Our Group

We make a serious effort to train the specific taiji system taught by Patrick Kelly, the only non-Chinese "inner school" student of Huang Xingxian. An article by PK (in both Chinese and English) on his teacher HXX here. Following PK’s teachings based on his deep training in the Daoist, Sufi, and Yogic traditions, our approach prioritizes deep internal development over the health and self defense side benefits that usually result from training deeply.

Training Curriculum

· Huang Xingxian's 5 loosening exercises

· Zheng Manqing's 37 posture short form 

· Yang Chengfu's 108 posture long form

· 8 basic fixed pattern push hands  (gentle partner exercises) 

· guided meditation

Instructor Bio

Our group was started in 2021 by Charlie Liu to develop a local community to practice with. Charlie has been exclusively training Patrick Kelly's approach since meeting PK in 2014, with PK's student Tim Suh in Chicago 2015-2017, then several times a year at intensive workshops with PK or his students Tim Suh, Guillem Bernado, and Christine Schneider. Prior to meeting PK, Charlie studied with Liam Comerford (a student of Zheng Manqing) from 2001-2007 and Ben Lo (Luo Bangzhen) from 2008-2010.