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Notes, lessons and reflections

An introduction to
Sifu Waller's teaching and insights:


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 

4 ounces
13 patterns of movement
36 strategies


A

Adjustment

An ancient art
Anticipation
Are you a martial artist?
Are you strong enough?
Assertiveness



B

Baguazhang (8 trigrams palm)
Blocks
Bracing



C

The challenge
Chang treatise
Chin na (seizing)
Chin na applications
Chuan (fist/combat/martial art/kung fu)
Combat
Confusing internal & external training methods
Conviction
Corrections
Countering (intro)



D

Disciple



E

Evading a knife
External to internal
Expert
Exuberant play



F

Fa jing
Fighting
Fighting on TV
Fighting talk
Finding a tai chi class
Finishing off
Fitness level
Fluid
Force
Form applications
Free the movement



G

Gaps & deficiencies
Grappling
Groundpath



H

Health topics (A-Z)
Holds



I

Impact
Incapacitation
Instructing (tai chi chuan)
Intention
Internal martial arts
Invisibility



J

Jing (internal/whole-body power)



K

Key points



L

Lineage
Lineage disciple
Listening
Looking after yourself
The lost art?



M

Macho
Martial development
Martial eligibility
Martial expectations

Martial routine
Martial skill
(kung fu)
Martial theory
Mastery
Meet us halfway
Melee
Military combat
Minimalist
Multiple opponents

N

Nervous system
Neutral state
Newton's laws
Nimble



O

The old ways
Over 40
Over-analysing...



P

Panic
Partner work mistakes
Passive aggressive
Penetrating defences
Peng
Playing the attacker
Power generation
Practical yielding
Preliminary training



R

Range & reach
Reacting
Redundancy
Reeling silk



S

Self defence
Self-differentiating
Sensitivity
Shen
Shuai jiao (take downs)
Shuai jiao applications
Sifu Waller
Simplicity
Skill level
Skilled practice
Skills
Small circle
Soft option
Standing in your own way
Steal my art
Stern
Sticky
Strength
Struggling
Sung



T

Tai chi/tai chi chuan/taijiquan (supreme ultimate fist)
Tai chi combat
Tai chi chuan & piano lessons
Tai chi chuan principles
Tai chi chuan syllabus
Technical skills
Technique-based mentality




U

Understanding the training
Unpredictability
Using the mind instead of force



V

Verbal understanding



W

Wang treatise
Warrior/sage
The way of the warrior
Weapons
What is self defence?
Why learn tai chi chuan?
Women's self defence
Working with the instructor
Wu treatise
Wu wei



Y

Yielding


 


Page created 13 January 1995
Last updated 28 August 2015