About

Real Taijiquan uses both:

Online Taiji Classes
Local Taiji Classes in Hamilton and Darby, Montana

With RealTaiji.com, I integrate Old Yang Style Taijiquan with practical self-defense and natural fitness.

I use small classes to provide each client with personal movement instruction. I employ this website to nurture Taijiquan communities and to extend opportunities to learn this bold and potent art right in your living room. (See: Courses…)

I recover, through deliberate defiance of common thinking, what’s lost in many modern Tai Chi schools. When schools neglect simple fitness principles, deeper Taiji meanings get mired in theory and confusion.

Real Taijiquan emphasizes Reviving Taiji. Key components include:

Natural Motion Exercises that create joint health, muscular and connective tissue development, and practical relaxation
Striking Things with all sorts of tools
Impeccable Forms and creative development of Form details
Interacting with People using combat and healing drills like Pushing Hands under pressure]
Understanding Pressure Points and Intense Applications

RealTaiji.com is owned and operated by Integral Grace LLC, a little company started by my wife and me.

Real Taijiquan started in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2005. In 2007, 2008, and 2009 I provided International Workshops where I (with lot of help from my senior students and my family) hosted Mr. Eli Montaigue, the Head Instructor of the World Taiji Boxing Association.

I plan to host Eli in September 2010 in Ravalli County, Montana… stay tuned.

The World Taiji Boxing Association

Steven Smith (yeah: me), a World Taiji Boxing Association Instructor, developed Real Taijiquan as a way to promote the World Taiji Boxing Association’s Internal Arts Systems. As such, your involvement in Real Taijiquan includes indirect association with the W.T.B.A.

I practice and teach forms, drills, and training methods developed by Master Erle Montaigue and the W.T.B.A.

The W.T.B.A. is Master Erle Montaigue’s organization of Internal Martial and Healing Arts. Boasting “the largest number of DVD titles on the internal fighting/healing arts as well as a wealth of books published world-wide,” all W.T.B.A. works are relevant to your training in Real Taijiquan.

Steven Smith

I’ve trained in martial arts since 1985 and in Taijiquan since 1993. I’ve also been involved in Healing Arts since 1996, including body-work therapies and mental-health therapies.