Tai Chi Skills Drills & Patterns

Tai Chi Skills, Drills & Patterns

Course

In this course we learn 8 drills that each contain several tai chi movements. Each movement is explained in detail and we then explore and flow through the sequences. The 8 drills have been combined into one flow pattern that allows time to really focus on the intent of each movement. Throughout the series we cover all ten of Yang Chengfu's Ten Important Points of Tai Chi Chuan and apply them to our tai chi.

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Documents for Download

Skills Drills & Patterns reference document

Yang Chengfu's 10 Important Points Illustrated reference document

Short Stick Shibashi movement list with warm ups and stick self-massage

Lesson 1

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
4:45 Qigong-style warm up
15:00 Point 1 of Yang Chengfu's 10 Important Points of Tai Chi Chuan
17:28 Skills, drills and pattern-work. Drill 1: Advance with ward off, retreat with roll back.
21:10 Drill 2: Peng, Lu, Ji, An – Ward off, roll back, press, push.
33:47 Drill 3: Cross hands, single whip.
40:17 Ba Fa Wu Bu

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Includes:

0:00 Meditative Breathing
3:27 Short Stick Shibashi
20:49 Yang Chengfu's 2nd Important Point of Tai Chi Chuan
22:54 Drill 1: Grasp the bird's tail
24:53 Drill 2: Cross hands, single whip
30:54 Drill 3: Shoulder ram, white crane spreads wings
39:08 The Lotus Qigong
42:00 Q & A: Relaxing the chest further explanation and forming the whip hand posture

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing and stretching
5:54 Qigong-style warm up
12:46 Yang Chengfu's 3rd Important Point of Tai Chi Chuan
16:45 Ba Fa Wu Bu
25:02 Drill 1: Cross hands, single whip
28:23 Drill 2: Shoulder ram, white crane spreads wings
33:20 Drill 3: Brush knee, repulse monkey
41:35 Closing forms
44:32 Feedback

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
2:45 Tree Standing – Zhan Zhuang
6:25 Qigong-style warm up
14:25 Yang Chengfu's 4th Important Point
17:50 Yang Tai Chi Level 1
23:05 Tai Chi skills, drills and patterns
26:40 Yang Tai Chi Level 2
29:03 Tai Chi skills, drills and patterns
41:57 Closing forms

Lesson 4

CTCC Levels 1 & 2

Lesson 5

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
2:45 Shibashi Set 1 movements 1 to 4
6:01 Qigong-style warm up
15:35 Yang Chengfu's 5th Important Point
18:08 Skills, drills and tai chi patterns
39:24 Closing forms
42:28 Q & A and discussion

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
2:12 Short Stick Shibashi and massage
12:20 Yang Chengfu's 6th Important Point of Tai Chi
14:55 Ba Fa Wu Bu
23:30 Skills, drills and pattern work
39:13 The Lotus Qigong
41:52 Closing Form

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
2:35 Daoist meditation in tree standing (Zhan Zhuang)
6:09 Qigong-style warm up
17:00 Yang Chengfu's 7th Important Point
19:27 Tai Chi 10-Form
24:56 A new drill and flow through previous patterns x 1
41:30 Closing forms
44:25 Further discussion on today's new points

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
3:07 Shibashi Set 1 Combo
8:52 Qigong-style warm up
19:15 Yang Chengfu's 8th Important Point
20:37 Drills 1 to 6 flow pattern
42:00 Closing forms
44:58 Further discussion

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
2:18 Short Stick Shibashi - shortened version as warm up
9:37 Dynamic leg stretches
12:49 Yang Chengfu's 9th Important Point
14:09 Drill number 7 with skills focus on needle at sea bottom
25:21 Drills 1 to 7 flow pattern
39:35 The Lotus Qigong
42:16 Further discussion

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

Includes:

0:00 Meditative breathing
2:25 Shibashi Set 2 first half
11:07 Yang Chengfu's 10th Important Point
13:11 Drill 7: skills refinement and applications
24:28 Drills 1 to 7 flow pattern
37:56 The Lotus Qigong
40:29 Closing forms

Lesson 10

Lesson 11

Includes:

0:00 Meditative Breathing
4:21 Shibashi Set 1 Combo
9:14 Limbering and stepping
15:26 Drill 8: Seven Star Punch
24:48 Drills 1 to 8 flow pattern
39:46 Discussion & feedback
41:37 Shoulder ram postural detail
45:06 Closing forms

Lesson 11

Reference Videos

Tai Chi Drills

Short Stick Shibashi

Alignment in Tai Chi and Qigong