This training exposes students to all three aspects of Sun Style Tai Chi
(Tai Chi, Xing Yi and Bagua).
Delving deeper into Sun Tai Chi requires more than just practicing form. Forms can be a very important part of any Tai Chi system. They were created by the masters to give us structure and a foundation to build on. It is also said they are our teachers when a teacher is not around. Forms hold secrets embedded deep inside them. They were placed there by the masters and can only be fully accessed through the practice of form and formlessness!! After obtaining a foundation from forms practice we must then turn our attention to formlessness, going outside the confines of form. To do this we must take ourselves back to where it all began, “with nature.” Every aspect of Sun Tai Chi came from nature. By only practicing the choreography of the form we are neglecting two thirds of what Sun Lu Tang was trying to teach us. Every part of this training will be mindfully guided by a physical, mental and spiritual awareness and connection to nature. We break each movement down into smaller parts. We then apply the patterns of nature, (the Circle, the spiral and the figure eight), to every part of the movement which then effects the entire movement and the entire form.
This training is a must for Sun Tai Chi Practitioners, TCA Instructors and Students. It will enhance your ability to understand and apply the principles of Tai Chi to every aspect of your training. The workshops will also help develop a beginning foundation in Xing Yi and Bagua and an understanding of how the three systems work together to become one. To truly understand the principles of Tai Chi and apply them to your training you must learn them in manageable portions. The workshops for this training are taught every other month to give students time to learn the lessons before moving on to the next. Each session will cover two or three of the following:
Small Circle Sun Patterns, mastering footwork, Silk Reeling - Sun Patterns
Snake and Crane Silk
Sun Lu Tang’s Bagua Circle Walking
Xing Yi Five Fists
numerous other Tai Chi, Xing Yi and Bagua Training patterns
The foundation of this training is to teach students how the three internal systems come together to form one system. Each workshop will review and build on each other.
Saturday 8:30am registration
Saturday and Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm training
Location: Crooked River State Park, Saint Marys,
GA: https://gastateparks.org/CrookedRiver/
Cost: $200 includes video and handout support materials
Register by check:
Dan Jones
PO Box 603
Holt, MI 48842
For more information on these workshops or hosting a workshop please
contact:
Dan Jones, PO Box 603, Holt, MI 48842
Phone: 517-927-9608
Email - djonesdragon@gmail.com
Instructor: Sifu Dan Jones