilled in the real martial arts who have a good character and are willing to openly share. There are a lot of people around with "watered down" systems and only limited knowledge of realistic applications or people who can fight but are too violent and of poor character or are just in it to make money. So I feel very lucky to have found you!
--Michael S.
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World
Tai Chi Day in San Diego
Saturday,
April 26, 2008
We
had another great Tai Chi Day
party. See link for more
photos--thanks Alain, Dale and
Lori for the photo
contribution! Thanks to Alain
for putting photos together.
Click here for the gallery!
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December 12, 2007—San
Diego-based Master Jesse Tsao and
Tai Chi Healthways™ recently
hosted a workshop by Grand Master
Chen Zheng Lei of Henan, China.
The two-day event held on December
8 and 9 drew participants from
across the United States.
Commenting on the event, Master
Jesse Tsao noted, “All tai chi
styles can be traced back to the
Chen style. Grand Master Chen is
the 19th generation of
the family, and the 11th
generation to pass on traditional
Chinese art form.” Participants,
both new to tai chi and well as
advanced practitioners, remarked
that learning directly from Grand
Master Chen was an experience all
would treasure.
Highlights of the workshop
included detailed explanation by
the Grand Master on Chen
philosophy and its application in
health, longevity, and
self-defense. Two special
performances by the Grand
Master’s daughter, Chen Yuan
Yuan, drew applause and
appreciation by participants and
guests.
Workshop Video:
Click Here
Click the link below to download your
own photo of "Receiving
Certificate". Thanks to
Alain Mellan for taking the
photos:
http://gallery.mac.com/thalisa#100023
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Methods of Tai Chi Fajin (Power
Releasing)
Workshop with Zhu Tiancai
in San Diego
Sunday,
April 29, 2007
 The
workshop with Grandmaster Zhu
Tiancai was a great experience.
Click
here for the photo gallery! (Thanks
to Roman Klimenko)
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World
Tai Chi Day: April 28th, 2007
"That
was quite a meaningful day with all
the Tai Chi enthusiasts and meeting
your students. It's a
wonderful group of very fine people.
I especially like Larry he was so
present and engaging with his great
spirit. Your style at the end
was the hit of the day. We
look to you for mastering our own
skills. Tai Chi certainly does
give one opportunity to find places
within and define deeper places
within one's self. I found one
that day. It was so neat!!"
--Barbara N. Click
here for the photo gallery (Thanks
to Dolores Casile!)
Video
clips here! (.wmv streaming
format, .
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Tai
Chi Workshop with Chen Zhenglei
Saturday
and Sunday, December 9-10, 2006
We
had another wonderful workshop with
Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei.
Thank you to all who came!
"This weekend’s Chen workshop was the best ever for me! Now that I have completed the forms,I can focus on refining and deepening my understanding of each posture. Thanks again for your part in hosting the workshop and for all of your efforts in teaching us. I appreciate you and the open, humble spirit that you embody!
--Larry C.
"Thanks for hosting another incredible workshop with Grand Master Chen! It is such an honor to learn about the Chen family's amazing art directly from the source. Each workshop reveals another level to study and explore. The hands-on posture correction was also extremely helpful ... amazing the difference one small change in posture/alignment makes in the internal flow of
chi!"
--Sheryl W.
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Bagua
Zhang Workshop in San Diego
Sunday, September 10th, 2006
with Su
Zifang
Our workshop with Su Zifang was enlightening for all who came.
"FUN
workshop yesterday with Master Su
Zifang... my legs are still
feeling the burn this morning:)
Good workout and I was a bit
surprised that I could really feel
the qi quite strongly in the
routine. I think I am really
going to like Bagua! Master
Su's performance was beautiful...I
want to have that leg strength
when I'm 58!!!" --Sheryl W.
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for more photos!
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Tai
Chi Picnic and Talent Show 2006
A
great picnic and talent show in
our Tai Chi community!
Special thanks to our event MC and
performer, Larry Cammarata, and
the others who shared their
talent: Melissa and Evan, Brady,
Marianne, Nikki, David and Dan.
Click Here for Photos (64 in gallery)
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San Diego Summer
Tai Chi & Self-Healing Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16, 2006 We
had a very successful workshop
with Sifu Xiao Pu Quan, Jesse
Tsao, and Katharine Iskrant! Here are some
photos of the event. "Wonderful
workshop. I learned so much
over the 2 day weekend and enjoyed
being with so many enthusiastic
and great people. Thank you
for all the work you did to make
it so successful".
--Georgette C.
"I just needed to write and say thank you for the awesome workshop.
I feel so rejuvenated and enthused. I learned many things that will be useful
in working with the patients here at the clinic." -- Pam B.
"Dear Master Tsao,
Thank you so much for organizing the self healing workshop. I am
very grateful to you and Sifu Xiao for sharing your knowledge.
I don't know if I can explain the significance of the event..." --Marianne
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Workshop
with Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai
June 11, 2006
We had a
short-notice but still successful
workshop with Grandmaster Zhu
Tiancai. He became an honorary
advisor of Tai Chi Healthways - we
are lucky to have such a
high-caliber grandmaster as our
guide! Click for many more
photos!Click here for a video
clip of the event! (6:35,
16.7 MB streaming WMV)
Note: The thumbnails look different, but the actual photos are
super. Just click on one to see the photo.
"Jesse -- Many, many thanks for hosting ANOTHER
workshop filled with Tai Chi treasures! Each workshop introduces me to new
levels and insights about this incredible art. There is always so much
more to learn! Please convey my thanks to Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai for
being so friendly and so willing to share his extensive knowledge of Chen
style. Ahhhhhhhhh ... love that fajin!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT for next
year's workshop :)" -Sheryl W.
Photo Gallery
(28 pictures total)
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San
Diego Grand International Martial
Arts Competition We
had five people competing in
twenty events, with a total of 14
gold medals, 5 silver, and 1
bronze. Sheryl Wilde won the
International Grand Champion (see
photo on right) and
was elite winner in both bare-hand
and weapons routine! She is
invited to the International
Competition in Florida's Disney
World later this year.
Congratulations!
 Results
Sheryl Wilde: 9 gold, 1 silver
Karl Newmeyer: 2 gold, 3 silver
David Moreno: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Jamie Ding: 1 gold
Jeffrey Tsao: 1 gold
Gold medallists receiving their awards. From left: Tsao, Ding,
Newmeyer, Moreno.
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World Tai Chi/Qigong Day 2006
We had a successful World Tai Chi/Qigong Day.
Click for many more
photos!
"This
was a great togetherness for all
Tai-Chi aficionados which should
happen more often through your
leadership. I did not only
find a great teacher in you
but also a friend." -Dan
"Thanks for hosting a great World Tai Chi Day today,
Jesse! Awesome demonstration you gave!!! Can't believe you just
ad-libbed that! And I wanted to share what I heard said by many
students throughout the day: "We are so lucky to have Jesse as a teacher!
He is a treasure." It's always such fun getting together with others
who share a love of Tai Chi." -Sheryl W.
Photo Gallery
(145 pictures total)
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Master
Tsao's Workshop in Germany
Master
Jesse Tsao taught a Tai Chi/Qigong
workshop in Germany on November 25
through 27. "Thank
you very much for the wonderful
workshop you gave. Everybody
enjoyed it...You left a lot of
good chi for us here."
-Simone O. 
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Chen Workshop with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei
November 12 - 13, 2005
We had a successful workshop with Grandmaster Chen
Zhenglei. Thank you to all who attended!"EXCELLENT workshops this weekend!!!!! It is a privilege to study under such teachers as Grand Master Chen Zhenglei and Master Tsao! Please give my thanks to Chen Zhenglei for his willingness to share his extensive knowledge with us…"
-Sheryl W.
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Click here to browse
100 photos!
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Tai Chi Tour
Trip to China
August 18 - 28th, 2005
The trip
was an incredible Tai Chi
experience for all who
attended. We visited the
Chen village, Great Wall,
Forbidden City, Summer Palace, the
Shaolin Temple, terra-cotta
soldiers in Xian, the Yellow
River...See below for comments and
photos about the trip (more to
come)!
Dear
Jesse, Thank you for a wonderful
journey. You are an example
to all your students for patience,
consideration and tolerance.
A very special man. We had a
great adventure and will cherish
the memory.
It was the most wonderful experience of our lives. Bob said he felt such love and peaceful chi the most of his life. It's true, Jesse. I know you could feel it too.
--Pat & Bob
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience the unique people, culture and history of China. It was a journey full of moments and memories that I will remember and treasure for a lifetime. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into giving all of us such a remarkable, memorable adventure. Once again, I am struck by what a good and generous person you are and how much we can all learn from you. Tai Chi is not simply a method to study martial arts or even to improve health … it is truly a way of life … and you exemplify that way of life. We are lucky to have you as a teacher.--Sheryl
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We had a successful Tai Chi and XingYi Workshop 2005 with Grandmaster Li Deyin. Thanks to all who
participated!
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There were 4 students who participated in this year's San Diego Grand Nationals:
Sheryl Wilde, Karl Newmeyer, Yibin
Wang, and Shirley Gao. They won 13 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal collectively.
Sheryl Wilde won Women's Grand
Champion, Karl won Men's Grand
Champion. Congratulations to all of them!
his student Karl Newmeyer with 2 gold medals and
5 silver medals, men's Grand Champion (2005) 
his
student Sheryl Wilde with 7 gold medals and 2 silver medals,
women's Grand Champion (2005)
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Chang San-Feng: The Theory of Tai Chi
In any action, the whole body should be light and agile.
One should feel that all of the body’s joints are connected with full linkage.
Qi should be stirred. The spirit of vitality, or shen, should be concentrated inwards.
Do not show any deficiency, neither concavity nor convexity in movement.
Do not show disconnected movement.
The jin is rooted in the feet, bursts out in the legs, is controlled by the waist and functions through the hands.
From the feet to the legs, legs to the waist; all should be moved as a unit.
By moving as a unit, one can advance or retreat with precise timing and have the most advantageous position.
If precise timing and good position are not achieved and the body does not move as a unit, then the waist and legs need more development; they may not be strong or flexible enough.
This often shows when moving up or down, backwards or forwards.
Where there is something up, there must be something down.
Where there is something forwards, there must be something backwards.
Where there is something left, there must be something right.
If one intends to move up, one must simultaneously show a contrary tendency (downwards) and loosen the roots, so that it can be easily pushed off.
One must distinguish substantiality from insubstantiality.
Where there is substantiality, there must be insubstantiality.
In all ways, one has to distinguish one from the other.
The whole body should be linked together through every joint; do not show any interruptions.
(Another Version)
At the start of any movement, all parts of the body are called upon to move and act agilely.
They should be functionally and sequentially linked through out the body.
The chi should be stirring, and vital force is concentrated inwardly.
There should be no deficiency nor pitfalls; no concavity nor extension.
The strength is rooted in the feet, bursts out the legs, is dominated by the waist, and exhibited in the fingers.
Only when the feet, the legs, and the waist are organized as their functional integrity,
you are then able to catch the optimum moment and advantageous position whenever you are confronted with an opponent.
If you fail in holding the optimum moment and advantageous position, your body will be in disorder, and strength will be dispersed.
The cause of this fault must be sought from the waist and legs,
whether the distortion is on top or below, in front or behind, or to the left or right.
And all of these use the mind, not in the outward forms.
If there is something on the top, there must be something below;
if there is something in front, there must be something behind;
if there is something in the left, there must be something in the right.
Like pulling a tree out of the earth, it will be much easier if the root has been shaken and loosened first.
The changing of solid and void must be distinct.
There is solid and void in any movement, and any movement consists of void and solid.
The chi and strength link throughout the body without interruption.
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Master Jesse Tsao in the
News:
Master Tsao on National TV, May 2005
(streaming, 9.97 MB)
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Qi Magazine (Summer 2004)
The San Diego Union Tribune (Apr. 26 2003)
The San Diego Union Tribune (Apr. 11 2003)
The San Diego Union Tribune (Nov. 9 2001)
Del Mar Times (Apr. 12 2001)
The San Diego Union Tribune (Mar. 12 2001)
Del Mar Times (Mar. 16 2000)
The Wrangler - Chandler, AZ (Oct. 3 1998)
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Comments
I wanted to extend my sincere gratitude for this past weekend's
workshop. Although Chen style was brand new to me, I received a great deal of knowledge from you and grandmaster Chen. I am very eager to begin
learning Chen style in earnest, as it reminds my of my younger days studying praying mantis kung-fu. The balance between the hard and soft is excellent. And I cannot believe the workout I got from this weekend - the last time I was this tired after a seminar was from a Muay Thai seminar, where you expect to get a great workout; this weekend was a surprise to me, I must admit.
Please also extend this gratitude to grandmaster Chen Zhenglei for me -
he is an exemplary martial artist and exudes the qualities of a true
master. What a gift to receive training from both of you at the same time.
Best Regards,
Michael M.
Dear Sifu Tsao,
Thank you very much for letting me join the workshop on the past
weekend. It was very inspiring event and such an honor to be in the class of the Grand Master Chen. The classes on Silk Wheeling and Lao Jia as well as Pauchoi were very instructive and I learned so much! (Although I was too chicken to ask questions, I could learn a lot from the questions that people in the class asked and Master's answers.) I wish we had three days so that Master Chen can teach us more about Pao Chui, but I understand his time and your time was limited:-) Once again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to join the workshop. Also, it was great pleasure meeting your wonderful students in your classes.
I was amazed to see how eager they are to learn about Tai chi. The
experience at the event will be something that I will treasure for a
long time.
Best Regards,
Tomone T.
Jesse, It's a BIG thanks to YOU for hosting the workshop, which is "lifeblood" for students like myself! Without you, many of us could never see such great masters so often. I'm always re-invigorated and inspired. And the photos are GREAT! Thank you!
Bill E.
Master Tsao,
Thank you for hosting the wonderful workshop and putting up the workshop
photos on your website. Your energy and active participation from translating Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei's instructions to helping us all
learn the postures to hosting private lessons with Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei at your own home resulted in a very successful and worth while weekend immersion into Chen style Tai Chi.
I'd also like to say thank you for taking such a strong interest in everyone who attended, even those who like me, were only visiting for a weekend. You made us all feel like one of your own students. Your dedication to helping everyone there learn the postures and making sure that everyone had a chance to be photographed being corrected by Grandmaster Chen himself, made this a truly memorable experience.
Gary M.
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