Testimonial from Kaveh E.

“Tai Chi with Shao has helped me create a gauge for knowing my personality and what needs to be balanced in order to become the man I want to be. Practicing the Push Hands exercises, I get to see my personality through my movements and flow. If I am too aggressive I am ‘taken’ off balance. If I am too kind, I am ‘pushed aside’. If I am too eager or impatient I am ‘blind’ to mistakes. All these attributes play an important role in the way I do things in my life.

Spending lots  of time with Shao and practicing the Push Hands exercises has allowed me to see how my personality manifests in my everyday actions. It has brought me self-awareness to the thoughts and emotions that negatively affect my actions and allowed to work on what I need to balance in order to be effective in achieving my personal goals and becoming the person I one day hope to be.

In regards, to health, I had a lower back injury from weightlifting due to a slight crookedness in my spine. After taking Tai Chi for several months (once a week with Shao and practice at home), my long time lower back injury had fully healed. There was another time I had a very bad fever and I did not feel like attending class but I was glad I did because all my symptoms went away after class the same day I got the fever. Practicing the forms with correct postures make my body heat up and feel an interesting ‘sweat’ while other interesting ‘flowing’ sensations go on in my body at the same time.

Lastly, I love martial arts and the applications of the forms that Shao shows me for use in self-defense is incredibly practical, efficient, and effective. I look forward to the coming years when I have enough practice that the applications would become instinct for me.

Thank you Shao for being an amazing teacher!”