Tai Chi

WMA Karate is pleased to present a class in Tai Chi and related arts.

David Saltman is teaching Tai Chi at the studio. Your first Tai Chi class is free.

After the initial class, classes are $25 each for non-members and $20 per class for WMA Karate Members.

David has been practicing Tai Chi and related arts for nearly forty years. David teaches at the Rudolph Steiner School in NYC, at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck and St. Johns University, among other locations. He began his studies in Chinese communities in the Far East. Returning to the U.S., he studied for five years with the legendary master S. T. Ying in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Ying taught David the fundamentals of the Wu style of Tai Chi, the Yin Fu style of Pa Kua, the Shanxi style of Hsing-Yi and numerous Qigong exercises and meditation practices.

Moving to New York, David practiced for more than 25 years with B. P. Chan, known around the world as a walking encyclopedia of martial arts, meditation and healing practices. David was Mr. Chan’s teaching assistant for 15 years. Mr. Chan guided David’s practice of the Yang and Tung styles of Tai Chi, Dragon style Pa Kua, military style Hsing Yi, and Qigong training including Tai Chi Ruler, Five Animals, I Chuan, Ten Taoist Exercises, Eight Brocades, Hanging Leg, meditation, weapons, and so on.

After Mr. Chan’s death in 2002, David continued practicing Pa Kua with Prof. He Jin Bao of Beijing, lineage holder of Yin Fu Pa Kua. David has continued Tai Chi studies with D. D. “Alex” Tung, fourth generation master of Tung family Tai Chi.

David is currently developing a clinical Tai Chi/Qigong practice at two teaching hospitals affiliated with the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

David has also portrayed a Tai Chi expert on the NBC television series “Law & Order.”