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Health, healing, longevity and martial defense. There are numerous reasons Sierra Nevada Internal Arts, an eclectic group of internal martial arts practitioners, seeks to cultivate and experiment with the human body's intrinsic chi energy.

A firm foundation typifies our diverse approach to the healing arts of Vertical Axis Tai Chi, Spinal Energy Pa Kua and Energy Body Chi Kung. More recently, Roger Sadlo has added Russian martial applications to Feldenkrais ground movement.

We borrow from generations of internal arts experience under the teachings of various masters, including:

  • Willem de Thouars, 60-year player, founder of Kuntao Silat de Thouars
  • Arthur Goodridge, Energy Body Chi Kung master
    Chern Chyu Kuan, Vertical Axis Tai Chi master from Taiwan
  • B. K. Frantzis, author of The Power of Internal Martial Arts

Combined, our arts represent common-sense application of well-known physical and biological principles. Tai Chi offers the clear distinction between load bearing and non-load bearing parts of the body--even in motion, some limbs and organs are able to fully relax.

When the internal organs and the skeletal-musculature systems are relaxed, subtle life energy (chi) increases in circulation and begins to permeate the body's tissue and bones. Lactic acids and toxins can then be cleared from the body with regular practice. chi kung movements, tai chi forms, pa kua circle-walking and spiraling, body "drumming" and holding postures each promote these increased health benefits.

Under our no-nonsense encouragement, practitioners often quickly achieve:

  • More mindful awareness
  • Natural body alignment
  • Quicker recovery from illness or injury
  • Increased range of motion, and
  • Improved physical ability, despite age or impairment.

Call today for information about a class near you: (800) 937-3142. Private instruction is also available at your setting for reasonable rates.

Sierra Nevada Internal Arts and its sister organization, Redwood Coast Internal Arts, offers several 100-percent free practice sessions a month. Either join us in Vertical Axis Tai Chi or Spinal Energy Pa Kua, or please bring a form from the system you study for a communal and eclectic experience where we all learn from each other.
For practice dates and locations, see our classes page.

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TESTIMONIALS

"After a severe fall, I had a broken wrist and my back was all twisted and black and blue. I am sure my Tai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung practice is what gave me time to say "relax" while free-falling, an internal energy map to feel the injury and heal it, very dense bones, confirmed by x-rays, forms to practice to reestablish the chi flow and facilitate tissue regeneration, and my good health which allows me to do very physically demanding work at 57 years of age."
— CARL CARLSON, Willits, Calif.

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-"As a teacher of internal martial arts, Mr. Edwards is rated by myself as an excellent teacher with special skills. Many individuals who received instruction under him have to their benefit the experience of a better and successful life. Many of these individuals are now enjoying the final road to a better health."
— WILLEM DE THOURS
60-year martial arts practitioner
Kun Tao Silat de Thoaurs Founder, Northglenn, Colo. & Indonesia

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"Sam Edwards has been instrumental in the most remarkable healing experience of a lifetime for me. After struggling to recover from 3rd-degree burns, and an ineffective physical therapy program that was supposed to stretch my skin, I turned to Sam and Tai Chi for an alternative solution. Practicing Tai Chi forced me to align my body correctly every time I trained until it became second nature."
— AL GILLESPIE
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