1st Class Session: 12:30PM- 1:15PM
Class Duration: 45 minutes
上课时间：12:30PM-1:15 PM

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Course description​ 

Following teacher Huan Zhang, and doing the whole Yang Style Tai Chi form just like all the Chinese did in the park every morning in China. It will help you calm your mind, reduce some stress, eliminate joint pain, stiffness and increase your flexibility and balance. 

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Teacher's Bio

Zhang has begun practice Chinese martial arts since 1982. He has lineages of Yang, and Chen Style Tai Chi, and Tong Bei Chuan. He was interviewed by WCVB Channel 5, NECN, and AM1470. He is an author of two Tai Chi related books and has been featured many times on Tai Chi International Magazines. He has also been mentioned by as Qi Journal, and Inside Kung Fu. Zhang has involved in a Tai Chi/Exercise Research Study called HELP - Helping Elders Living with Pain study. Zhang has done lectures and demonstrations at Harvard University, MIT, Hanscom Air Force Base, World Trade Center Boston, 1st Night Boston, and many other places.
We will be learning the first set of Yang Style Tai Chi at beginner’s level, including 2 Mini Forms of Tai Chi from and basic Push Hands.

张老师太极课的授课针对不同年龄段及不同需求的人。对中老年学生或者基础薄弱，需要平衡，放松，以健身为目的的学生，张老师教他们高架子太极。他的特点是对每个动作，包括转换动作都有详细的介绍。 对于有一些基础想进一步提高的学员. 张老师会教他们如何打通背部, 及连通上, 下身体步位； 放松身体所有关节； 练习整劲和听劲， 使他们的姿式更稳, 更有内劲. 他用科学物理的原理， 详细的介绍每个动作的角度,着力点及用法. 对比较年青的学生，张老师教他们低架子太极，及太极推手，包括的详细的技击及防身的方法。
张欢老师自幼习武，至今已有三十多年练拳经验。他师从其父张鹭平，武林泰斗蔡鸿祥(全国十大武术名师之一)，五行通背第三代传人徐洪聚，以及楊式和吴式太极拳传人谢炳灿。他对太极和武术有独特的见解，多次在太极杂志出版文章。他参与写作并出版了麻州大学研究生课本《方向感与行动》，著有《在太极脚印的背后》一书，并参演过美国的微电影《黯色幻影》(饰演太极拳老师)。他的太极拳工作室曾被多家当地媒体采访，例如波士顿第五电视台WCVB,新英格兰电视台NECN,和波士顿第一中文台AM1470。他相信太极拳能极大的帮助人体的平衡与健康，是麻州大学太极拳与老年人关节疼痛科学研究的合作者之一。他多次被邀请授教剑桥健康连盟医院老年中心，麻省理工学院，麻州大学，哈佛大学，林肯实验室，和东北大学。张老师致力于普及中国传统武术，为波士顿新年晚会，美国哈士港空军基地，波士顿世界贸易中心等表演过太极拳及中国传统武术。