The health benefits of Tai Chi Quan have been welcomed and recognised worldwide, but as a stand-up mar<al art, the efficacy of Tai Chi Quan is increasingly being questioned. This mo<vated Master Harvey Lee to strengthen the combat skills in his Tai Chi Quan teaching. Based on the concept of Tai Chi Quan, he summarised his years of traditional martial arts training experience and combined this with modern combat training methods; his teaching formed a complete training system for Tai Chi as a stand-up martial art. At the Academy’s weekly teaching sessions, students achieved great improvement in their Tai Chi combat skills.

An afternoon seminar will be held to help Tai Chi practitioners and martial arts enthusiasts understand the theore<cal framework of Tai Chi Quan for combat, and how to transfer the Tai Chi form practice to combat training.