Tai Chi & Quigong instruction has been ongoing in Desert Breezes for four years now. There is no charge for Desert Breezes homeowners and guests. We change spaces and times now and again. Contact Liam at william@frogparade.com for more information.
Current Schedule, Summer 2025 at the Clubhouse
- Mondays, 7:30am – Beginners should start here: Eight Silk Brocade Qigong, Silk Reeling, Yang 24 form
- Wednesdays, 7:30am – Silk Reeling, Yang 108 form
None of us are young, and all of our practice is geared towards flexibility and balance.
Liam Caulfield’s Tai Chi resumé
In the early 1990s, I was recovering from two sprained ankles, sustained while playing Rugby in San Francisco. I was a fan of all sorts of Kung Fu and Samurai movies, and when I saw Tai Chi classes offered close to my house, I went to check it out.
That was when I met Wong Jack Man. He taught every sort of Kung Fu style in a large hall at Fort Mason, twice a week. I was one of three students learning Tai Chi. Another thirty students were learning WuShu, sword forms, fan forms…everything you could imagine.
I did not know then that Sifu Wong was one of the most famous Grand Masters of all time. You can read about his life here.
I studied Tai Chi with Sifu Wong for eight years, learning the Yang 108 long form, Push Hands and Da Lu, and the Yang Sword form.
In 2000, I moved to Los Angeles. It took me a few years, and a move to the Westside, to discover the TC Society. I spent seven years attending their Tai Chi courses with Paul Terry in Mar Vista Park.