Westwood Recreation Center — Attraction in Los Angeles

Been doing the weekly taichi class with my mother led by Peter Asco for several years now. It's a wonderful class with many returning students which attracts more every new session. Highly recommend it for anyone needing a good mind-body-spirit discipline to reset fm the traumas of LA life. Recommended for any age if dealing with PTSD, depression, anxiety, chronic illnesses, sleep disorders and post-cancer. He's worked with the VA and also provides classes for staff at UCLA and has been practicing for many many years. Class is beginner level but a wonderful experience for any level of familiarity with taiqi chuan&qigong and a wonderful addition to anyone familiar with other martial arts as the practice stresses flexibility, equilibrium and adaptability versus rigidity and offensive techniques. Students are introduced to both taiqi as well as qigong, which prepares the malleability of body and mind for the forms learned in taiqi. Returning students are able to perfect their practice as they form a closer bond with their energy centers and "qi" (breath/life force) and first time students begin to experience incremental changes in their health& wellbeing both physically as well...

Tried going to swim 2 times, on Dec 27 & Dec 31, at 7:15 am and 7:50 am, resp. Both times all 4 doors to the main building were locked, with a paper note that the center doesn't open until 9 am. I e-mailed "RAP PublicInfo". Dec 27, they e-mailed back that the pool should be open at 6:30 am, and gave the pool's phone# which I called. The lady who answered accused me of being the one who complained to HQ. She claimed the doors were open at 6:30 am and others were swimming then. Today (Dec 31), the doors were also locked and nobody answered the phone#. I worked hard on the handles and knocked on the window and a lady finally came to the door from inside and pointed to the paper sign. I said I was told the pool would be open at 6:30 am, per the website. She then said, "1 to 5" and walked away, leaving the doors locked. That is totally different than the hours listed in the LA Parks website pdf of info. I am suspecting this is the common "big city" issue of departments just ignoring the tax-paying public and doing whatever the employees want, including getting paid for not showing up and...

we love this facility in the past. That has started changing .... We have been taking kids here to aidan's place and the center for swim and gymnastics lessons. Now they no longer offer any gymnastics for kids. We love the teacher and staff here pre-covid. I can't say much for the program now. They are professional and overall kids loves it. They had a better director and organizer before who was always on top of things but I noticed nowadays their class schedules and activities and camps always show up last minutes right before the start of these activities compared to in the past when all was ready around same time as neighborhood rec center. They don't seem as organized and on top of things anymore.

Their gymnastics room is left idle and nothing for use. Their art classes are limited and they don't offer any leagues or clubs for adults. We need stuff like pickleball, volleyball and other sports for adults too. I hope they start listening and serving their community at...