Arthur Barron is the founder of Longevity Tai Chi. He has practiced the Japanese martial arts of Judo, Karate, and Kendo. He also practiced the Chinese martial arts of Kung Fu, Tai Chi (Taijiquan) and Chi Kung (Qigong) breathing techniques over a span of four decades. He has studied these martial arts respectively in Boston, San Francisco and New York, as well as, Yogo Shiga Prefecture in Japan, Honk Kong, and Nanning, Guangxi province, in China.
Barron spent a number of years in the city of Nanning. There he studied the traditional Chinese Yang style of Tai Chi and Chi Kung breathing techniques and trained under He Xiaomei. He Xiaomei was the former bodyguard for the Chinese Premier of People’s Republic of China Wen Jiabao. He has also been greatly influenced by Yang Style Tai Chi Master Fu Qing Quan.
The founder, Barron has over ten years of professional experience teaching these authentic methods of Tai Chi & Chi Kung. Classes typically include Tai Chi exercises, Chi Kung breathing techniques, Tai Chi Movements, and practice of Tai Chi forms, along with Wellness exercises. Barron teaches proficiency in Yang style 10, 28, and 85 Tai Chi forms.
About Tai Chi Practice:
The Yang style taught by Arthur Barron is the most popular and widespread version of Tai Chi. It is a complex martial art with many levels, practiced most often for its cultivation of inner strength, calming effects, health benefits, and graceful choreography. However, with good physical conditioning, and dedicated practice, its close fighting martial aspects can also be applied. The core training involves a slow sequence of movements emphasizing a straight spine, abdominal breathing, and a natural range of motion. Accurate, repeated practice of the routine is known to improve posture, boost circulation throughout the body, and improve flexibility in joints. Tai Chi focuses on relaxation through slow repetitive movements rather than muscle contraction. That makes the exercise less stressful and more relaxing than other martial arts styles.
Tai Chi can be practiced for self-defense, for its aesthetic appeal, and for those who are more interested in its benefits to physical and mental health. Researchers have found that Tai Chi practice has favorable effects on the promotion of balance control, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness. Tai Chi’s low impact movements can burn more calories than surfing and nearly as many as downhill skiing.
Longevity Tai Chi appeals to health-conscious people who enjoy and benefit both in body and in mind from the gentle to vigorous exercises, subtle self-defense techniques, mind-body rejuvenation methods, and movement challenges.
Tai Chi or as known in China as Taijiquan is derived from the Taiji symbol, commonly known in the West as the “yin-yang” diagram. The yin-yang philosophy of balance is a primary goal of Tai Chi training, expressed as “The soft and the pliable will defeat the hard and strong.” (Lao Tzu)
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