Tai Chi, (Taijiquan in Mandarin Chinese), was a complete martial art system in China. After being imported to the United States, Tai Chi was reduced and minimized to, "a slow moving martial art." Moving slowly is only a small portion of studying and practicing Tai Chi. By stripping Tai Chi Chuan of its weapons and fast-moving exercises, it lost most of its health benefits.

Tai Chi Youth combines Yoga, kicking exercises, punching exercises, and Shaolin Kung Fu basics to create a well-rounded and complete exercise system. The curriculums of Tai Chi Youth have been tested and proven to be beneficial to kids, teens, adults, and seniors.

Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang has been teaching these curriculums publicly since 1992. The Tai Chi Youth curriculums were specifically designed for TCY in 1995 and have proven to be the best Tai Chi curriculums in the world. Hundreds of students have benefitted from Tai Chi Youth classes with improved physical balance, endurance, and weight loss.

In today's computer world, with less people leaving their homes to visit a spa or participate in sports, Tai Chi Youth offers the opportunity for kids, teens, adults, and seniors to learn and practice Tai Chi in their own homes. Tai Chi Youth classes can be downloaded for viewing without an internet connection. Tai Chi Youth classes are also offered in "real time," with students everywhere attending the same class: listening and viewing the instructor as if actually in the same classroom.

Private lessons and criticisms from the teacher viewing the student online are also possible. With a world-wide audience, Tai Chi Youth can now service and benefit thousands of students that were unreachable in the past. After-school programs, and health centers can reserve group classes with a TCY Instructor.

Weight loss has been proven in all our Tai Chi Youth programs. Founder, Buddha Zhen, was bitten by a black widow spider in the legs in 2001. His inability to walk for many weeks, and the months of slow recovery resulted in a weight gain of 55 pounds. Over the next two years, as Buddha Zhen launched Tai Chi Youth curriculums in Tujunga, California, he lost all 55 pounds and now appears to be in better health than ever before, at age 57.

By supporting Tai Chi Youth programs, you are enabling students to discover and benefit from these ancient wisdoms, repackaged by us for a new world of kids, youths, and teens; many of whom would not have the opportunity or inclination to pursue a sport or exercise program of any sort. Students already active in other sports or activities will still benefit from the coordination skills, self-discipline, and self-defense benefits of Tai Chi.