We investigate Tai Chi Chuan Chen style in three directions:
There is opportunity to study Tai Chi Chuan individually.
TEACHERS
Sergey Ostrenko has been practicing Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong over 25 years. Before introduction to the art of Tai Chi at the Institute of the Far East in Moscow, Russia, he practiced boxing and karate. In the past Ostrenko was professionally engaged in show jumping. In 1974 he became the champion of Ukraine in militarized all-round competitions and won the fifth place at the USSR championship. From 1998 to 2003 Ostrenko was training with the master Leng Shuguang (Liaoning Province, China), one of the continuators of the Chen style tradition in the 19th generation, the disciple of the famous master Chen Zhaokui. Since 1986 Sergey Ostrenko has been continuously teaching Tai Chi Chuan Chen style at three levels: for beginners as health-improving gymnastics, for advanced students as a sport wrestling, and for dancers, choreographers and actors as an additional movement training. He held classes and workshops in Russia, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
Inga Ryazanoff has been practicing Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong and assisting Sergey Ostrenko since 2001. From 2001 to 2006 she was coordinating the activity of martial arts clubs under guidance of Sergey Ostrenko in Riga (Latvia) and Kiev (Ukraine). Since 2003 Inga has been teaching classes in basic exercises and warm-ups, Tai Chi sword, Qigong and stretching techniques. Inga has past experience in rhythmic gymnastics and dance. As a professional psychologist Inga is interested in relaxation methods based on Tai Chi Qigong and Dance Movement therapy.
REGULATIONS
Preparation for training
Participants should come to the trainings on time.Participants should be prepared for the forthcoming training.Clothes should be only changed in specially assigned place. Smoking, taking alcoholic drinks or any other intoxicating substances on the eve of the training is unacceptable.Mobile phones must be turned off during the training.It is forbidden to film or take pictures during the process.Appearance guidance
Clothing for the training should be comfortable. It is not recommended to wear skirts, provoking clothes or to participate in training naked. During the training participants should take off all ornaments: ear-rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches, sharp hair-pins, etc.Loose or long hair should be tied back.Chewing gums are allowed outside the room.Strong smelling perfumery is allowed after the training.Guidelines during the training:
Responsibility towards yourself, your health and your mind.Every participant is responsible for his physical condition during the training.It is necessary to notify in advance about limitations and to adjust the participation with the teacher beforehand.Irrelevant conversations, raising of voice or laughter are unacceptable.Anything unrelated to the training should be left outside the room.If necessary to finish the class earlier, participant should notify the teacher in advance. Questions should be formulated clearly and asked at the end of the training (first think, then ask).Attention and concentration is the way to effective study.Common requirements
Regular attendance of training. Participants should proceed to the study of the next level by authority of the teacher. It is forbidden to go into combats without authority of the teacher. In the absence of the teacher the senior student is conducting the class. When studying Tai Chi Chuan it is not recommended to engage in additional practices without consulting with the teacher. Start training if you have possibility and wish to follow these rules. "Hard in training, easy in battle!" (Aleksandr Suvorov)
For more information please contact T. + 44 077 655 736 84, email: taichilondon@gmail.com