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Traditional taijiquan syllabus

Julia is working through qigong, form, fitness, meditation, weapons and assignments.
She will resume partner work and combat once the covid-19 restrictions have been lifted.


Tea Club

Julia is a member of the Tea Club.
 

Favour is given to the left hand of gentleness rather than the right hand of force.

(Lao Tzu)

 


Part 1 - Qigong


Plate exercise
Standing post
4 directions - forwards & backwards
4 directions - to the side
Opening & closing - to the side
Cloud hands
Pushing peng
Standing qigong/3 circle qigong
Ba duan jin
Moving qigong
Full circle qigong
Form posture qigong

Horse stance qigong
Standing post with arms
Qigong development
Stretches & joint work
High circle qigong
Massage
Moving qigong (complete set)
Qigong on one leg
Qigong revision
5 bows exercise
Biomechanics (qigong)
Bone marrow washing
Qigong dismantled

Challenge – full circle qigong (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge – standing qigong (4 postures) (20 minutes x 4 weeks)

Challenge - horse stance qigong (5 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - qigong development (40 mins x 4 weeks)


Part 2 - Fitness


Psoas exercises
Constructive rest
Leg stretches (2 sets)
Horse stance
Cardio work (2 sets)
Tao yin/Taoist Yoga (3 sets)
Core strength (3 sets)
Slam ball challenge


Part 3 - Form


Long Yang form (section 1) (regular)
Long Yang form (section 2) (regular)

Cat-stepping
Long Yang form (section 3) (regular)
70/30 stance
Long Yang form (revision & corrections)
Square on the inside, round on the outside
Long Yang form (mirrored)
Crescent moon
Sabre form (regular & mirrored)
Pushing peng exercise
Long Yang form (lines of force version)
6 balanced pairs
60/40 stance

Walking stick form (regular & mirrored)
Moving with kwa
Reverse breathing
Spiral body
Jian form (regular & mirrored)
Biomechanics (form)
Long Yang form (round version)
Being in the back
First hand/second hand
Large rhythm, small rhythm
Latent movements
Cultivating sung
Internalising
Open & close
Pre-natal breathing
Reeling silk
Small circle
Sung
Tortoise breathing
Unite upper & lower
Waving
Yin body
Yin/yang
Power generation
Whole-body movement

Form (overview)
Long Yang form dismantled
Sabre form dismantled
Walking stick form dismantled
Jian form dismantled

Challenge - form challenge (section 1) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (section 2) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (section 3) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - sabre form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - lines of force form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - walking stick form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - jian form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - round form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)


Part 4 - Pushing hands - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


Single pushing hands
Monkey paws
Monkey paws (5 hands)
Monkey paws (stepping)
Da lu
Double pushing hands
Pushing hands development
Pushing hands (all variations) dismantled

Challenge - da lu (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - double pushing hands (60 mins x 4 weeks)


Part 5 - Principles - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


4 directions with a partner
Central equilibrium – maintain the centre
Eyes-closed walking
Palm at 3 distances
Peripheral vision - mugger scenario
Posture testing
Yielding exercise
Stepping
- 90°
- diamond stepping
- leading & following (eyes-closed)
- relative distance (tig)
- avoiding line of force (solo & melee)
- riding the attack
Pushing legs
Partner work mistakes
Yielding basic skills

4 directions with a partner (no contact)
4 ounces exercise
Partner work dismantled
3-D
Biomechanical advantage
Martial principles & practice (overview)
Taijiquan principles (overview)

Challenge - yielding exercise challenge (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - yielding basic skills challenge (30 mins x 6 weeks)


Part 6 - Brain work (meditation, awareness, metacognition)


Breath meditation
Meditation on body sensations
Meditation on emotions
Meditation on hindrances
Consciousness
Kinaesthetic awareness
Proprioception
Eastern philosophy
Spiritual inquiry
Meditation
(overview)

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 - Q & A
Assignment #8 - A & E
Assignment #9 - The Sword Polisher's Record
Assignment #10 - Cat stepping
Assignment #11 - There Are No Secrets
Assignment #12 - Martial concepts theory
Assignment #13 - The Essence of Tai Chi Chuan - The Literary Tradition
Assignment #14- The Art of War
Assignment #15 - The Book of Five Rings
Assignment #16 - The Way of Chuang Tzu   
Assignment #17 - Moving Zen
Assignment #18 - The New Lao Tzu
Assignment #19 - Zen in the Art of Archery
Assignment #20 - 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
Assignment #21 - 36 Strategies
Assignment #22 - Commentaries on Living volume 2
Assignment #23 - Peak
Assignment #24 - Tao of Being
Assignment #25 - The Little Zen Companion
Assignment #26 - Tai Chi Theory & Martial Power
Assignment
#27 - Back to Beginnings
Assignment #28 - Chuang Tzu in a Nutshell
Assignment #29 - The Art of War (Cleary/Shambhala)
Assignment #30 - Tao Te Ching (various translations)
Assignment #31 - The Power of Habit
Assignment #32 - The Okinawa Program
Assignment #33 - How to Win Friends and Influence People
Assignment #34 - Smarter, Faster, Better
Assignment #35 - interpret a koan
Assignment #36 - write a poem

Recommended reading:

Blink
The Book of Life
The Book of Tea
Curious
Deep work

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The Essence of Tai Ji
Free Yourself From Back Pain
Grit
In the Dojo
The Inner Way
Keep it Simple
Mindwise
Outliers
The Pavement Arena
The Power of Internal Martial Arts
Rapt
The Road Less Travelled
Steal My Art
Sword & Brush
The Tai Chi Journey
Tai Chi Secrets of the Ancient Masters
The Way To Love
The Willpower Instinct
Who Moved My Cheese?
Your Erroneous Zones


Part 7 - Neigong - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


Neigong (1-10)
Neigong (extras)

Neigong (11-20)
Neigong (21-30)
Neigong (31-40)
Neigong (41-50)
Neigong incorporation
Neigong dismantled


Part 8 - Jing - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


13 postures
Crude fa jing
Offensive (10)
Offensive/defensive (9)
Defensive (12)
Defensive/offensive (10)
Neutral (4)
Long & short jing
Obvious power (ming jing)
Cold jing
Combining chin na, shuai jiao & jing
Fa jing
Hidden power (an jing)
Jing/leverage principles (misplacing the bones)
Projections (sections 1, 2 & 3)
Fa jing (variations)
Kinetic pathway
Refined power (hua jing)

Challenge - projections (set 1) (30 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - projections (set 2) (30 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - projections (set 3) (30 mins x 12 weeks)


Part 9 - Self defence - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


The ball game
How to escape from a hold
How to slip a hold
Chair game

Dying ground
Countering a knife
Escapes/knife
Form in self defence


Part 10 - Martial skill - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


How to punch
Fear of falling
Bracing

Playing the attacker
- commitment
- range & reach

Punching rehab

Hitting a focus mitt
Loose striking
Penetrating defences (intro)
Countering
- 3 B's: blocking, blending & balance
- 4 stages
- fence
- X-shape
Silk arms
Martial concepts & qigong
Penetrating defences
Silk arms #1
Central equilibrium
- fixed feet
Immovable elbow
Kicking game
- evasive body focus
- sustained & varied kicking
Martial sets: a precursor to form application
San sau
Strategic stepping
Striking pads
- focus mitt, squashy pad, round pad
3-tier wallbag
5 bows
5 elements
Anti-sparring
Being hit
Chops
Combat stance
Countering punches, kicks & grapples
Countering/pushing peng
Cultivating peng
Everybody falls
Fa li
Form applications (section 1)
Gravity striking
Keeping the pressure on when attacking
Loose striking
The power/function of 'li'
Pushing peng (partnered)
Pushing peng (striking)
Silk arms (peng)
San sau (peng)
Speed striking
Sustaining peng throughout your counter
Tactics used by other arts
Using 3-D to gain optimal power
5 animals
5 centres
5 elements stepping
8 powers striking
Elbow
Finishing-off
Folding
Form applications (section 2)
Freeform triangle
Groundpath
Holding down the pillow
Kicking
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Punching from the centre
San sau (variations)
Silk arms (
variations)
Yin
Biomechanics (drills)
Form applications (section 3)
Melee:
– yielding/countering
San da stage 1: freeform application
San sau (jing)
Silk arms (jing)
Yielding/countering
Yielding/knife
5 challenges
5 elements striking (part 1)
5 elements striking (part 2)
5 pre-emptive methods
Balance, rhythm, timing
Becoming the centre
Biomechanics (combat)
Entry methods
Heavy bag
Penetrating defences against a knife
Rolling
San da stage 2: freeform combat
San sau against a knife
San sau (combat)
Shen
Shih (martial advantage)
Silk arms against a knife
Silk arms (combat)
Sparing yourself
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
Tools
Travelling
Wu nien
5 elements striking (part 3)
Disarming
Dying ground (expert)
Energy drainage
Form application (cane)
Form application (jian)
Form application (power)
Form application (sabre)
Form application (walking stick)

Monkey
Overwhelming attacks
Rhythm
Adapt, change & improvise
Biomechanics (overview)
Consolidation
Dim-mak (dim-su/incapacitation)
Freeform
Neigong dismantled
Penetrating defences dismantled
San sau dismantled
Silk arms dismantled

Striking methods (overview)

Challenge - silk arms (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - penetrating defences (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - yielding exercise - finishing off (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - san sau (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - section 1 form applications (120 mins x 24 weeks)
Challenge - silk arms (peng) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - san sau (peng) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - s
an sau (variations) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - section 2 form applications (120 mins x 24 weeks)
Challenge - silk arms (variations) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - 10 minute freeform application endurance challenge
Challenge - san sau (jing) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - section 3 form applications (120 mins x 24 weeks)
Challenge - sections 1, 2 & 3 form applications (120 mins x 48 weeks)
Challenge - silk arms (jing) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - yielding/countering endurance (10 mins)
Challenge - 5 challenges
Challenge - knife attackers (5 minutes)
Challenge - silk arms (combat) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - san sau (combat) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - mass attack (5 minutes)
Challenge - non-cooperative relay (5 mins)


Part 11 - Chin na - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


Chin na applications (set 1)
Chin na applications (set 2)
Chin na applications (set 3)
Y
ielding/chin na
Melee:
– yielding/chin na
Dividing the muscle
Flowing chin na applications (misplacing the bones)
Leverage principles (misplacing the bones)
Yielding/chin na against a knife
Cavity press
Sealing the breath
Biomechanics (chin na)

Challenge - chin na applications (set 1) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - chin na applications (set 2) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - chin na applications (set 3) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - yielding/chin na endurance (10 mins)


Part 12 - Shuai jiao - N/A due to covid-19 restrictions


Shuai jiao applications (set 1)
Floor work
- basics
- back-to-back

Shuai jiao applications (set 2)
Floor work
- kicks
- tackling

Yielding exercise - finishing off
Yielding exercise - take to the ground
Floor work
- control
- expedience
Floor work
- chin na
- dying ground
Floor work
- multiple opponents
- tactics

Y
ielding/shuai jiao
Melee:
– yielding/shuai jiao
Flowing shuai jiao applications
Freeform grappling
Shuai jiao: footwork
Shuai jiao: elbow & bump
Shuai jiao: mutual arising
Shuai jiao: use of legs
Shuai jiao: throws
Shuai jiao against a knife
Disintegration
Biomechanics (shuai jiao)

Challenge - shuai jiao applications (set 1) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - shuai jiao applications (set 2) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - yielding exercise - finishing off (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - floor work endurance (10 mins)
Challenge - yielding/shuai jiao endurance (10 mins)
Challenge - shuai jiao relay (5 minutes)


Part 13 - Weapons


Knife drills
Stick drills (3 sets)
Sword drills

2-person cane drill (regular & mirrored)

Small stick drills
Small stick flexibility drills
Improvised weaponry/knife
Biomechanics (weapons)
2-person cane drill dismantled
Knife drills dismantled
Small stick drills dismantled

Stick drills dismantled
Sword drills dismantled

Challenge - knife drilling (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - stick drills (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - sword drills (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - 2-person cane drill (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - small stick drills (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - improvised weaponry (5 minutes)  

Greyed out items meet the required standard of skill.


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Page created 11 September 2019
Last updated 19 June 2020