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SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT
TAIJI QIN NA
TAIJI TAKE DOWNS
TAIJI QIGONG
STANCES
POSTURES
STEPPING
WAIST AND HIPS
ANKLE AND WRIST
KNEE AND ELBOW
PALMS
TYPES OF KICKS
YIN CIRCLE ARM
YANG CIRCLE ARM
DRAWING YIN YANG DIAGRAM HORIZONTAL
DRAWING YIN YANG DIAGRAM VERTICAL
APPLICATIONS
BREATHING
BALANCE
HEEL AND TOE PIVOT POINTS
NO ARMS PRACTICE
PUSH HANDS
OPEN AND CLOSE
FOLDING
INTRINSIC ENERGIES
BOWING
YIELDING
THE FIVE BOWS
LOADING THE SPRING
AVOIDING EXTREMES OF YIN AND YANG
CLASS SYLLABUS
WARMUP
- Lean Backwards
- Lean to the Left
- Lean to the Right
- Lea forward
- Breathe deep
STRETCHING
- Waist Stretches
- Scoop up the Chi
- Bow Stance
- Pelvic Swing
- Hold up the Heavens
STATIC POSES
- Bow stance
- False step stance
- 60 / 40 stance
- HORSE STANCE
STEPPING
- Forward
- Backward
- Sideways
STANDING QI GONG FOR FIVE MINUTES
- Breathing Control
- Washing Through the Pain
- Lowering the Breath
- Checking the Posture
- Tucking the Pelvis
FIRST SEVEN MOVEMENTS
- Wuchi
- Opening Movement
- Ward off Left
- Ward Off Right
- Roll Back
- Press
- Push
ONE NEW TOPIC EACH LESSON
ONE NEW MOVE EACH LESSON
TAIJI SALUTE
RUBDOWN
SLAP THE QI INTO THE DAN TIEN
Classes are held weekly, on Sundays, 8:30 am - 9:30 am. $15/day or $40/month.
Register with Patrick Dickson, patrick@taijiquanstore.com, (408) 621-2177.
Patrick had studied Daoism extensively before beginning Taijiquan (Tai Chi) lessons with Arthur Lee in Santa Cruz, CA. In the last thirty years he has learned the long and simplified forms of Chen style, and the long form and fast set of Yang style. Other studies included Qigong, working with the body’s energy, and an integral part of Tai Chi. It was twenty years ago when at the urging of his teachers he began teaching, mainly in private classes but also 1st - 3rd graders at Portal School and for the past four years, adults at West Valley YMCA.
Patrick's website is www.taijiquan.com
- Website Design & Management, Ikonalex
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• We welcome Taijiquan teacher Patrick Dickson, as an IAM Ministries sponsored practitioner. He holds a class each Sunday morning.
• Our Hawkins Study Group of a few years ago has re-formed and meets each Wednesday evening.
- CONTACT
- (408) 867-4440
- iamone@earthlink.net
- IAM Ministries of Saratoga CA is an open community of spiritually oriented practitioners dedicated to wellness, spirituality and service. It is not an evangelical church or religious order, nor is membership required to participate. All events and classes are open to the public. Our Vision and Mission are described here.