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Assistant teacher
Chris is a tai chi for health assistant teacher.
Intermediate (intermediate
part 1)
Chris is
working through the taijiquan syllabus.
Baguazhang (blue
belt)
Chris is studying baguazhang alongside his
taijiquan.
2018 attendance
Chris has attended the required number of workshops/boot camp for
grading.
Class: weekly
Workshops attended: 6/8
Boot camp: 2
Private lessons: 0
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
1.
Beginner
(health)
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
Challenge – full circle qigong (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Attitude & etiquette
2. Intermediate (fitness)
Part 1:
Long Yang form (section 1) (regular & mirrored)
Knife drills
Leg stretches (2 sets)
Martial concepts
Monkey paws
Partner work
Psoas exercises
Pushing legs
Single pushing hands
Yielding basic skills
Challenge - form challenge (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - knife drilling (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - mirrored form (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge – standing qigong (4 postures) (20 minutes x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Attitude & etiquette
Assignment #3 - Q & A
Assignment #4 - Martial concepts theory
Assignment #5 - The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung Fu
Part 2:
Long Yang form (section 2) (regular & mirrored)
Cardio work (2 sets)
Cat-stepping
High circle qigong
Horse stance
Monkey paws (5 hands)
Qigong development
Silk arms
Square on the inside, round on the outside
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 - qigong development (40 mins x 4 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
Part 3:
Long Yang form (section 3) (regular & mirrored)
3-D
4 directions with a partner (no contact)
70/30 stance
Core strength (3 sets)
Crescent moon
Horse stance qigong
Martial concepts (part 2)
Massage
Monkey paws (stepping)
Penetrating defences
Qigong on one leg
Small san sau
Standing post with arms
Stick drills (3 sets)
Stretches & joint work
Challenge - form challenge (section 3) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (section 3) mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - mirrored form (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - penetrating defences (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge – small san sau (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - stick drills (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - The Book of Five Rings
Assignment #3 - The Way of Chuang Tzu
Assignment #4 - The Art of War
Greyed out items meet the required standard of skill.
Baguazhang syllabus
Blue belt
6 direction changes
8 mother palms
9 palaces
Body overturning drill
Circle walking
Crane stepping
The crouch
Figure of 8
The gaze
Lion stepping
Partnered circle walking
Challenge – 6 direction changes drilling (60 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – 8 mother palms drilling (60 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – 9 palaces drilling (60 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – circle walking drilling (60 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – figure of 8 drilling (60 mins x 6 weeks)
Worth reading:
•
Chinese Boxing by Robert Smith
Purple
belt
8 directions stepping
16 elbows
60/40 stance
Drilling (spiralling forward)
Kicking exercise
Mud stepping
Pressing (splitting)
Rolling (circular coiling)
Plate exercise (baguazhang version)
Toe in, toe out
Wrapping (embrace)
Yielding/chin na
Yielding/shuai jiao
Challenge – 8 directions stepping (120 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – 60/40 stance circle walking drilling (120 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – 60/40 stance figure of 8 drilling (120 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge – yielding/chin na drilling (5 minutes)
Challenge – yielding/shuai jiao drilling (5 minutes)
Worth reading:
•
Bagua Linked Palms by Wang Shujin
Brown belt
Single palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Double palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Striking palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Piercing palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Flicking palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Body overturning palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Shaking body palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Turning body palm change - fixed frame (regular & mirrored)
Challenge – body overturning palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – double palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – flicking palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – piercing palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – shaking body palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – single palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – striking palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – turning body palm change - fixed frame drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – self defence relay (against all baguazhang students)
Fitness requirement:
• Cardio work (2 sets)
• Core strength (3 sets)
• Leg stretches (2 sets)
• Psoas exercises
• Taoist yoga
(3 sets)
Worth reading:
•
The Power of Internal Martial Arts by Bruce Frantzis
Black belt (1st dan)
5 animals
Chin na applications (misplacing the bones)
Countering punches, kicks and grapples
Escape from a hold
Everybody falls
First hand/second hand
Monkey paws
Shuai jiao applications
The way of the bear
The way of the bird
The way of the monkey
The way of the snake
The way of the tiger
Yielding/countering
Challenge – 5 animals palm change drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – chin na applications (30 minutes x 12 weeks)
Challenge – countering punches, kicks and grapples (30 minutes x 12 weeks)
Challenge – escapes relay (5 minutes)
Challenge – monkey paws (30 minutes x 12 weeks)
Challenge – shuai jiao applications (30 minutes x 12 weeks)
Challenge – yielding/countering drilling (5 minutes)
Worth reading:
•
Effortless Combat Throws by Tim Cartmell
Black belt (2nd dan)
3-D
Balance, rhythm, timing
Becoming the centre
Countering a knife
Escapes/knife
Dying ground
Elbow
Entry methods
Flowing chin na applications
Flowing shuai jiao applications
Folding
Improvised weaponry/knife
Kicking
Mutual arising
Yielding/chin na against a knife
Yielding/shuai jiao against a knife
Challenge – knife attackers (5 minutes)
Worth reading:
•
Pa-kua - Chinese boxing for fitness & self defense by Robert Smith
Black belt
(3rd dan)
Form application (body overturning palm change)
Form application (double palm change)
Form application (flicking palm change)
Form application (piercing palm change)
Form application (shaking body palm change)
Form application (single palm change)
Form application (striking palm change)
Form application (turning body palm change)
Monkey
Challenge - form application (body overturning palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (double palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (flicking palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (piercing palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (shaking body palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (single palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (striking palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - form application (turning body palm change) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – form drilling (monkey) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Worth reading:
•
Pa-kua - 8-Trigram Boxing by Robert Smith
•
Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang (Vol 1) by Park Bok Nam
Black belt
(4th dan)
Single palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Double palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Striking palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Piercing palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Flicking palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Body overturning palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Shaking body palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Turning body palm change - moving frame (regular & mirrored)
Cavity press
Combining chin na, shuai jiao & jing
Dividing the muscles
Freeform grappling
Group work/melee
San da stage 1: freeform self defence
Snake
Challenge – form drilling - moving frame (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – form drilling (snake) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – freeform self defence melee
Worth reading:
•
Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang (Vol 1) by Park Bok Nam
•
Nei Jia Quan by Jess O'Brien
Black belt
(5th dan)
Palm changes - changing frame (regular & mirrored)
Freeform combat against multiple opponents (baguazhang)
Freeform knife (changing frame)
Freeform self defence against multiple opponents (baguazhang)
Freeform stick (changing frame)
Holding down the pillow (baguazhang)
Large rhythm, small rhythm (baguazhang)
Latent movements (baguazhang)
Projections (baguazhang)
San da stage 2: freeform combat
Sealing the breath
Swimming dragon
Challenge – form drilling - changing frame (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – form drilling (swimming dragon) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – freeform endurance (5 minutes)
Challenge – freeform knife (30 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – freeform self defence against multiple opponents (5 minutes)
Challenge – freeform stick (30 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – one-hit wonder (5 minutes)
Worth reading:
•
Ba Gua by John Bracy
• Fundamentals of Pa Kua Chang (Vol 2) by Park Bok Nam
Greyed out items meet the required standard of skill.
Page created
18 April 1995
Last updated
14 August 2018
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