Combined Sparring ~ January 18th 2025
Shifu Gary J. LaChapelle Jr. demonstrates an application on Laoshi Joncarlo Zink
We started off the New Year by travelling to Shifu Gary’s school in Oxford MA for our first Combined Sparring Class of the year. Students from the Maynard and Oxford schools, guided by Shifu Gary, worked on implementing body mechanics from Tai Chi and Push Hands into their sparring practice. They worked on understanding distance and structure through a series of drills, and of course, we had lots of fun practicing free sparring with each other.
It is very important for students to have as diverse a pool of sparring partners as possible, so we’re very grateful to Shifu Gary and Shifu Cheyenne for hosting this event.