Black - 9th & 10th dan
	Tai chi chuan syllabus - advanced level

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Qualifying

Students have passed all 8 lower dan black belts. They must attend a minimum of 40 workshops/boot camps/private lessons per calendar year in addition to weekly tuition in class.
If you haven't signed-up for workshops, don't ask to be assessed/graded in class.


Uniform

Students wear:

• Black T-shirt, changshan or wrap-over
• School badge sewn onto the left upper chest and the neijiaquan patch on the right sleeve (suit)
• Black cotton martial arts/karate trousers
• Flat footwear; preferably not training/sports shoes
• Black sash


Advanced belts

9th and 10th dan black belts are for more advanced tai chi chuan practice.  
 

I'm strong enough to tear apart rhinoceros hide and drag nine oxen by the tail
- yet I still lament my weakness.

(King Hsuan of Chou)

Red 1/Black (9th dan)

Adapt, change & improvise
Bone marrow washing
Consciousness
Consolidation
Dim-mak (dim-su/incapacitation)
Eastern philosophy
Energy drainage
Form
Form application (cane)
Form application (jian)
Form application (power)
Form application (sabre)
Form application (walking stick)
Freeform
Internalising
Kinaesthetic awareness
Kinetic pathway
Martial principles & practice
Meditation
Open & close
Overwhelming attacks
Power generation
Pre-natal breathing
Proprioception
Refined power (hua jing)
Rhythm
Small circle
Spiritual inquiry
Striking methods
Syllabus design
Tai chi principles
Teaching methods
Tortoise breathing
Unite upper & lower
Waving
Whole-body movement
Yin body
Yin/yang

Red 2/Black (10th dan)

2-person cane drill dismantled
Chin na applications dismantled
Jian form dismantled
Knife drills dismantled
Long Yang form dismantled
Neigong dismantled
Partner work dismantled
Pushing hands (all variations) dismantled
Qigong dismantled
Sabre form dismantled
San sau dismantled
Shuai jiao applications dismantled
Silk arms dismantled
Small stick drills dismantled
Stick drills dismantled
Sword drills dismantled
Walking stick form dismantled

Assignment - masterwork/masterpiece

Reading is not optional

To complete each level, students must answer assignments to prove that they have taken the time to read this website and all of the required texts.
Failure to read the books will impede progress and hinder understanding.


Further reading

• Expert  
• Mastery 

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Page created 2 March 1995
Last updated 21 May 2015

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