OLD TAI CHI STAFF PART 4 + TAI CHI FORM REVIEW program ONLINE
- MWF for 6 weeks, starting Apr 24 at 9pm
Taught by Steven Sy, ONLINE using Zoom Platform
COURSE DETAILS:
MWF for 6 weeks, starting Apr 24, 2024
Each session runs from 9:00pm - 9:55pm approx. (EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME -- [UTC-4 ] )
6:00pm - 6:55pm approx. (PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME -- [UTC-7 ])
PREREQUISITE: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI QIGONG 3--PART 3 PROGRAM
Note: This course is NOT open to those who were not enrolled in the OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI QIGONG 3--PART 3 PROGRAM.
Students will be only allowed to enroll if they had the OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI QIGONG 3--PART 3 program and meet enrollment conditions.
TAI CHI STAFF:
TAI CHI 1:
TAI CHI 2:
TAI CHI 3:
OVERVIEW
The Goal of this Program is to be a continuation course to the form: Old Tai Chi Staff
Outside of this, the program is designed to review the earlier Tai Chi forms: Tai Chi 1, Tai Chi Staff 1 (37 movement), Tai Chi 2, and Tai Chi 3, with a focus on review and then refinement. Each class will continue work with the Tai Chi 3 form (that was learned in Parts 1-3), along with some of the others, depending on the class and time available after doing the Old Tai Chi Staff work.
Old Tai Chi Staff is a medium-paced Tai Chi form that utilizes a 5-foot long staff. While Old Tai Chi Staff also uses a staff similar to the Tai Chi Staff form (37 movement) that was previously taught, it is a second-tier Tai Chi Staff form that starts to bridge the gap to more difficult staff weapon forms. This part of the class will also include additional staff techniques beyond those learned with the Tai Chi Staff form (37 movement), or in PARTS 1-3 to this program.
Our Program will teach both the Old Tai Chi Staff form, as well as reviewing earlier forms, in each class period.
This program will also continue to expand on the staff techniques learned in the PART 3 program.
For the Old Tai Chi Staff component of the class, students will need a 5-foot Tai Chi staff prior to first day of class.
I recommend a Double-Tapered 1.25in White Wax Wood Staff.
Here is one such source, for about $35 (when not on sale):
- Week 1: Apr 24, 26: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 2: Apr 29, May 1, 3: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- BREAK WEEK
- Week 3: May 13, 15, 17: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 4: May 20, 22: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Monday, Wednesday)
- Week 5: May 29, 31: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 6: Jun 3, 5, 7: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 7: Jun 10, 12, 14: OLD TAI CHI STAFF + TAI CHI REV (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
While the class itself is not recorded, there will be recordings of practice sets of Old Tai Chi Staff and course practices given out periodically, along with the recordings from PARTS 1-3 program, available for viewing up to July 31.
Most of the class time will be spent actually doing the Tai Chi practice, with periodic breaks to highlight key points or occasionally relevant theory from the Tai Chi classics.
Notes:
- We will allow a short time after each session for questions and answers.
- Dependent on enrollment in this course, subsequent courses in Tai Chi, such as continued work with the material in this course, i.e. Old Tai Chi Staff and Tai Chi Form Review (of Tai Chi 1, Tai Chi Staff [37 movement], Tai Chi 2, Tai Chi 3), may be offered, as well as possible other forms.
In total, I look forward to having you join the "OLD Tai Chi Staff PART 4 + Tai Chi Form Review program ONLINE".
If anyone has any questions in advance of the class,
Steven may be contacted at his email address: steven [at] spiritualtao [dot] com.