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Authentic Tai Chi in the Heart of Lake Norman

Serving North Mecklenburg, Iredell and Cabarrus counties, Lake Norman Tai Chi Center, Hall of the White Snake provides training in the ancient arts of tai chi, yoga, and meditation. Our classes are appropriate for all ages and fitness levels and require no previous martial arts experience.

We welcome you! As a traditional Chinese martial arts school, everyone at Lake Norman Tai Chi Center is part of a large kung fu family. We train together, help each other, and look out for each other. Please come in for a free introductory class to meet Sifu Dale Guadagna and get a sense of the Hall of the White Snake spirit.

A few of the benefits of tai chi, yoga and meditation

  • Relieve stress and promote inner peace
  • Deeper calmness and overall sense of well being
  • More efficient breathing
  • Improved balance and lower risk of falls
  • Increased strength, coordination and flexibility
  • A boost in energy, stamina and agility
  • Better quality of sleep

These are just a few of the many benefits of the well-rounded health and fitness program taught at Lake Norman Tai Chi Center. When your health improves and your stress is reduced you’ll see changes throughout your life. You’ll have more patience and will be measured in your response to stimuli around you. This is good for your personal and professional relationships, and good for your mental and physical health. With a focused mind and improved physical health, you’ll find you have more energy, more creativity, and you may find that you delight in things that perhaps you’ve lost the energy for. Certainly, the fact that you are investing in your own well-being will benefit your self-confidence.

Your instructors

Sifu Dale Guadagna and Dale Saufley, together have over 30 years of training in the life-long arts of tai chi, yoga and meditation, and are passionate about sharing the benefits of the arts with others. Sifu Dale G. and Dale S. both studied tai chi ch'uan, pakua, hsing-i, Shaolin kungfu, Chinese yoga and Chan meditation under Master Eric Sbarge at the Hall of the Peaceful Dragon in Charlotte, North Carolina for many years, and are active teaching and judging the arts in the area.

Sifu Dale Guadagna
Tai Chi and Yoga Instructor Dale Saufley

As a traditional Chinese martial arts school, everyone at Lake Norman Tai Chi Center is part of a large kung fu family. We look out for each other, help each other, and train with each other. We welcome you. Please come in for a free introductory class.

Our lineage

Lake Norman Tai Chi Center, Hall of the White Snake is a lineage school with centuries old practices and teachings. As a lineage school we follow the Shaolin Code of Wu-De, or martial virture. Many of the authentic martial arts taught at our school have passed directly from Great Grandmaster Ch'ang Dung Sheng, the legendary Taiwanese fighter and teacher (1908–1986). Learn more about Great Grandmaster Chang and our lineage.

Classes and Services

Book Your Free Class!

Sign up now for your free introductory class at Lake Norman Tai Chi Center, taught by Sifu Dale Guadagna, to see for yourself what tai chi can do for you.

What our students are saying

I have dislocated one hip 4 times, because I was careless. Likely I would have had to have had it replaced without tai chi to help with the strengthening (the surgeon threatened that) and constant reminders to be fully aware of what we're doing. Breathing exercises and meditation have been emotional and mental life-savers, if not physically, and those I do use daily!

Pat Blackwell, 81, Mooresville NC Read what else our students are saying about us

The classes have developed into a regular exercise/meditation regime. I have dropped 10 1lbs of excess weight and put on 5 lbs of muscle. My balance is better, my heart rate is better, my blood pressure is better. My mind is beginning to be more calm.

Wm. Beau Wagner, 64, Mooresville, NC Read what else our students are saying about us