Falling
The Importance of Tai Chi for Fall Prevention in Older Adults
There has been a lot written about how effective the practice of Tai Chi is for fall prevention and yet, there are so many people out there who are not
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Authentic teachings of the original Tai Chi from world-renowned martial artist, Master Ren Guangyi with Jon Miller and Alan Bandes.
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Chi Force brings together expert instructors specializing in Chinese wellness traditions. Anchored by Chen Style Tai Chi master Ren Guangyi's authentic teachings, we offer a comprehensive approach to Eastern health practices.
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HOW TO BEGIN
The Home of Generation Chi
Join Chi Force and see what being Generation Chi is all about. We’re a unique source of 100+ years of collective expertise across Chen Tai Chi, Qigong, and Meditation, offering the best virtual training this generation offers.
More Than Just Tai Chi
Your training doesn’t stop at Tai Chi. Our 360° Meditation and Spring Forest Qigong courses create a comprehensive approach to mind-body wellness that enhance every aspect of your practice. These practices require no special equipment or space, making it easy to maintain your wellness routine anywhere.
THE SOLUTION
Tai Chi is the Proven Method to Transform and Re-energize Yourself
Ancient knowledge and emerging science come together in Chen Tai Chi. The Chi Force Chen Tai Chi method is solidly based on a traditional martial arts system with three centuries of proven experience to promote the body’s energy flow and wellness. Developed by Master Ren Guangyi and his senior students, who are experienced Chen Tai Chi teachers themselves, Chi Force is as an innovative, progressive training protocol designed to open your energy blockages to foster the proper flow of energy, and thus restore balance and harmony in your body for you to maintain good physical and mental health.
Meet Master Ren Guangyi
Chi Force features the globally in-demand Chen Tai Chi instructor, Ren Guangyi 任广义. Affectionately known as “Master Ren,” he pioneered the exhibit of Tai Chi at the Turin Winter Olympics, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, as well as NBC’s David Letterman Show and BBC’s Top of the Pops
Master Ren was trained directly by the founding family of Tai Chi, and is the mentor to many luminaries across business, media, and the arts – including the legendary rock musician and poet, Lou Reed. The Chi Force course curriculum is crafted and taught by a team with a combined century of experience.
Meet Master Ren Guangyi
Chi Force features the globally in-demand Chen Tai Chi instructor, Ren Guangyi 任广义. Affectionately known as “Master Ren,” he pioneered the exhibit of Tai Chi at the Turin Winter Olympics, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, as well as NBC’s David Letterman Show and BBC’s Top of the Pops
Master Ren was trained directly by the founding family of Tai Chi, and is the mentor to many luminaries across business, media, and the arts – including the legendary rock musician and poet, Lou Reed. The Chi Force course curriculum is crafted and taught by a team with a combined century of experience.
THE JOURNEY
We are Generation Chi
Partner with Chi Force to heal, restore, and transform yourself to heights you never knew possible. Our highly experienced, classically trained instructors span multi-generational, traditional knowledge.
Is Chen Tai Chi Powerful? Yes, it is!
Chen Tai Chi, also known as Chen Taijiquan, is the original progenitor of all Tai Chi styles. This comprehensive system offers practitioners a dual path: a means to cultivate health and wellness, and an opportunity to master a complete martial arts discipline. Whether seeking vitality or self-defense skills, Chen Tai Chi provides a rich, multifaceted practice that harmonizes mind and body.
Doctors are also members of Generation Chi!
"Talk therapy is overrated. I send my clients over to Ren because I believe there is a bottom up approach where your mind improves from the clarity you get from Tai Chi, and feeling strong, and more at home in your body."
"When you are out of acute pain, and want to prevent it from happening again, you've got to make changes in your life, and Tai Chi is the perfect way to do that. It's a whole body exercise, and if you suspend your disbelief and give it time to go forward, you almost never have come back for injections."
Proven Techniques
Ren Guangyi, 任广义 was trained directly by the founding family of Tai Chi, and is the mentor to many luminaries across business, media, and the arts – including the legendary rock musician and poet, Lou Reed. The Chi Force course curriculum is crafted and taught by a team with a combined century of experience.
Tai Chi Unveiled Summer Retreat
Saturday & Sunday, August 3-4
Back by Popular Demand—The essence of authentic Tai Chi lies in energy-releasing body structure. Tai Chi Unveiled is a rare opportunity to learn and feel the core elements of this powerful body and mind method directly with Master Ren Guangyi and Chi Force’s expert team of instructors.
Combining stillness and movement training, the workshop will change your energy and open your eyes to what Tai Chi really is.
Participants will gain a command of all the underlying elements of the Tai Chi body and mind method – core to why Harvard Medical School placed Tai Chi on their short list of best exercise for health and well-being!
Which Program is Right for Me?
Our exclusive training programs are designed for your healing and well-being – covering strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, injury recover, and stress reduction.
Start here
Beginner Tai Chi Program
Begin with three core courses: Fundamentals, Standing Mountain, and Silk Reeling. Each one develops the foundational skills that are essential before exploring the movement sequences known as forms.
THEN
Follow-Along Tai Chi and Tai Chi for Pregnancy
You’ve built your foundational skills in standing, shifting, and stepping. Now you want more guided practice before committing traditional movement sequences, called forms, to memory.
Follow-Along Tai Chi offers three sessions led by Master Ren or Alan Bandes — structured practice you can return to again and again. Tai Chi for Pregnancy features gentle Silk Reeling routines designed with expectant mothers in mind, but the slow, mindful movements make it a valuable practice for anyone seeking a gentler pace.
THEN
19 Form and 21 Form
19 Form carries a direct lineage from Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang, while 21 Form is Master Ren’s signature contribution to the art. Both are rewarding, and both require the foundational skills that make them possible. Beginner Tai Chi is where that journey begins.
THEN
Broadsword Form
The first weapons form in the Chen lineage. For practitioners who have completed the empty-hand forms.
Modern Medical Qigong
Spring Forest Qigong
Spring Forest Qigong is a modern, accessible system developed by Grandmaster Chunyi Lin, distilled from 5,000 years of teaching into a practice anyone can learn immediately. Blending gentle movement, breathwork, meditation, and sound, it works to remove energy blockages and restore the natural flow of qi — the body’s vital energy. As a form of medical Qigong, its focus is health, healing, and balance, making it safe and beneficial for all.
Stillness as Strength
Standing Mountain
Standing Mountain, or zhan zhuang or standing qigong, builds the deep foundation every Tai Chi practitioner needs. While we teach it as part of the Chen lineage, zhan zhuang is practiced across virtually every style of Tai Chi and qigong. The practice strengthens postural muscles, develops root and stability, and unblocks the flow of qi throughout the body, all while calming the mind through stillness. It is essential training at every level of Tai Chi.
The Moving Qigong of Chen Tai Chi
Silk Reeling
Silk Reeling is the qigong practice unique to Chen Tai Chi. Through circular, spiraling movements that engage the entire body, it deepens your understanding of yin and yang, energizes qi circuits throughout the body, and teaches you to move with maximum efficiency and whole-body power. Calming enough to serve as a moving meditation yet essential to Tai Chi as a martial art, Silk Reeling is foundational practice at every level.
Meditation for Tai Chi and for Life
360° Meditation
The 360° Meditation course teaches you to harness your natural perceptual abilities to create a state of calm, expansive awareness. Learn to use your eyes, ears, and breath to develop a 360-degree sphere of awareness that can be practiced anywhere and integrated into daily life for increased energy, improved focus, and greater calm.
Fall less, Fear less
Fall Mastery
Learn to prevent falls, fall safely, and get up with confidence. This progressive online course combines Tai Chi principles with proven balance, strength, and recovery techniques for adults 55+. Requires extensive practice between lessons. Includes video instruction, downloadable practice guide, fall prevention and safety checklist, mantras, and lifetime access.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CHEN TAI CHI
Become Part of Generation Chi
– enjoying the power and joy of traditional, integrated health practices. You’ll have immediate access to comprehensive, traditional health training that is pure, unadulterated, and designed to share the very best of these precious body and mind methods.
Falling
Be Patient with both Tai Chi and You: From a Disabled Tai Chi Practitioner
By Jeff Momoi with Stephan Berwick. Jeff Momoi is a long-time student of Stephan Berwick, who enjoys Tai Chi practice with his wife, Ann, in his battle against chronic disability. How
Health & Fitness
How Daily Tai Chi Practice Saved My Life
At age 79, Tai Chi instructor Alan Bandes had to undergo heart bypass surgery. Listen or read on how he attributes his daily Tai Chi practice to saving his life.
Health & Fitness
Dr. Dan Richman, MD Speaks about Tai Chi and Pain Management
Transcript edited for clarity. Alan: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do here? Dr. Dan: I’m a pain management specialist, anesthesiologist and I’ve been
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