Guerilla Tai Chi Los Angeles

History

Guerilla Tai Chi Los Angeles is a program of the nonprofit Realworld Personal Defense. Realworld was founded in April, 2002 with the goal of bringing the benefits of Aikido, Tai Chi, meditation, and other martial arts to under served communities. When most people think about martial arts they're distracted by the violent and competitive aspects, but underneath the flash and conflict is a core of compassion, discipline, respect and honor. We started out teaching more traditional Aikido and Tai Chi classes but the restraints of the classroom and the necessity of avoiding physical contact made this very difficult. Somatic Integrity grew from these early experiences and has proved successful in teaching the underlying principles without sparring or fighting. Now we have classes at Santa Monica because Angus loves the beach and it's a great place to do some tai chi and meditation! Seminars in self defense, cane defense, and centering are also available.

Specialties

Workouts with Angus Join Angus when he does an informal workout with tai chi, chi gong, aikido, cane techniques, stretching and meditation on the beach! Very informal. You're welcome to come enjoy a fun workout on the beautiful beach in Santa Monica. Wear comfortable clothing. You're welcome to ask Angus advice about workouts, martial arts, meditation while you're there. Follow along and have some fun! Also available: seminars can be catered to your special interests! Subjects can include women's self defense, centering, cane defense, workout, applying the principles of centering and the martial arts to your everyday life. Class times are on occasional Saturdays on the beach, as we commute from Las Vegas. Please feel free to contact us to find out the next time we have a seminar and are in town for workouts!