Tai Chi Fundamentals Year Course

year course for motivated advanced students

Sunday morning 10:00-11:30
Follow the training at the centre, follow along online or view the lesson afterwards on video.
The training is given in English with Dutch as a second language.

rising spirit empowerment

Standing - Breathing - Energetic exercises - Sequence sets

TAI CHI FUNDAMENTALS classes are part of a larger package called Rising Spirit Empowerment. This "Empowerment" approach was born out of 25 years of experience. To optimize the lessons for the students for better results, the need arose to clarify and refine the material. From my the teachers own experiences with Form and Chi Kung from different origins, a synthesis in specific exercises emerged. The exercises offer insights in a practical way. The result are clear, functional mechanics and energy flow that is useful in the Golden Flower Tai Chi Form.
The goal of the Empowerment package is not to be all-encompassing, but to offer concrete training in energetic work for both Tai Chi Form and martial applications.

SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR RESULTS

During this year-long "Tai Chi Fundamentals" course, the focus will be on understanding and reproducible training. During practice we will take time for additional explanations and clarifying diagrams or drawings. We will go through the mechanical and transformation principles:

Standing: your posture during different principles clarified.
Breathing: attention to the transformation in time and space where the energy connects with the body.
Chi Kung: exercises where the way you move specifically directs the energy. Aspects of the previous two are hereby linked into a standard whereby:

We open and strengthen the body.
Offer variations for the upper body, arms and head.
Offer variations for the lower body and the impact on the upper body.
We go through a basic combination exercise with Tai Chi dynamics (introduction to Sequence Sets).

Do you desire systematic support or training? Then we suggest you follow the weekly Tai Chi Fundamentals classes and/or ask for additional guidance. Both are offered live and online. During the 2022 Tai Chi weekend in Frandeux, we will delve into these "Tai Chi Fundamentals" with an initiation into Sequence Sets. Teachers who wish personal guidance for this material can obtain a certificate.

YEAR TRAINING TAI CHI FUNDAMENTALS

This year-long course takes place on Sunday mornings from 10:00 to 11:30 am with intervals of +/-3 weeks.
The series can be followed live in Aartselaar, but thanks to a clear video-setting you can now also follow the series online. Simultaneously and included in the series, we generate video recordings which you as a participant can refer to at a later date to go over the details. These will remain available online. An occasional absence from the live classes is therefore not a problem for your continuity within the training. A pdf-document of the exercises and principles will be provided.
An overview:

Sunday 10:00-11:30 every 3 weeks
Live or online
Video registration per session permanently available online
PDF overview will be provided

* Kredits are the Rising Spirit currency and offer the opportunity to reward and give better conditions to participants who follow more activities.