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Indoor student
Rachel is an indoor student, studying directly with
Sifu Waller.
Instructor
The
Tai Chi
Union for Great Britain gave
Rachel an 'instructor' qualification
in 2014.
She is qualified to teach tai chi for health, qigong and taijiquan beginners.
Taijiquan
Rachel has completed all non-martial material right up to black belt
level.
She cannot commence black belt until the Government
regulations change and contact training is permitted. At that stage, Rachel will
need to pass all outstanding martial topics.
Baguazhang
Rachel is working through the baguazhang black belt (1st dan) syllabus.
Tea Club
Rachel is the founder of the Tea Club.
As they dragged
him away, Rorschach spoke to the other inmates.
He said,
"None of you understand.
I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."
(Watchmen)
Taijiquan syllabus
White
Qigong
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Attitude & etiquette
Yellow
The ball game
Monkey paws
Partner work
Psoas exercises
Pushing legs
Single pushing hands
Challenge full circle qigong (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge standing qigong (4 postures) (20 minutes x 4 weeks)
Challenge - yielding exercise challenge (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - Attitude & etiquette
Assignment #3 - Q & A
Assignment #4 - Attitude & etiquette
Orange
Long Yang form (section 1) (regular)
Constructive rest
Fear of falling
Horse stance
How to escape from a hold
How to punch
Knife drills
Leg stretches (2 sets)
Partner work mistakes
Playing the attacker
- commitment
- range & reach
Punching rehab
Shuai jiao applications (set 1)
Yielding basic skills
Challenge - form challenge (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - knife drilling (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - shuai jiao applications (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - yielding basic skills challenge (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Q & A
Assignment #2 - A
&
E
Recommended reading - The Sword Polisher's Record
Green
Long Yang form (section 2) (regular)
Bracing
Cat-stepping
Chin na applications (set 1)
Floor work
- basics
- back-to-back
Hitting a focus mitt
Horse stance qigong
How to slip a hold
Loose striking
Penetrating defences (intro)
Standing post with arms
Challenge - chin na applications (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (section 2) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - horse stance qigong (5 mins x 12 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Cat stepping
Recommended reading - There Are No Secrets
Blue
Long Yang form (section 3) (regular)
4 directions with a partner (no contact)
70/30 stance
Countering
- 3 B's: blocking, blending & balance
- 4 stages
- fence
- X-shape
Monkey paws (5 hands)
Shuai jiao applications (set 2)
Silk arms
Qigong development
Tao yin/Taoist Yoga (3 sets)
Challenge - form challenge (section 3) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - qigong development (40 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - shuai jiao applications (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge silk arms (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Assignment #1 - Martial concepts theory
Recommended reading - The Essence of Tai Chi Chuan - The Literary Tradition
Purple
Long Yang form
(revision & corrections)
Chin na applications (set 2)
Floor work
- kicks
- tackling
Martial concepts & qigong
Penetrating defences
Silk arms #1
Square on the inside, round on the outside
Stick drills (3 sets)
Stretches & joint work
Yielding exercise - finishing off
Challenge - chin na applications (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - penetrating defences (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - stick drills (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - yielding exercise - finishing off (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Recommended reading - The Art of War
Brown
Long Yang form (mirrored)
3-D
Biomechanical advantage
Central equilibrium
- fixed feet
Chair game
Chin na applications (set 3)
Core strength (3 sets)
Crescent moon
High circle qigong
Immovable elbow
Kicking game
- evasive body focus
- sustained & varied kicking
Martial sets: a precursor to form application
Massage
Monkey paws (stepping)
Moving qigong (complete set)
Qigong on one leg
Qigong revision
San sau
Slam ball challenge
Strategic stepping
Striking pads
- focus mitt, squashy
pad, round pad
Yielding exercise
- take to the ground
Challenge - chin na
applications (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - form challenge (mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge san sau (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Recommended reading - The Book of Five Rings
&
The Way of Chuang Tzu
Black (1st dan)
Sabre form (regular & mirrored)
2-person cane drill (regular & mirrored)
3-tier wallbag
5 bows
5 bows exercise
5 elements
6 balanced pairs
60/40 stance
Anti-sparring
Being hit
Biomechanics
(qigong)
Breath meditation
Chops
Combat stance
Countering punches, kicks & grapples
Countering/pushing peng
Cultivating peng
Da lu
Double pushing hands
Dying ground
Everybody falls
Fa li
Floor work
- control
- expedience
Form applications (section 1)
Gravity striking
Keeping the pressure on when attacking
Long Yang form (lines
of force version)
Loose striking
The power/function of 'li'
Pushing peng exercise
Pushing peng (partnered)
Pushing peng (striking)
Qigong revision
Ready/guard stance
Silk arms (peng)
San sau (peng)
Speed striking
Sustaining peng throughout your counter
Sword drills
Tactics used by other arts
Using 3-D to gain optimal power
Challenge - 2-person cane drill (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - da lu (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - double pushing hands (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - floor work endurance (10 mins)
Challenge - lines of force form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - sabre form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x
4 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 - sword drills (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - The Sword Polisher's Record
Assignment #2 - There Are No Secrets
Assignment #3 - The Essence of Tai Chi Chuan - The Literary Tradition
Assignment #4 - The Art of War
Assignment #5 - The Book of Five Rings
Black (2nd dan)
Walking stick form (regular & mirrored)
4 ounces exercise
5 animals
5 centres
5 elements stepping
8 powers striking
13 postures
Chin na applications
Crude fa jing
Cultivating sung
Elbow
Finishing-off
Floor work
- chin na
- dying ground
Folding
Form applications (section 2)
Freeform triangle
Groundpath
Holding down the pillow
Kicking
Meditation on body sensations
Meditation on emotions
Moving with kwa
Neigong (1-10)
Neigong (extras)
Newtons Laws of Motion
Punching from the centre
Pushing hands development
Reverse breathing
San sau (variations)
Shuai jiao applications
Silk arms (variations)
Small stick drills
Small stick flexibility drills
Spiral body
Yin
Challenge - chin na applications (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - san sau (variations) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - section 2 form applications (120 mins x 24 weeks)
Challenge - shuai jiao applications (60 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge - silk arms (variations) (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - small stick drills (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - walking stick form (regular &
mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
Assignment #1 - The Way of Chuang Tzu
Assignment
#2 - Moving Zen
Assignment #3 - The New Lao Tzu
Assignment #4 - Zen in the Art of Archery
Assignment #5 - 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
Black (3rd dan)
Jian form (regular &
mirrored)
Biomechanics (chin
na)
Biomechanics (drills)
Biomechanics (form)
Biomechanics (shuai jiao)
Countering a knife
Escapes/knife
Floor work
- multiple opponents
- tactics
Form applications (section 3)
Improvised weaponry/knife
Jing
Long & short jing
Long Yang form (round version)
Melee:
yielding/shuai jiao
yielding/chin na
yielding/countering
Neigong (11-20)
Obvious power (ming
jing)
San da stage 1: freeform application
San sau (jing)
Silk arms (jing)
Yielding/chin na
Yielding/countering
Yielding/knife
Yielding/shuai jiao
Challenge - 10 minute freeform application
endurance challenge
Challenge - improvised weaponry (5 minutes)
Challenge - jian form (regular & mirrored) (60
mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - round form (regular & mirrored) (60 mins x 4 weeks)
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/chin na endurance (10 mins)
Challenge - yielding/countering endurance (10 mins)
Challenge - yielding/shuai jiao endurance (10 mins)
Assignment #1-
36 Strategies
Assignment #2- Commentaries on Living volume 2
Assignment #3 - Peak
Assignment #4
-
Tao of Being
Assignment #5
- The Little Zen Companion
Blue
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
Shuai jiao applications (sets 1 & 2)
Challenge 6 direction changes drilling (20 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge 8 mother palms drilling (20 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge 9 palaces drilling (20 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
8 directions stepping
16 elbows
60/40 stance
Chin na applications (sets 1,2 & 3)
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
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:
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 (1st dan)
3-D
5 animals
Balance, rhythm, timing
Becoming the centre
Chin na applications (misplacing the bones)
Countering punches, kicks and grapples
Dying ground
Elbow
Entry methods
Escape from a hold
Everybody falls
First hand/second hand
Folding
Kicking
Monkey
Monkey paws
Mutual arising
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 form drilling (monkey) (60 mins x 12 weeks)
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
Greyed out items meet the required standard
of skill.
Page created
18 April 1995
Last updated
19 February 2021
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