Ancient Wisdom for The New You

Saturday, October 31, 2015

A New Direction

Since the cancellation of my classes in Amador County and my move to the San Diego area I have begun preparations to steer this site in a new direction. I am no longer offering personal instruction, due to an extremely busy schedule, but I do not want to stop helping people with my knowledge of Tai Chi and Qigong. Therefore, I am going to be working on turning this site into a free online learning resource for anyone who is interested in making use of the information I share here. This will be a very slow process, because of my current time constraints, but I will do my best to keep the transformation moving forward.

What does this mean?
It simply means that I will not be posting information about physical classes. Instead, I will be posting instruction videos here and I will eventually post a training schedule that will guide beginners from beginning exercises to more advanced ones. As I mentioned before, this will be a very slow process and I appreciate your patience.

All of this information will continue to be available for free, so if you like what you see, please support this site by visiting my online health store (Andrew.PureTrim.com), finding the products that will make a difference in your life, ordering them, and using them consistently.

I hope this site becomes a valuable resource for everyone who is learning Tai Chi and/or Qigong and I wish you all the very best in your training.

To Your Health,
Andrew Plitt

Monday, September 7, 2015

Congratulations to Our Newest White Sash!

This morning at 7:00am one of my extremely talented students tested for her Level 3 White Sash and passed with flying colors. She worked extremely hard to prepare for this test and showed each skill nearly flawlessly. I am very proud of all that she has accomplished in such a short time and I would like to congratulate her on her newly achieved rank. Great job, Hillary!

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Special Announcement for September 2015

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Amador County Classes Cancelled

I believe that all of my students have been notified already, but this post is just to make sure everyone knows that as of Thursday, August 27, 2015 all group classes taught by me are cancelled. I am moving out of the area to attend a university in southern California and have not found anyone to take over the classes for me. I want to thank you all for your hard work and dedication. It has been a true honor to be your instructor and I hope you will all continue to practice your skills for the rest of your lives. I will continue posting instruction videos to YouTube and I hope you will all find them to be a valuable resource in your training. Thank you again, and I wish you all the best in your training.

To Your Health,

Andrew Plitt

Tai Chi Compass Wall Hanging

Traditionally cardinal directions are used to teach Tai Chi forms. It helps students understand which way to turn when moving from one movement to the next. Most forms start "facing south". Although, it is not important to face actual south, hanging this piece on a wall in your training area will help orient you. Always start your form facing this piece. If you step to the left, you have stepped East. If you then step forward, you have stepped South. If you turn right, you have turned toward the West. That is the footwork for the beginning of the Yang Style 103 Form. Using the cardinal directions makes instructions easier to follow, which makes this piece ideal for practicing Tai Chi or learning Tai Chi via distance-learning technology.