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Teaching assistant
Karen is a teaching assistant for tai chi for health.
2021 attendance
In order to grade, Karen must attend
8 more workshops/boot camp.
Class: weekly
Workshops attended: 4/12
Boot camp: 0
Private lessons:
0
Tea Club
Karen is a member of the Tea Club.
Not all women are submissive.
(Loy Ching-Yuen)
Tai chi for self defence
Qigong & reeling silk exercises
4 directions - forwards & backwards
4 directions - to the side
Ba duan jin
(8 exercises)
Cloud hands
Full circle qigong (6 positions)
High circle qigong
Horse stance
Horse stance qigong
Moving qigong (8 exercises)
Opening & closing - to the side
Plate exercise
Pushing peng
Qigong development
Qigong on one leg
Standing post
Standing qigong/3 circle qigong
Challenge – full circle qigong (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - horse stance qigong (5 mins x 12 weeks)
Challenge – standing qigong (4 postures) (20 minutes x 4 weeks)
Fitness
Balls & grips
Constructive rest
Core strength (3 sets)
Leg stretches (2 sets)
Psoas exercises (4)
Self-massage
Slam ball challenge
Standing post with arms
Stretches & joint work
Taoist Yoga (3 sets)
Form (regular &
mirrored)
Long
Yang form
Pushing hands
Double pushing hands
Monkey paws
Pushing legs
Single pushing hands
Principles
Cat-stepping
How to connect the limbs to the torso
How to yield
How to create space
How to be flexible
How to work without tensing-up
How to be composed
How to move your whole body
How to be loose and heavy
How to go with the flow
How to respond without thinking
Assignment #1 - Cat stepping
Assignment #2 - Martial concepts theory
Brain work
(meditation, awareness, metacognition)
Breath meditation
Meditation on body sensations
Meditation on emotions
Recommended reading:
- There Are No Secrets
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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi
- The Way of Chuang Tzu
- Tao Te Ching (The Way and Its
Power)
- The Little Zen Companion
- Chang San-feng treatise
- Wang Tsung-yueh treatise
- Wu Yu-hsiang treatise
- The Inner Way
- Zen in the Art of Archery
- The Essence of Tai Chi Chuan
- Sword & Brush
- Steal My Art
- Commentaries on Living volume 2
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- The Complete Taiji Dao
- The Tai Chi Journey
Neigong
Partner work
4 directions with a partner
4 directions with a partner (no contact)
Central equilibrium – maintain the centre
Eyes-closed walking
Leading & following (eyes-closed)
Palm at 3 distances
Peripheral vision
Posture testing
Pushing peng exercise
Stepping
- 90°
- diamond stepping
- leading & following (eyes-closed)
- relative distance (tig)
- avoiding line of force (solo & melee)
- riding the attack
Yielding basic skills
Yielding exercise
Challenge - yielding basic skills challenge (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Self
defence
3-tier wallbag
The ball game
Being hit
Bracing
Chair game
Countering
- 3 B's: blocking, blending & balance
- 4 stages
- fence
- X-shape
Fear of falling
Floor work
- basics
- back-to-back
- kicks
- tackling
Hitting a focus mitt
How to escape from a hold
How to punch
How to slip a hold
Kicking game
- evasive body focus
- sustained & varied kicking
Loose striking
Partner work mistakes
Penetrating defences (intro)
Playing the attacker
- commitment
- range & reach
Punching rehab
Weapons
Knife drills
Stick drills (3 sets)
Sword drills
Challenge - knife drilling (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Challenge - stick drills (30 mins x 6 weeks)
Challenge - sword drills (30 mins x 4 weeks)
Women's self defence
Instructing (optional)
Teacher training
course (free of charge)
Greyed out items meet the required
standard of skill.
Page created
18 April 1995
Last updated
19 August 2021
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