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John Ding International Academy
of Tai Chi Chuan Guildford Branch
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Level
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Content |
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Beginners I |
Chi Kung I (John Ding Yeung San: 4 postures) JDIATCC Core (loosening) Exercises Short Form - - Settling Breathing Exercises |
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Beginners II |
Chi Kung I (John Ding Yeung San: 6 - JDIATCC Core Exercises Short Form Corrections - - Start Traditional Long Form Basic Pushing /Sensitivity Exercises Settling Breathing Exercises |
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Intermediate I |
Chi Kung I (John Ding Yeung San: 8 postures) JDIATCC Core Exercises Traditional Long Form & Corrections Push Hands (Single Push Hands, Sensitivity Training - Basic self- Settling Breathing Exercises |
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Intermediate II |
As Above Except: Chi Kung II Traditional Long Form Yin - Self- Dynamic Push Hands |
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Intermediate III |
As Above Except: Traditional Long Form Spiral Concept Ta Lu (2 person set) - |
Master Ding and his senior students have spent many years researching and
designing a syllabus that supports our aims of faithfully transmitting all aspects of traditional Yang style Tai Chi Chuan.
Real Tai Chi Chuan is not simply about learning the forms or collecting series
upon series of movements. Students who take the ‘collector’ approach all but guarantee that they will only scrape the surface of the art. To invest in one form is more than a lifetime's learning. True progression entails using a form as the vehicle to learn, understand and integrate Tai Chi principles and concepts.
The core to having a good appreciation of Tai Chi Chuan is to have insight and understanding
of the principles and concepts within a form, develop their subtleties and then translate
those ideals into situations outside form practice. Ultimately, Tai Chi Chuan has
no need for a form -
Therefore, although there is a structured syllabus, it can never be more than a guide. The skills you pick up and the amount of time it takes to do so will quite naturally be affected by where you are starting your Tai Chi journey from and what your individual goals are.
You can access the full JDIATCC syllabus here.
The Guildford syllabus is as follows:
JDIATCC Guildford
T: 07812 469133
E: alex@guildfordtaichi.co.uk