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Tai Chi

Martial Arts & Self-Defence Workshops

At the Ptah Khi School, our Tai Chi Martial Arts and Self-Defence Workshops combine practical movement, internal awareness, and self-protection. These workshops cultivate inner strength, enhance observation skills, develop adaptable self-defence techniques, and non-aggressive strategies for overcoming physical and emotional challenges.

Rooted in Tai Chi principles, each workshop helps participants explore the body as a source of intelligence, calm, and resilience. Through partner drills and scenario exercises, individuals build resilience, confidence, and clarity, skills that extend into daily life.

Our workshops cater to community groups, schools, hospitals, corporations, wellness centres, and any organisation interested in Tai Chi martial and practical applications. Tai Chi provides a grounded approach to discipline, awareness, and physical confidence for all skill levels.

The hands-on training encourages:

  • Timing

  • Body awareness

  • Focus

  • Presence

  • Adaptability

  • Camaraderie

  • Calm under pressure

  • Spatial awareness

  • Mutual respect

Inclusive and engaging, these workshops are suitable for anyone looking to enhance well-being, learn self-defence, or explore martial movement for personal growth.

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Tai Chi Martial Arts Workshop

Pushing Hands Development

Our workshops explore Pushing Hands through interactive partner work. Participants learn to listen with the body, stay centred under pressure, and respond with clarity. These sessions foster cooperative challenge, physical transformation, and deeper internal awareness,  teaching how to yield without collapsing, root without tension, and connect without force.

Core Workshops

  • Pushing Hands Workshop

    Learn to yield, redirect, and root through Tai Chi drills and

  • Reeling Silk Workshop

    Develop touch-based awareness and reactive calm, through learning the skills of stick, adhere, follow and listen.

  • Fa Jin Workshop

    Explore internal power and the spiral forces of Tai Chi

Additional Workshops

  • Learning to absorb and re-direct force

    Improve spinal coordination and energetic flow

  • Rooting & Centre Disruption

    Partner work for balance, reaction, and control

  • 5 Elements Push Hands

    Embrace emotional awareness through therapeutic movements

Ready to deepen your touch-based intelligence and internal power?

Book a Pushing Hands Workshop Today

Tai Chi Grappling Workshops

Rooted in Tai Chi’s internal martial principles, grappling training teaches how to control the centre, neutralise force, and respond with precision. Every movement becomes a conversation shaped by awareness, timing, and alignment. You’ll learn to stay relaxed under pressure, break balance, and move fluidly through unpredictable encounters.

Core Workshops

  • Root & Redirect

    Dissolve incoming force and reclaim your center

  • Joint Locks & Internal Leverage

    Learn how Tai Chi’s circular motions turn into effective control techniques

  • Neutralise & Control

    Meeting aggression with presence, flow, positioning, and awareness

  • Balance Breaking with Intention

    Apply internal principles to off-balance and subdue opponents

Additional Workshops

  • Women’s Grappling Essentials

    A safe space to explore subtle strength, boundary setting, and soft control strategies.

  • Youth Grappling

    Learning to Survive on the Streets, apply Tai Chi grappling skills for self-protection in real-life urban settings.

  • Partner Listening & Flow Drills

    Build real-time sensitivity, spatial awareness, and intuitive timing for live grappling encounters.

Ready to explore the hidden power of Tai Chi for grappling and survival?

Book a Grappling Workshop Today

Tai Chi Self-Defence Workshop

Tai Chi Applications for Self-Defence

These workshops reveal how Tai Chi’s slow, graceful movements can be powerful tools for real-world self-defence. Rather than reacting with force, Tai Chi teaches practitioners to remain centred, perceive threats, and respond with timing, precision, and control. Through practice, you’ll explore takedowns, locks, holds, and techniques that use internal structure, spirals, and rooted awareness to neutralise aggression. This approach is about mastering energy, space, and choosing peace with strength.

Core Workshops

  • Tai Chi Self-Defence

    Learn the hidden martial wisdom behind the Wudang Tai Chi Hand Form

  • Escape, Evade & Flow

    Navigate grabs, holds, and pressure with softness and structure

  • Learn the 8 Powers

    Developed an understanding of the fundamental forces in Tai Chi movements

  • Practical Everyday Defence

    Calm, grounded responses to real-world threats

Additional Workshops

  • Women’s Empowerment Workshops

  • Youth Self-Defence Workshops

Interested in learning real-life self-defence through flow and awareness?

Book a Self-Defence Workshop Today
Knife Defence Workshops

These workshops focus on cultivating calm, awareness, and precision in high-risk encounters, especially with edged weapons. Through specific drills participants learn to read intent, maintain composure, and apply subtle evasive techniques under pressure. This approach is about responding with clarity, timing, and grounded awareness, not violence. Whether for personal safety or professional training, these workshops offer a strategic, fear-free path to self-protection.

Core Workshops

  • Knives Self-defence

    Explore knife defence using foam tools in a fun, controlled setting

  • Observation & Grounded Response

    Build your “sixth sense” through movement, strategies, and observational awareness.

  • Quick Reflex & Calm Response Drills

    Stay present when the stakes are high

Additional Workshops

  • Everyday Object Defence

    Learn how scarves, pens, and phones can become defensive extensions

  • Environmental Awareness Training

    Learn to read space, energy, and intent

Explore a Tai Chi approach to real-world martial training.

Book a Knife Awareness Workshop Today

Build Your Own Tai Chi Workshop

Every group has a different rhythm, and your Tai Chi workshop should reflect that. We offer modular, customizable sessions to meet the goals, energy, and focus of your unique community or organisation.

  • Applied Awareness & Partner Flow

    Learn how to respond rather than react, develop intuitive boundaries, and explore non-verbal communication through light, interactive movement.

  • Object & Environment Exploration

    Workshops using everyday tools (scarves, bags, foam knives, etc.) to develop adaptability, spatial clarity, and calm under pressure, great for youth or public-facing professions.

  • Team-Building Through Movement

    Create connection and cooperation through Tai Chi partner drills, shared forms, and synchronized flow, perfect for corporate groups or retreats.

  • Design a Workshop That Resonates

    Mix and match themes, intensity, duration, and delivery style to create something truly aligned with your community’s needs and intentions.

Ready to Book or Learn More?

We offer:

  • Single Workshops

  • Multi-Session Courses

  • Weekend Intensives

  • Event Collaborations

  • Year-Round Programs

Empowerment through Movement. Connection through Skill. Resilience through Presence.

Tai Chi Martial Arts & Self-Defence Workshops
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