Martial Arts & Self-Defense
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BOXING & MARTIAL ARTS—USING BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN
James McAndrew   415 759-1054
A new world of possibility opens up for boxers, and martial artists, who learn to fully utilize both sides of their bodies and brains. You'll literally see much more than your opponent sees.
This ability is equally effective in mastering basic self defense skills. Rather than experiencing your hands and feet as "vaguely connected", you'll develop and access the ability of "four hands."... Click for Details

TAI CHI CHUAN   $60 / MONTH
Lenzie J. Williams & Teaching Assistants     (510) 655-0218

Tai chi is a health-meditation exercise system, performed slowly, consciously, and relaxed. It functions to reduce stress and tension, revitalize and regenerate the nine vital organ systems in the body and balance and center the emotions, mind, and spirit. Tai chi can also be a non aggressive form of self defense, and a philosophical method of bringing peace and harmony into one's daily life...  Click for Details

IN MOTION: A CENTER FOR MOVING, HEALING & MARTIAL ARTS
Bernard Langan   Winner, "Best of the Bay," East Bay Express     (510) 527-7760

Classes, Workshops, Private Sessions in Chi Gung, Tai Chi, Ba Gua, Hanna Somatic Education, Hsing-I, Eskrima, Silat, Taoist Yoga, Bodywork, Meditation, and more. Instructional DVDs.
 • Calm and focus your mind  • Relieve stress and pain  • Increase your physical vitality
 • Build strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance...  Click for Details

TAI CHI CHUAN: FREE PRACTICE
Manuel Pastor   510-717-8921
Are you missing the traditional benefits of Tai-Chi Chuan (64 movements): balance, mental calm and clarity, sense of well being, flexibility and more? Join a long established small steady group meeting on Thursdays 3:00pm at the Berkeley Senior Center (Corner of Martin Luther King and Hearst). For seniors 55 and over. Most of us are at intermediate + level. The ambiance is relaxed....  Click for Details

KYUDO: THE SPIRITUAL PATH OF JAPANESE ARCHERY
Robert Fischer   510-642-1314

Kyudo is the Way of the Bow. The Japanese bow is large, supple, and is made of wood and bamboo. Because the act of shooting reflects the inner working, the heart, of the archer, Kyudo is a path of self-discovery. Kyudo provides the opportunity for the archer to be pure, and to continue this state until the arrow, naturally, of its own, leaves the bow....  Click for Details