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Assistant teacher
Chris is an assistant teacher.
Taijiquan (beginner)
Chris is
working through the taijiquan beginners syllabus.
Baguazhang (intermediate)
Chris is studying baguazhang alongside his
taijiquan.
2018 attendance
In order to grade, Chris must
commit to 3 more workshops/boot camp/private lessons.
Class: weekly
Workshops attended: 4/8
Boot camp: 1
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)
Revised in 2018:
Long Yang form (section 1) (regular & mirrored)
Cardio work (2 sets)
Cat-stepping
Grading
Knife drills (intro)
Leg stretches (2 sets)
Monkey paws
Partner work
Psoas exercises
Pushing legs
Qigong
Single pushing hands
Yielding basic skills
Challenge - form challenge (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge – full circle qigong (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 - Attitude & etiquette
Assignment #5 - Q & A
Assignment #6 - Attitude & etiquette
Assignment #7 - Cat stepping
Assignment #8 - The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung Fu
Greyed out items meet the required standard of skill.
Baguazhang syllabus - student grades
1. Intermediate
6 direction changes
8 mother palms
9 palaces
16 elbows
Body overturning drill
Circle walking
Crane stepping
The crouch
Drilling (spiralling forward)
Figure of 8
The gaze
Kicking exercise
Lion stepping
Mud stepping
Partnered circle walking
Pressing (splitting)
Rolling (circular coiling)
Toe in, toe out
Wrapping (embrace)
Challenge – 6 direction changes drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – 8 mother palms drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – 9 palaces drilling (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – circle walking drilling (60 mins x 48 weeks)
Challenge – figure of 8 drilling (60 mins x 24 weeks)
Greyed out items meet the required
standard of skill.
Page created
18 April 1995
Last updated
24 April 2018
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