Serendipity Tai Chi and Massage

An honor to be recognized for my service to the Texas State Guard. It is indeed an honor to serve while still living my dream of Teaching Tai Chi. August marked my 36th year in Tai Chi!

I am the Texas State Guard: Gregory Illich

Over the next several months, the Texas State Guard will be spotlighting our service members from all walks of life, ranks, and professions. We will highlight their professional life (day job) and what they do for the Texas State Guard and why they joined. "They" don't make up the Texas State Guard. "We" are the Texas State Guard. Each individual is the Texas State Guard.

Today, we spotlight Gregory Illich, a business owner who teaches Tai Chi and is a massage therapist. Mr. Illich is also a Public Affairs Officer for the Texas State Guard and resides in the Houston, Texas area.

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A repost of meditative warm-ups, helpful in stressful times!

Tai Chi and Chi Kung (Qigong) Warm-Ups Tai Chi and Chi Kung (Qigong) Warm-Ups practiced before doing Tai Chi forms. Performed by Greg Illich as taught to him by Master George Ling Hu. 1. Extension...

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If you are new to Tai Chi or thinking about starting, keep in mind what your goals are, and what your big wish is. It could include overall health improvement, better balance, reducing back pain, improving flexibility, stress reduction or self-defense. The bigger your wish, the more attention you need to give to details in basics, daily practice training, etc. Just going to class once or twice a week will give you some benefits but may not allow you to reach all of your goals.

This is a very good Houston based tournament. I will be there participating as a judge. It is a great opportunity to see a lot of Chinese martial arts including Tai Chi and Push Hands. The variey of styles and arts is amazing. I recommend the Master's Demo Saturday evening. Ernie Wu does an excellent job hosting this event each year, and participants come from all over Texas as well as from out of State and out of the Country.
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World Star Chinese Martial Arts Competition The World Star Chinese Martial Arts Competition hosted by Wu Martial Arts Association (WMAA) will be held at Marriott Westchase Hotel in Houston, Texas on March 24th and end on March 26th 2017. In this event, WMAA will host workshops, seminars and friendly competition. The event will set a common gr...

We had a lot of fun at the tournament on February 18th, 2012. I enjoyed judging various open hand (weaponless) tai chi forms. This is a short video of Greg performing a more martial part of the 2nd section of the Secret Yang Style (Michuan) long form which features a significant amount of Fa Jin, or a sudden explosive release of energy in a wave like fashion. In this video, you will see it manifested in kicks, splitting (breaks), punches, and stomps.

2012 Master's Demo-Greg.MOD Greg Illich, Serendipity Tai Chi, demonstrates the last part of Second Section of the Long Form, Secret Yang Style (Yangjia Michuan), and two self defense ap...