Tai Ji Quan Training Program
The Tai Ji Quan Training Program at Colorado Chinese Medicine University (CCMU) offers a structured, university-level approach to traditional Tai Chi education. Rooted in classical Chinese medicine theory and supported by modern instructional methods, our program provides students with systematic training in movement, breath regulation, internal energy cultivation, and holistic health development.
Overview of Tai Ji Quan
Tai Ji Quan is a classical Chinese movement art integrating body mechanics, breath control, mental focus, and internal energy circulation. At CCMU, Tai Chi education extends beyond physical exercise, emphasizing therapeutic movement, structural alignment, and long-term health cultivation rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Educational Philosophy & Training Approach
CCMU’s Tai Ji Quan training follows a root-oriented educational philosophy that emphasizes foundational movement patterns, energetic awareness, and gradual internal development. Instruction focuses on correct posture, movement coordination, breathing techniques, and mindful awareness, enabling students to build a stable and sustainable Tai Ji Quan practice.
Instructors: Joe Wollen Daoshi
Tai Ji Quan or sometimes translated “Supreme Ultimate Boxing” comes from Chinese philosophy and culture. Based on the principles of the I Jing and the philosophy of Lao Zi, Tai Ji is a system of rounded, fluid, balanced movements to be practiced daily for health, peace of mind, and even self- defense. The I Jing says: “Nature is always in motion. Man should strengthen himself without interruption.” Exercise leads to robust health, high spirits, and rational thinking. Tai Ji stresses slow respiration and balanced, relaxed postures and it certainly promotes deep breathing, digestion, the functioning of the internal organs and blood circulation.
- Free to Students once their curriculum requirement has been met
Joe Wollen
Joe has invested years exploring and implementing a grand study in the Asian Health Arts: Taijiquan and Qigong, blossoming to include earning his MSTCM degree from the Colorado Chinese Medicine University® in Denver, Colorado, in 2009. Further education includes his martial arts studies of the Ghost Bat style in Kung Fu and Lung Mo Xing Yi Quan; Tien Tao meditation, and Bagua Zhang. In 2019, Joe became an ordained 22nd-generation Taosit Monk of the Longmen Dragon Gate sect from the Quanzhen (Complete Reality) School.
