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Venue
Workshops take place at our
house.
Arrival
time
Between 6:45 - 6:55 PM please.
Time & cost
Workshops start at 7:00 PM, last for 90 minutes and cost £10.
The topics on offer are typically ones that have yet to be fully addressed
in class.
It was truly a case of "A day with the master is
worth 10,000 on your own".
It was one of those wordless transmissions that changes everything.
(Scott M Rodell)
Payment procedure
Please note that if you pencil in a workshop or a private lesson,
please transfer payment.
The fee is due within 24 hours of the session being
confirmed. Otherwise, the place
may be offered to anyone else who wants it.
No refund
If you cancel or fail to attend, your fee will not be refunded.
Non transferable
Workshop places are not transferable: the fee paid for one workshop cannot
be shifted to another.
Colour coded
On the Notices page, workshops are listed by colour:
Red - tai chi chuan students only
Black - anyone can attend
Opportunity
A workshop is an opportunity to look further into the art.
To work directly with
Sifu
Waller.
To receive individual corrections.
To explore future topics in advance of your grade.
Unique
Workshops are a chance to try out something new.
Many subjects are unique to workshops and may not be be taught in quite the
same way in the
beginner's class.
Tasters
It is good to try a taster session for more advanced material.
The experience will give you a sense of things to come, and the opportunity
to see how different skills knit together as the syllabus unfolds.
However, the mainstay of your training must be suitable for your current
grade.
I try to attend as many workshops as I can because they are always
enjoyable and offer a chance to learn from Sifu Waller in a way not possible
on a Monday night. I have come to see them as essential to compound the more
general skills learned on class nights.
(Paul)
Going deeper
Workshops are not the same as Monday night classes or tai chi in the park.
Firstly, they are taught by Sifu Waller not Rachel. Secondly, Sifu's aim is to work
through a particular them/topic in some depth.
This means that a workshop is quite mentally demanding. It is absolutely not
a chill-out session. You will be invited to think, to explore and to
interact.
Once the workshop is over and you've gone home, the many insights and new
ideas will come to mind, and at that stage you will be able to mull them
over at your leisure.
Intensive
You have the opportunity to focus on one subject for 90 minutes.
After a brief introduction, you explore a range of drills gradually building
towards the complete skill.
Each exercise serves to challenge and extend your knowledge and ability.
As the evening progresses, you are called upon to grow, adapt and
change as
the material broadens in scope and application.
By the end of the session, everyone has gained a sense of the topic being
studied.
7 people
Workshop places are sought after - as this is a first rate
opportunity to train closely with Sifu Waller.
Although, we try to accommodate as many students as we can, we must be
practical in terms of space.
7 students is ideal.
Any less, and we will not offer the workshop.
Any more, and there is not enough room.
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Adapted from
Sifu Waller's writings by
Rachel
Page created 2 March 2008
Last updated
29 August 2015