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Indoor student
Chris is an indoor student, studying directly with
Sifu Waller.
Teaching assistant
Chris is a tai chi for health teaching
assistant.
Intermediate (intermediate
part
2)
Chris is
working through the taijiquan syllabus.
2019 attendance
Chris has attended the required number of workshops for
grading.
Tea Club
Chris is a member of the Tea Club.
The martial arts
were not developed for the defence of soldiers fighting on battlefields.
Neither are they sports. The combat that martial artists practice is free of
restraints. Martial arts have one objective only: to neutralise an attack by
any means, and as rapidly as possible.
(Howard Reid)
Taijiquan syllabus - student grades
Beginner
(part 1)
Ba duan jin (8 exercises)
Form posture qigong
Full circle qigong
Moving qigong (15 exercises)
Reeling silk exercises (5 exercises)
Standing post
Standing qigong/3 circle qigong
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Attitude & etiquette
Beginner
(part 2)
4 directions with a partner
Central equilibrium – maintain the centre
Eyes-closed walking
Palm at 3 distances
Peripheral vision - mugger scenario
Posture testing
Pushing legs
Single pushing hands
Stepping
Yielding exercise
Challenge – full circle qigong (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge – standing qigong (4 postures) (20 minutes x 4 weeks)
Intermediate (part 1)
Long Yang form (section 1) (regular & mirrored)
Horse stance
Knife drills
Leg stretches (2 sets)
Martial concepts
Monkey paws
Psoas exercises
Qigong development
Yielding basic skills
Challenge - form challenge (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - knife drilling (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - mirrored form (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - qigong development (40 mins x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Martial concepts theory
Assignment #3 - The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung Fu
Intermediate (part 2)
Long Yang form (section 2) (regular & mirrored)
Cardio work (2 sets)
Cat-stepping
Crescent moon
High circle qigong
Horse stance qigong
Monkey paws (5 hands)
Silk arms
Square on the inside, round on the outside
Standing post with arms
Tao yin/Taoist Yoga (3 sets)
Challenge - form challenge (section 2) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (section 2) (mirrored)
(60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - horse stance qigong (5 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - silk arms (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Attitude & etiquette
Assignment #3 - There Are No Secrets
Assignment #4 - The Essence of Tai Chi Chuan - The Literary Tradition
Assignment #5 - Cat stepping
Greyed out items meet the required
standard of skill.
Page created
18 April 1995
Last updated
13 June 2019
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