Since his adolescence, Charles has been on the path of martial arts.
First a fighter, then a teacher, he has dedicated a large part of his life to exploring what lies beyond technique: balance, presence, and the circulation of vital energy.
French champion of traditional long-weapon techniques in 1995, Charles could have remained in the world of performance. But his quest led him further, to meet masters and traditions in Australia, the United States, and Vietnam.
Throughout this journey, his vision of martial arts transformed.
Movement is no longer just a way to defend oneself: it becomes a path to care for the body, calm the mind, and rediscover a more harmonious relationship with oneself.
Based in Fenua, Sifu Charles Laux has been teaching Kung-Fu, Muay Thai, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong for many years. Behind the diversity of these disciplines lies the same intention: to help everyone find their center and cultivate that inner strength that Chinese tradition calls “chi.”
“In life, what’s important is to feel useful and to help others. That’s what drives me every day.”
In Tai Chi, slowness reveals what haste sometimes prevents us from feeling. Breath joins gesture, the body relaxes without losing its strength, and attention fully returns to the present moment.
Qi Gong follows this same inner path: listening, breathing, and allowing energy to circulate with greater freedom. A practice where power does not come from effort, but from the harmony between body, breath, and spirit.
At the Tahiti Yoga Festival, Charles will invite us to enter into this intelligence of movement through Tai Chi and Qi Gong.
A space to slow down, find one’s center, and experience that quiet strength that appears when we stop fighting the movement of life and learn to move with it.
