Tai Chi

Tai Chi Classes

Tai Chi Classes in St Margaret’s Business Park

Class times Monday & Thursday 10.00am, Wednesdays 7.00pm

Cost first lesson free, Pay as you go £7.50, Pay Monthly One lesson per week £26, (£6.50) Pay Monthly Two lessons per week £44.00 per month (£5.50 per lesson)

What is Tai Chi?

Tai Chi classes at Taekwon-do-Wales offer a calm, focused way to improve flexibility, balance, and overall wellbeing.

Suitable for adults of many ages and abilities, Tai Chi combines gentle flowing movements with mindful breathing to support coordination, relaxation, and body awareness.

Whether you want to reduce stress, improve stability, or simply try something new, Tai Chi can be a rewarding addition to your fitness routine in Aberbargoed.

How dose Tai Chi Work?

Tai Chi classes offer gentle, flowing movements that help stretch and strengthen the joints and muscles throughout the body while supporting better posture and balance.

Through mindful training, Tai Chi can help improve coordination, reduce tension, and calm the mind, making it a great way to build confidence, resilience, and overall wellbeing. In today’s busy world, it offers a refreshing way to relax, recharge, and enjoy movement at a comfortable pace.

What are the health benefits of Tai Chi?

Tai Chi classes can support better balance, flexibility, and overall mobility while encouraging relaxation and improved focus. Regular practice may help reduce stress, ease everyday tension, and support a healthier, more active lifestyle. Many people also find that Tai Chi complements other training by improving body awareness, posture, and controlled movement.

Tai Chi is built on simple principles that can have a profound impact over time. Its flowing movements and mindful breathing reflect a tradition grounded in nature, discipline, and martial arts, making it a valuable practice for physical and mental well-being.

No Gradings or Theory just train and keep fit at your leisure

What Is the Brain Doing During Cloud Hands?

Cloud Hands is one of the most recognizable movements in Taijiquan. To an observer, the slow shifting of weight and circling of the arms may appear relatively simple. But a recent study suggests that considerably more is happening beneath the surface, particularly in the brain.

Researchers from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and collaborating institutions studied 100 healthy adults while they worked with Yúnshǒu (云手), or Cloud Hands. Rather than asking participants to solve mathematical problems or perform some unrelated mental task while moving, the researchers compared three activities directly related to Taijiquan: watching Cloud Hands being performed, imagining themselves performing the movement, and physically performing it.

The researchers used functional near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, a non-invasive technique that measures changes in oxygenated blood near the surface of the brain. Unlike conventional brain scanners that require a person to remain relatively still, a wearable fNIRS system can record cortical activity while someone is actually moving. That makes it particularly useful for studying an activity such as Taijiquan.