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My first martial arts experience. Sifu Neighbors is friendly, extremely knowledgeable, personable, and patient. All excellent qualities in an instructor.
TaiChi is an excellent low impact exercise to improve balance and flexibility as well as strength. Often described as moving meditation TaiChi moves all your joints and may help with mobility as well. Very good class.
Excellent quality of Tai Chi training.
Sifu David Neighbor promotes respect, teamwork, personal help and attention to details.
Classes reflect outstanding planning and execution.
I did tai chi with David for approximately 10 years and highly recommend it. It’s outstanding for a great blend between exercise, meditation and qigong.
David makes the sessions fun for all, whatever your level. Especially fun is to be had on Tai Chi Day. I just wish David would also hav a dedicated program on QiGong for seniors with mobility and balance challenges.
Sifu David is a great instructor with decades of experience and tremendous patience. I've been a student for 10 years, save a few breaks, and have learned the long form, short form, 8 step, fan and ba fa. I originally began tai chi to help with lower back pain and it did relieve the pain after a while. I would highly recommend this low impact program to anyone who wants to elevate their wellbeing while reducing stress.
Sifu David Neighbors is an excellent teacher of martial arts - constantly inspiring us to improve our form and ad new elements to our practice. I take Tai Chi from him on Saturdays now and look forward to it each week. He also teaches on Monday nights.
Many people first come to Northern Shaolin because they want to learn how to fight or defend themselves. They are often excited by the idea of learning powerful techniques, strikes, kicks, and practical self-defense skills. What they sometimes do not expect is the discipline, patience, and physical conditioning required to develop those skills. Before discussing […]
People often ask me why I still teach Tai Chi after all these years. The answer has never changed. I began studying Tai Chi in 1991 and started training as an instructor in 1993. While I enjoy practicing Tai Chi myself, what has kept me involved for more than three decades is watching what it […]
A young man came to the master and asked “Master, how long will it take me to become a black belt?” the Master replied ” Four years.” The young man thought that four years was a long time. He asked the Master, ” If I worked every day and studied hard, how long will […]
People do not ask about lineage often. I trained with and taught Yang style for Master Yung Yang Wang for 14 years. I also trained with his best friend Grand Master Victor Cheng. Grand Master Cheng started the first Chinese style school in Houston to teach openly to anyone back in the 70s. He was […]
Prospective students seldom ask about my background. They assume I picked up a form here and there and just started teaching. Others will ask me what program did I get my tai chi certificate from. My favorite is “are you a real black belt?” I cannot blame them for not understanding how traditional training works. […]
Practicing Tai Chi on your own whether at home, in a park, or with a friend will help reinforce you remember the movements; improve balance, coordination and body awareness; and deepen relaxation and mindfulness. More importantly, it will create a lifelong habit for health & vitality. Use your practice time to explore Tai Chi at […]
There is a lot of confusion about what tai chi is, it’s history, and the health benefits. I started reading the published research studies involving tai chi back in the 1990’s. There have been several studies over the years but it is difficult to complete any long term study. Western medicine and the scientific method […]
If you put the words, “Tai Chi” into a search engine, you’ll get a thousands of different results from different schools, organizations and instructors saying they teach “Tai Chi”. To someone unfamiliar with Tai Chi, it might seem you’re spoiled for choice: they all teach the same thing, so just pick one, right? Well, it’s […]
Qigong literally means “life energy work”. It is a healing art, a way of cultivating physical, spiritual, emotional and psychical health, that originated in China about seven thousand years ago. Qigong can be described as a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one’s mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, breathing technique, self-massage, sound, and focused […]
The concept of Qi or Chi is over 4,000 years old. Qi is a common concept and is found in martial arts, yoga, meditation and traditional medicine. There is no corresponding concept in the Western cultures. Qi is the animating power that permeates the universe and all living things. It flows throughout the body’s energy […]