Balance
Controlled stepping and careful weight transfer help students become more stable and aware of how they stand and move.
About Tai Chi
Yang Style Tai Chi as a complete internal martial art
Tai Chi is known for calm, smooth movement, but it is more than relaxation. It is a refined Chinese martial art that trains balance, structure, awareness and controlled power.
What is Tai Chi?
Tai Chi is a highly developed internal martial art built around relaxed strength, precise alignment and continuous movement. The practice is slow, but it is not empty or vague. Every posture trains balance, timing, body connection and intent.
Many people first come to Tai Chi for calmness, posture, mobility or balance. Those benefits are real, but they come from the depth of the training. Smooth movement teaches the body to release unnecessary tension while still remaining stable, rooted and responsive.
Over time, students learn to coordinate breath, weight transfer, posture and attention. This creates a practice that can support health, mental focus and martial understanding without relying on speed or brute force.
Yang Style
Why we practise Yang Style Tai Chi
At Deep South Kung Fu & Tai Chi, our classes follow Yang Style Tai Chi as passed down by Master Au Rong Ju. Yang Style is one of the best-known Tai Chi branches and is recognised for its smooth, open, flowing movements.
The style develops relaxed strength, upright posture, careful stepping and calm concentration. It is accessible for beginners, but its details can be refined for many years.
Martial roots
Softness does not mean weakness
Tai Chi uses a different approach from hard external training. Instead of meeting force with force, it teaches students to understand pressure, timing, balance and redirection.
This martial theory takes patience to understand. For many students, Tai Chi also deepens their appreciation of Kung-Fu because it reveals how structure, relaxation and timing affect practical movement.
Training benefits
What Tai Chi develops
Tai Chi rewards steady practice. The changes are often subtle at first, then become more useful as the body learns to move with less strain and more control.
Calm focus
The slow rhythm of the form gives students a practical way to train concentration, patience and mental steadiness.
Posture
Upright alignment, relaxed shoulders and connected movement help reduce unnecessary tension and improve body awareness.
Coordination
Tai Chi links the upper and lower body through smooth, continuous motion, making movement more organised and efficient.
How classes work
Clear instruction for beginners
Beginners are introduced to the basics first: standing, breathing, stepping, weight shifting, posture and the early movement principles of the form. You do not need previous martial arts experience to begin.
Classes are calm and structured, with repetition and correction. Students build confidence gradually, learning the sequence while also understanding what each movement is training.
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Join a steady, beginner-friendly Tai Chi class focused on balance, posture, calm movement and long-term practice.
Phone: +27 82 424 3751
Email: matt@kung-fu.co.za
Location: 6 Phoenix Way, Glencairn Heights
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