Martial Tai Chi

  The focus of this class is on the martial side of Tai Chi. Students will utilize a wide array of internal energies for striking, kicking, joint locking and throwing an opponent --all in one move. When there are no longer “gaps” expressing your internal energies and your form is smoothed out over a period of months, then you will embody the classical principles found in the Book of Changes (I Ching), go beyond them to appropriately respond to an opponent, yet adhere to the classical nei jia principles for expressing internal energy.

CHEN PAN LING’S 99 POSTURE TAIJIQUAN  -A Combined Form with Xingyi and Bagua Extrapolations        

As taught by Mark Small, Chung (Loyalty) level inner door student in Chen Yun Ching’s Family Systems (Ling Yun Pai) 

·  “Middle frame” stances at a relatively even and slow pace.   

·  Eight basic energies of: Peng, Lu, Ji, An, Tsai, Li, Shou and Ko.

·  Silk reeling (Chan Si Jin) or classical spiraling energy training.  

·  Separating Yin from Yang in your upper and lower body (Cross-lateral Associations)

·  Col. Y. W. Chang's Chen Pan Ling’s Original Tai Chi Chuan Textbook - 1998 will be our main resource.

This class is taught on Wednesday nights from 7-8:30pm by Sifu Mark Small