In this video, Master Sbarge discusses very simple, effective exercises for beginners.

Learn more here: Easy Exercises

For more info about this year’s festival, go here: 2013 Chinese New Year

To see highlights from last year’s demonstration, click here:  2012 Chinese New Year

The workshop takes place Saturday, January 26, 2013, and is suitable for teenagers to adults. Read more about the workshop here: http://www.thepeacefuldragon.com/specialevents.shtml#shaolinyoga

Read more about our yoga classes here: http://www.thepeacefuldragon.com/specialevents.shtml#shaolinyoga

You might ask, what good is a fat coach who I can’t look up to as an example and role model?  To which I would respond, a fat coach who’s good at what he does is a thousand times better than a skinny coach who sucks, and a skinny coach who sucks is still way better than no coach at all.

Most people who aren’t professional athletes and aren’t aspiring to be have no coach to help them get and stay fit and healthy.  And how do they do as a result?  Well, just look around you.  The average person is in terrible shape and lousy health.

A coach serves vital functions that we rarely can fulfill on our own:  She motivates us, guides us, teaches us, holds us accountable, inspires us, reprimands us, and regularly holds a mirror up for us to look in.

Left to our own devices we are mostly unmotivated, floundering, unsure, ignorant, undisciplined – and unwilling to hold up that mirror.

If you want to get fit and healthy, the bottom line is you need a coach.  Coaches go by various names:  Trainer, instructor, teacher, mentor and so on.  Call them what you like, they are indispensable assistants in the quest for health and fitness.

Enjoy!

Beginning at 10am sharp, our World Tai Chi Day festivities will include an informative workshop on tai chi and qigong. Learn about the history of these practices as well as their unique martial applications and health benefits. Participants will also have a chance to learn and practice tai chi and qigong movements, which have been shown to improve balance in the elderly, alleviate pain from arthritis, help Parkinson’s sufferers, and offer a myriad of other health benefits.

Free and open to the public, this workshop is suitable for anyone (ages 14 and up)– those with no tai chi experience to advanced tai chi practitioners from every style are welcome.

Read more here: http://thepeacefuldragon.com/specialevents.shtml#taichiday

In our latest video, Master Sbarge discusses this controversial concept, and he examines the more practical (instead of magical) aspects of qi.

Watch the video here.

If you’re in the Charlotte area, come out and join us for what will surely be a great time Saturday, January 21 from 11am-2pm. Admission is at no charge with a non-perishable food item, which we will donate to Loaves and Fishes of Charlotte; otherwise, admission is $3.

Read more about our upcoming celebration here.

In this short video, Master Sbarge offers more insight in answering the question “What is chi?”

See the video here: What is qi?

Welcome to 2012, a new year, which for many represents new opportunity, new growth and new achievement. This year also is the Year of The Dragon (January 23). In addition, The Peaceful Dragon celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, so we’re definitely excited to reach this milestone as we spread traditional Chinese martial arts, and the concept of mind/body/spirt fitness throughout the Greater Charlotte Area.

With this first blog post of the year, we’d like to take a moment and look back at some of the fun events of 2011. Last year, Master Sbarge did a series of informative videos using throws from bagua. If you haven’t had a chance to see them yet, or if you’d like to see them again, go here: Bagua Throws