Tai Chi Chuan in Niedenstein and the Kassel region

How nice that you are here. I practise the traditional Yang style and teach T'ai Chi Ch'uan (short: Tai Chi) as what it is: an internal martial art, a meditation in motion, and a path to better health.

I have practised since 2008, have travelled to my teachers several times a year since 2013, and have taught since 2018 with the teacher certificate of the Institut für klassisches T'ai Chi Ch'uan.

Next open course: Fritzlar, Short form, part 1 — Monday, 18:00 to 19:30, from 09/14/2026. Address, directions and registration

Coming back to yourself

Gentle, upright movement for balance, posture and a quieter nervous system. Suitable if you are tense, are rebuilding strength after a difficult time, or simply want to stay well. Not a sports programme, no pressure to perform.

What regular practice means for balance, posture and composure

Meditation in motion

Tai Chi is the stillness found in movement. While practising, attention turns inward. Anyone who wants not only to read about Wu Wei but to feel it for themselves will find a Daoist path here – without dogma and without esoteric extras, but with the depth of an old tradition from China.

Wu Wei, Yin und Yang and the Daoist background

Tai Chi as a martial art

Every movement of the form has an application. We practise slowly because only slowly do structure, root and timing develop – and because that is how one learns not to answer force with force. That includes practising the form, partner exercises and the applications of the form; Tui Shou (Push Hands) I teach to advanced students. If you are looking for the internal martial art and not only gymnastics: you are in the right place.

Self-defence is not the main goal here but the test: a posture that collapses under pressure isn't correct in the form either.

Why a slow form is a martial art

What I teach

T'ai Chi Ch'uan in the Yang style – short form according to Cheng Man-ch'ing, long form according to Fu Zhongwen and two sword forms. What I do not teach: Qigong, Wu style, Chen style, Baguazhang or Xingyiquan. I would rather teach one path thoroughly than five superficially.

How a class runs and in which order the forms build on one another

Course locations in Northern Hessen

I teach in Nordhessen — in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, the Landkreis Kassel and the city of Kassel.

Open courses:

Fritzlar — Monday, 18:00 to 19:30, from 09/14/2026

New groups form where enough people are interested. From the Schwalm-Eder district and the Kassel district, the way to a course venue is usually under twenty minutes. Write to me which town would be easy for you to reach — Niedenstein, Kassel, Baunatal, Gudensberg or Edermünde. I will get in touch as soon as a group can start there.

All dates, times and addresses are listed on Course locations.

Just come and try it

Tai Chi is hard to learn from a book. The simplest way to find out whether it suits you is to join a class – no prior knowledge, no special clothing, no obligation.

We practise standing, at your own pace, with no jumps and no floor work. If you would rather not join a movement, leave it out and come back in at the next posture.

Write to me which class suits you. Beginners start with the short form.

Request a trial lesson.