Class duration: Four Months
Learning time: 32 Hrs ~ 64Hrs
Suggested practice time: 60 Hrs~120 Hrs (minimum ½ hour every day)
Learning Objectives: As you complete this learning area, you should understand and know how to do the following:
- Silk-reeling drills (group A & group B)
- Two basic stances & drills
- Four Basic Movement single forms, their small drills & martial applications
- Four-Basic-Movement Routine (four sides)
101-1: Warm-up
Silk-Reeling Drills:
Group A:
- Holding ball left side and open right side
- Right hand clockwise circling
- Right hand clockwise plus small circling
- Right hand counter-clockwise circling
- Right hand counter-clockwise plus small circling
- Double hands counter-clockwise circling
Group B: (opposite side to Group A)
- Holding ball right side and open left side
- Left hand counter-clockwise circling
- Left hand counter-clockwise circling plus small circling
- Left hand clockwise circling
- Left hand clockwise plus small circling
- Double hands clockwise circling
101-2: Chen Style Two Stances
- Primary: side bow stance (left & right)
- Secondary: ball stance (side, front & back)
Stance drill:
- Primary stance figure 8
- Secondary stance back and forth
101-3: Chen Style Four Basic Movements:
Basic One: Warrior pounds mortar
- Small drill: lu, throw, liao
- Application: lu, throw, peng, flap, groin strike, knee & chin
Basic two: Lazily tying coat
- Small drill: thumb & pinky coil, hold & knee
- Application: elbow, liao & knee, elbow
Basic three: Six sealing four closing
- Small drill: double hand circle
- Application: lock, jie, lu, an
Basic four: Single whip
- Small drill: rotate the ball, single hand circle
- Application: twist the head, chop the neck
Sequence Drill:
- Four-Basic-Movement Routine (four sides)
Review questions:
- What are the two basic stances of Chen Style Taiji?
- What is the ending posture of each of the four movements?
- What are the martial applications of each of the four movements?
- What are the small drills of each movement? Can you do them?
Program design thinking:
By learning some Taiji movement right from beginning to enhance the students’ enthusiasm and at the same time to gain a sense of achievement.
Note:
The required courses (101, 201 & 301) are one year program and designed for those who want to learn enough to keep fit and who want to lay good foundation for advanced learning.
