T'ai Chi Ch'uan
with Sifu Ron
In 1979, my Teacher, Terrence Chan, gave me this list of the Yang Style, Long Form, which consists of 108 moves.
Practicing Traditional Yang Style, Long Form.
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Learning T'ai Chi Ch'uan requires humility, self-discipline, and patience. The first step begins with your decision to learn.
Do not beat yourself up during the learning process. Be patient. Not everyone learns at the same pace. That's O.K.
Some people are visual learners; some are audio learners; and others are kinesthetic learners, who learn by doing. I incorporate all three learning styles into my teaching method.
Everyone begins with the first step. T'ai Chi Ch'uan is graceful and slow, yet powerful and precise. The objective is contiuous, flowing, slow motion, from beginning to end ˗ with the focus of a hawk watching its prey.
Tell yourself you can't, and you won't.
Tell yourself you can, and you will!
Over the years, my students have ranged in age from 4 to 94. So there is no excuse. If you want to learn, you will! All it takes is the desire to do so, regular attendance, and regular practice.
With regular practice of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, your balance and health will improve, your body will get stronger, you will acquire greater flexibility, and due to the deep, slow breathing of our practice, your lung capacity will increase.
See you in class! Bring a family member or friend ˗ practicing at home or in a park between classes with a partner makes the learning process even more fun.
In April of 1979, I began studying the Traditional Long Form of the Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan with Sifu Terrence Chan in San Francisco, California. I have now been practicing T'ai Chi Ch'uan for more than 45 years, and teaching since the fall of 1981.
My formal training in T’ai Chi Ch’uan with Sifu Chan included not only the T’ai Chi Form, but also intensive and detailed instruction on how to teach T’ai Chi Ch’uan.
The following is a chronology of T’ai Chi Ch’uan Classes and Workshops I have taught over the years:
Marysville, California. I taught a T’ai Chi class there from September 1981, to July 1982.
Major Seminary of San Luís Potosí México. I taught T’ai Chi there from August 1984 to May 1986.
Tovar’s School of Karate, San Luís Potosí México. I taught T’ai Chi there from Sept. 1985 to May 1987.
State School of Theater, Art, Music & Dance, San Luís Potosí México. I taught T’ai Chi there from September 1986 to May 1988.
Wu Shu Martial Arts Academy, San Luís Potosí México. I taught T’ai Chi class there from March 1986 to May 1988.
East Oakland Community Mental Health Center, I taught T’ai Chi to patients suffering from schizophrenia from the fall of 1988 to May 1989.
St. Lawrence O’Toole – St. Cyril Parish, Oakland. I taught a T’ai Chi class there from April 2000, to June 2004.
Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Club, Oakland. I taught a T’ai Chi class there from March of 2001 to September 2002.
Rossmoor Retirement Community, Walnut Creek. I taught a couple of T’ai Chi Workshops there in 2001.
East Bay Aikido, Oakland, CA. I began teaching T’ai Chi classes there since September of 2002. I taught there for about eleven years.
D.J.’s Martial Arts Fitness Center, Oakland. I taught a couple of T’ai Chi Workshops there in '05 and '06.
Dimond Recreation Center, Oakland. I taught a T’ai Chi class there from January of 2006 to February 2007.
Carmen Flores Community Center, Oakland. I taught a T’ai Chi class there from February of 2006 to February 2007.
City Of Oakland Personnel Department’s Wellness Program. I taught T’ai Chi classes there for four “semesters,” from September of 2006, to the Spring of 2008.
North Oakland Senior Center. I taught T’ai Chi class there from the Spring of '07 to through Spring of '09.
Pleasant Valley Adult School, OUSD, Oakland. I taught T’ai Chi at a number of different Adult Education sites of the Oakland Unified School District, from The Fall of 2007 to February 2009.
Jack London Square, Oakland, CA. I was invited to teach at Jack London Square in the Spring of 2008, and taught there for several years.
I taught T'ai Chi Ch'uan at the Oakland Hills Tennis Club for a number of years.
In the Fall of 2011 I was hired to teach T'ai Chi Ch'uan at San Francisco General Hospital.
In February of 2012 I began teaching T'ai Chi Ch'uan at Kaiser Hospital, Oakland.
In May of 2012 I was recruited to teach a T'ai Chi Ch'uan class at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, (OACC), in Oakland's Chinatown.
In 2013 I taught a T'ai Chi Ch'uan class at the Alameda Alliance for Health, through Body Techniques.
In 2014 I was hired to teach T'ai Chi Ch'uan at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. It was an honor to be invited to teach by the Chinese community, especially at this school of acupuncture.
From 2018 to March of 2020, I taught T'ai Chi through Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth Development.
Shortly after that, I had to cancel all of my classes due to the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown.
I resumed teaching in the spring of 2024.
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Schedule of Classes, Oakland CA:
Saturdays, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
3527 Grand Ave., Oakland CA 94610
(Walk up the sidewalk to the right to the patio behind the building.)