SOHMA Tai Chi

SOHMA Tai Chi Sharing what I’ve learned through decades of training and clinical experience by teaching others.

If you’re ready to bring the power of Tai Chi into your own life or healing practice, I invite you to join my Tai Chi Certification Course. SOHMA's mission is to help people get out of pain and into balance by combining Eastern and Western practices without the use of drugs or surgery. At SOHMA Integrative Health Center, we utilize an evidence-based practice approach while treating our patients in a holistic way. We unify ancient wisdom with modern technologies and offer a wide range of integrative healthcare services. We utilize the healing aspects of Tai Chi and other martial arts in our physiotherapies to enhance rehabilitation, self-discipline, and harmony. Our services include:

Chiropractic Care
Physical Therapy
Acupuncture
IV Therapy
Medical Massage
Cupping Therapy
Eastern Medicine
Sports Medicine
Digital X-Rays
Laser Therapy
Piezowave (Acoustic Compression Therapy)
Ultrasound Therapy
Muscle Stimulation
Spinal Decompression

01/19/2026

When we train martial arts, we’re really expanding the body’s movement vocabulary.

The more refined your awareness, coordination, and structure, the more options your body has—especially when things get unpredictable.

Instead of reacting with tension or guesswork, trained movement becomes natural. Your body knows how to align, redirect, and respond safely because those patterns are already built in.
That’s the heart of Tai Chi practice: intelligent movement, embodied skill, and calm response under pressure.

If you’re interested in going deeper into this kind of training, our Tai Chi Certification Course is designed to help you develop and teach these principles with confidence.

01/11/2026

Fighting isn’t about force, it’s about spacing and timing.

Who can hit who, and when, matters more than strength. If you’re shorter, the work is getting inside the guard. If you’re taller, the advantage is managing distance.

Tai Chi trains this awareness on purpose: understanding range, reading timing, and choosing when to enter or stay out. That’s how you level the playing field with clarity, not chaos.

Train the principles. Build real awareness.

👉 Sign up for the Tai Chi course and learn how spacing and timing actually work.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

01/11/2026

Fighting isn’t about force, it’s about spacing and timing.

Who can hit who, and when, matters more than strength. If you’re shorter, the work is getting inside the guard. If you’re taller, the advantage is managing distance.

Tai Chi trains this awareness on purpose: understanding range, reading timing, and choosing when to enter or stay out. That’s how you level the playing field — with clarity, not chaos.

Train the principles. Build real awareness.

👉 Sign up for the Tai Chi course and learn how spacing and timing actually work.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

01/09/2026

Parting the Horse’s Mane isn’t just choreography — it’s a lesson in splitting.

This movement embodies one of the Eight Energies of Tai Chi:
not force, but timing, space, and connection.

The “ball” catches first.
Balance buys you time.
Time creates options.

From there, the split shows up naturally — creating space, redirecting force, or transitioning into a bump, a turn, or an uproot. No rushing. No muscling. Just structure doing the work.

When you understand the why behind the movement, the form stops being symbolic and starts becoming functional.

That’s when Tai Chi shifts from something you perform…
to something you use.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

01/04/2026

There isn’t just one “right” way to punch in Tai Chi — there’s the right principle.

The response changes based on angle, distance, and timing.

Sometimes you close the space.

Sometimes you redirect.

Sometimes you go straight in.

What stays the same is the foundation:

✔️ Stay grounded

✔️ Stay connected

✔️ Find center, not force

✔️ Let structure do the work

Tai Chi isn’t about memorizing moves — it’s about understanding why you’re doing them, so your body can respond naturally in real time.

When the principles are consistent, the technique adapts.

That’s where the art becomes alive.

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Tomorrows the day 🧘‍A few tickets are still available for our Tai Chi Intensive Seminar happening TOMORROW in Long Beac...
12/28/2025

Tomorrows the day 🧘‍

A few tickets are still available for our Tai Chi Intensive Seminar happening TOMORROW in Long Beach.

Join us for a transformational half-day designed to deepen your practice—whether you’re refining your form or preparing to teach.

You’ll experience:
• Individual form review with personalized feedback
• Push hands training to build sensitivity, balance, and rooting
• Martial applications that bring Tai Chi principles to life
• Eight Energies practice for greater power, connection, and flow

🗓 Tomorrow | 12:00–4:00 PM
📍 Heartwell Lake, Long Beach, CA

This is a small-group training to ensure hands-on guidance and meaningful practice.

👉 Grab your spot before tickets sell out!

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12/26/2025

As the hips go back, shift your weight.

As the hips come forward, complete the stretch.

You’re not just stretching ligaments in the front — you’re engaging the iliopsoas (hip flexor) and building awareness of how your body actually moves.

The big question when we go down: curved spine or straight spine?

Always aim for a stacked spine.

Lightly engage the core, keep the vertebrae aligned, and support the spine as you lower. No collapsing. This protects the discs, reduces injury risk, and trains real core awareness — not just strength, but control.

Slow, intentional movement is how the body learns.

12/22/2025

A lot of people don’t realize these movements have martial applications.

And it’s not because Tai Chi lost them, it’s because they got diluted.

When one student learns the form, then teaches another, and then another… it becomes a copy of a copy of a copy. Just like a copy machine, eventually the power fades. And that’s okay — practicing in the park is still valuable.

But my goal is to give you the root.

To connect you directly to the source, so you can teach it your way without losing the essence.

That’s why this is the School of Healing Martial Arts.

Not about fighting here and now , but about understanding the legacy of Tai Chi Chuan, and discovering where your real power comes from.

Are you ready?

12/14/2025

Balance isn’t something you pass through, it’s something you land in.

Every step, every shift, there’s a center point you’re meant to hit, not rush past. When you stay uncommitted and truly balanced, you can respond to anything, a change, a surprise, even a “scorpion in the road.”

That’s the work: control your weight shifts, build strength, and move from a place where you’re always ready for the next moment.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

12/12/2025

Push with your whole body, not just your arms.

Tai Chi isn’t just about flowing movements — it’s about generating power from your entire body. Shift your weight, root your heels, and engage from Yin (receiving) to Yang (pushing). The deeper your connection to the ground, the stronger your push.

Remember: heels stay down unless you need to move — that’s how power travels efficiently.

➡️ Learn to harness your full body power in Dr. Hoover’s Tai Chi Instructor Certification Course.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

12/07/2025

Stay grounded. Stay consistent. Stay flowing.
🌊
In Tai Chi, it’s not about moving faster, it’s about moving with awareness. Once you find your depth, stay rooted. Don’t pop up, don’t rush transitions, and don’t lose your stance.

Each step, each shift, should carry the same calm rhythm, no speeding up, no slowing down.

Complete the movement fully (Yang), then let it melt into stillness (Yin) — and keep going.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

12/06/2025

There is no stance, only movement.

In Tai Chi, a stance isn’t something you hold, it’s something you move through. The bow, horse, or cat stance are just moments along a dynamic path. Stay balanced, but never stuck.

True power comes from being rooted yet ready — always able to shift, turn, or adapt. Don’t stand still. Flow.

➡️ Learn how to teach the principles behind every stance in Dr. Hoover’s Tai Chi Instructor Certification Course.

https://tai-chi.sohma.org/

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