Martial Arts Classes in Washington, DC

Learn how to protect yourself in the streets, how to turn your fear into anger and switch yourself into attack mode. Defend yourself against an attacker and learn why size is not a factor. Students will learn effective techniques on how to quickly subdue their attacker(s). Teens welcome with parent/guardian permission.

Tai Chi is a gentle exercise that will benefit any age person coping with arthritis in joints by using easy movement to lubricate joints and lower blood pressure by natural calming and relaxation. ​

Originating in China hundreds of years ago, Tai Chi Ch’uan is a gentle, moving meditation that conditions the body and mind, leading to a heightened sense of well-being. In this course, you’ll begin learning the Tai Chi “form,” comprised of poetically-named movements that strengthen muscles and bones, improve circulation and the functioning...

Originating in China hundreds of years ago, Tai Chi Ch’uan is a gentle, moving meditation that conditions the body and mind, leading to a heightened sense of well-being. In this course, you’ll begin learning the Tai Chi “form,” comprised of poetically-named movements that strengthen muscles and bones, improve circulation and the functioning...

Contemporary science is now validating the profound benefits of the ancient Chinese practice of qigong. In this workshop, qigong master Robert Peng and creativity expert Michael Gelb (author of the best-selling How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci) team up to teach us how to increase our vitality and creative energy to empower every aspect of our lives....

This class is perfect for busy people.  Leave the hectic week behind you and relax into the weekend.

This class is taught with great emphasis on typical problems that can arise with age.  The class is not limited to seniors.

This 6 week class will include Tai Chi Easy™ and other Qigong practices, with a focus on Balance, Flexibility and Vitality – in all aspects of your life. The class is suitable for all levels. Movements can be modified to suit individual needs. New students welcome.

De-stress, wind down, relax, become more flexible and increase your strength and balance! Explore the health benefits and relaxation offered by the ancient art of Tai Chi. Classes will be taught with an emphasis on relaxation and increasing flexibility. Modifications are available for physical considerations. The goal is to relax, have fun, and increase...

Explore techniques from ancient Chinese traditions and modern Tai Chi Masters to enhance your health and help manage your stress.  Each class will include meditation, breathing, acupressure, and moving meditation practices.  By the end of the eight week session you will have accumulated a variety of helpful tools to support the health of...

Learn a very simple, yet powerful, form of Sun Style Tai Chi in this class, designed to increase balance, strength, and flexibility.  Each session will include warm up exercises to relax the joints of the body, the Tai Chi practice itself, and a meditation or breathing technique to help with stress reduction and relaxation.  This course is...

This class begins with 30 minutes of Qigong. Qigong is an ancient healing art that consists of a series of movements preformed in a slow moving and/or non-moving focused meditation for reducing stress, improving physical health, strength, focus and balance as well as improving emotions, and opening the heart. This practice is suitable...

De-stress, wind down, relax, become more flexible and increase your strength and balance! Explore the health benefits and relaxation offered by the ancient art of Tai Chi. Classes will be taught with an emphasis on relaxation and increasing flexibility. Modifications are available for physical considerations. The goal is to relax, have fun, and increase...