OLD TAI CHI STAFF PART 10 program ONLINE
- MWF for 6 weeks, starting Mar 10, 2025 at 9pm
Taught by Steven Sy, ONLINE using Zoom Platform
COURSE DETAILS:
MWF for 6 weeks, starting Mar 10, 2025
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 PART 9 + TAI CHI FORM REVIEW PROGRAM
Note: This course is NOT open to those who were not enrolled in the OLD TAI CHI STAFF PART 9 + TAI CHI FORM REVIEW PROGRAM.
Students will be only allowed to enroll if they had the OLD TAI CHI STAFF PART 9 + TAI CHI FORM REVIEW program and meet enrollment conditions.
TAI CHI STAFF:
OVERVIEW
The Goal of this Program is to be a continuation course to the form: Old Tai Chi Staff
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 1-9 to this program.
This program will also continue to expand on the staff techniques learned in the PART 9 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: Mar 10, 12, 14: OLD TAI CHI STAFF (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 2: Mar 17, 19, 21: OLD TAI CHI STAFF (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 3: Mar 24, 26, 28: OLD TAI CHI STAFF (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- BREAK WEEK
- Week 4: Apr 7, 9, 11: OLD TAI CHI STAFF (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 5: Apr 14, 16, 18: OLD TAI CHI STAFF (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
- Week 6: Apr 21, 23, 25: OLD TAI CHI STAFF (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 1-9 program, available for viewing up to Jun 15.
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 10 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.