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Taoist Arts Center
342 East 9th St.
New York, NY
10003
(212) 477-7055
S. Rabinowitz, director.
srab@taoist-arts.com

The Taoist Arts Center : Tai Chi Push Hands

Tai Chi Push Hands is a cooperative two person exercise that balances the energies of both people by applying the principles of Chi Kung and Tai Chi   It enables individuals to neutralize aggression while remaining calm and effective in the face of adversity. Push Hands is also an excellent introduction to the martial aspect of Tai Chi Chuan and is the bridge between the Tai Chi form and fighting.

Susan Rabinowitz demonstrates
pushing hands with a student.

Push Hands begins in a one-handed fixed posture, progresses to two handed fixed posture, two handed moving postures, and finally to a free form exercise. Beginning as a cooperative practice it can develop into a sophisticated martial arts exercise that is also a two person moving meditation.

Push Hands teaches students to go beyond the physical and to feel and use their own energy and that of their partner. Whether the goal is fighting, health, or meditation, Push Hands practice will develop balance and sensitivity and promote calmness within strength and stillness within movement.

Here are some of the Tai Chi Push Hands classes we teach

SENSITIVITY AND YIELDING: COOPERATIVE PUSH HANDS -
Taught in a friendly and noncompetitive environment, this cooperative style of Push Hands helps practitioners to develop sensitivity and balance and inspires harmonious interactions in everyday life. In this course we will work with partners and focus on activating the body's natural circularity to release blocks, and relax body and mind. Students will learn to go beyond the physical so they may feel and use their own energy and that of their partner. Students of all traditions and levels of experience will find their practice enriched by cooperative Push Hands.

TAI CHI PUSH HANDS FOR OPENING YOUR BODY
This course focuses on Pushing Hands  as a method of building sensitivity, relaxing and releasing  the inside of the body and the mind. The practice of Pushing Hands is a good intermediary  step teaching how to start applying the principles learned in Tai Chi solo form work to the social interactions of everyday life.

For more information on  Push Hands classes please see  Class Schedule.

    
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