Tai Chi Fan Form - 12 weeks



Learn the Tai Chi Fan Form as it is taught in the Beijing Wushu School in Beijing, China, brought to us in the U.S. by Grand Master Jinheng Li, Head Instructor, World Martial Arts Academy, Arizona. The 28 Movement Tai Chi Fan form is based on Chen and Yang Families styles and incorporates some Traditional Chinese Empty Hands and Weapons Forms movements. This form is great exercise for your health and easy and fun to learn. Beginning weapon form taught martially. Intermediate to advanced students. Equipment fee. 24 1-hour classes.

13 Yang Staff Form - 12 Weeks

Yang Style Tai Chi 13-Form Staff is built on 13 key movements (energies). Though short, this is a workout with carefully chosen movements important to this type of practice such as: stick, twine, sweep, block, ward off, parry, press, chop, etc. 24 1-hour classes.Pre-requisite: Tai Chi Fan form or equivalent & instructor’s permission. Intermediate to advanced players. Equipment fee. 24 1-hour classes.

Snap Back

Fan Demonstration

World Tai Chi & Qigong

Day 2008

sweep...Staff Form

Demonstration

World Tai Chi & Qigong

Day 2010

Cutting sword in Bow and Empty Stance Demo

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2011

32 Tai Chi Sword - Part 1 - 12 weeks (movements 1-16) & Part 2 - 12 weeks (movements 17-32)

This weapon form was created in 1957 by Chinese Masters in Beijing, China.  Since then this style Tai Chi is very popular throughout China and abroad.  This form is divided into 2 Parts and very easy to learn.  Intermediate to advanced students...prefer players have completed Fan Form or some other beginning weapon form prior to  beginning Part 1 of this course; Part 1 completion required for Part 2. 

Equipment fee.  48 1-hour classes.

Yang Two Man Form - 12 Weeks

Taking Push Hands to the next level, this form is sometimes called Tai Chi San Shou or the Tai Chi Fighting Form.  Course includes many Chi Sao push hands drills and applications exercises. Advanced players only.

24 1-hour classes.

Point the Sword & Disperse Movement

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2008

Tai Chi Broadsword 13 Form - 12 weeks

Tai Chi Broadsword is one of the short weapons in the Tai Chi Chuan system. It shares the same concepts and principles as Tai Chi Chuan in practice which emphasizes the concepts of: slowness, lightness, relaxation, calm, the use of intent and not physical force,  the sinking of chi down to dantien, suspend the head from above, concentration, the harmonization of the internal and external, coordination of the top and bottom.  All of these same concepts are emphasized in this form of Tai Chi Broadsword. Master Zhang Yong Tao of the Beijing WuBin Wushu Training Center was our instructor for this form.

Pre-requisite: Tai Chi Fan Form or equivalent training.

Intermediate to advanced players. Flexible Training Broadswords will be available for purchase or to borrow for the period of the class. 24 1-hour classes.

Wutang Dao Yang 108 - 5 12-week sessions

Wutang Tao Yang means the wutang way of the yang -  a Taoist master created the form using the Yang Long Form as the base and used it to teach the 5 Elements and 8 Trigrams (directions).
WuDang is how it is often spelled because that is how it is pronounced but it is more correct to spell it wutang – it is the name of the Taoist temple that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon featured. Wutang is a temple system and the foremost aim of practice is the cultivation of the Life-Energy, Mind and Spirit.

24 1-hour classes each session, over 5 sessions…

Pre-requisite: advanced players and instructor’s invitation.