2008 Spring Classes
Please fill out the online application to register for any of the following classes. Pre-class registration and pre-class payment are requied. If your tuition payment to Chinese Culture Center is received a week before the first class, you may take $10 off each class. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Saturdays: April 5 to July 12, 2008 (no class on holiday weekends)
Beginner's Mandarin Chinese: 10:00AM to 12:00 Noon, $300 including textbooks, USC Humanities Classroom Building Room 202.
Saturdays: January 19 to March 22, and March 29 to May 31(10 classes)
Tai Chi: 2:00 to 2:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
Tai Chi Sword: 3:00 to 3:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
Qi Gong: 2:00 to 2:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
Self Defense: 3:00 to 3:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
Sundays: January 20 to March 23,
and March 30 to June 1st(10 classes)
Chinese Yoga: 2:00 to 2:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
Mulan Aerobics: 3:00 to 3:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
Self Massage: 2:00 to 2:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall
Tui Shou (Push Hands): 3:00 to 3:50 PM, $100, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall.
NEW: Weekday Evening Classes from the Third Week of Jan. 14, 2008
Monday – Wednesday, 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Monday: Chinese Yoga: $100 for 10 classes, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall. (Lea)
Tuesday: Tai Chi: $100 for 10 classes, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall. (Lea)
Wednesday: Tai Chi Sword: $100 for 10 classes, Lobby of USC Gambrel Hall. (Lea)
Thursday: Beginner's Mandarin Chinese (15 classes, 30 hours): 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. $300 including textbooks, USC Gambrel Hall, Room 105.
NEW: Children’s Monday Chinese Classes from January 14, 2008
Children's Mandarin Chinese Classes for children age 4-7: Mondays 4:15 - 5:00 p.m., USC Gambrell Hall, RM104 or RM105. 20 classes for each session. $15 per class for the first child student, $10 per class for siblings, free for parents. Please register online: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
Knowlege Base:
| Tai Chi is a very popular sport between Martial Arts and Qigong or Yoga. The beauty of Tai Chi offers a middle course between these extremes and it includes the benefits of both. Tai Chi uses slow movements to build endurance and balance. It relieves stiffness of the joints to improve posture and decrease the degeneration of joints. Recently, studies have shown improvements in cardiovascular health as it relates to oxygen intake and usage. This form of exercise also helps to disperse tension and strengthen the respiratory, muscular, and cardiovascular systems. Our regular Tai Chi participants have experienced improvements in circulation, balance, endurance, blood pressure, and concentration. |
Qi Gong is an important component of Chinese traditional medicine characterized by deep, regulated breathing exercises. It enjoys the distinctive features such as low cost, no equipment, without any side effects if under appropriate guidance. Through thousands of years practicing by trillions of people in China and other Asian countries, Qi Gong has proven either superior to traditional Western medicine in treatment of various diseases (especially chronicle and aging related ones, obesity and man's reproductive function problems) or enhancing the effect of Western medical treatments (e.g. chemo radioactive treatment). We offer Qi Gong classes for general purposes of improving health and also for special purposes of curing particular health problems such as heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, and it greatly slows the aging process. Mulan Quan is a school of Martial Arts especially popular among Chinese women. It is a combination of Chinese traditional martial arts, tai chi, aerobics and dancing postures. Practicing Mulan Quan will strengthen your heart, tighten your muscles, enhance your oxygen intake and blood circulation, promote your body and joints flexibility, burn your extra calories, improve your posture, and make you more healthy, graceful and sexy. |
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Address:1708 Greene Street Columbia, SC 29201, USA Phone: (803) 252-9086 E-mail:USCCC@ChineseCultureCenter.org Web Master: David He |