Over time, the entire curriculum of Practical Tai Chi Chuan will be available for you here. This is an enormous task and will take time. However, there is already a lot of instructional content available right now and every month, new videos get added.
On this page, you can keep track of the already available videos and what is still to come. All announcements of new uploads can always be found on the blog, so check in regularly.
Coming soon:
- Advanced Short Form
- Weapon forms (sabre, sword and spear) and their self-defense applications
- Pushing Hands: fixed step and moving step structured exercises
- Auxiliary exercises: free-style fixed step, restricted step and moving step exercises. Single-hand pushing hands and absorption training.
Available right now:
Number of videos: 224
Total run time: 42h 08min
Click on the categories below to see the full list:
- Basics
- Exercises
- Short Form
- Long Form
- Sabre
- Sabre applications
- Sabre Drills
- Sword
- Spear
- Q&A
- Self-Defense
- Theory
- Extra
- Live training recording
Basics:
01 – Posture and Stances
02 – Weight transfer and stepping
03 – Coordinated movement
Exercises:
01 – Upper body
02 – Turning
03 – Weight transfer and footwork
04 – Drills
05 – Lower body stabilization
06 – Correcting the thoracic spine
07 – Progressive relaxation
08 – Ankle mobility
09 – Internal resistance
10 – Hip mobility
Short form:
Full Demo 01
Full Demo 02 with commentary
Full Demo 03 advanced version
Full Demo 04 all flower, no fruit
Full Demo 05 Back view
Full Demo 06 No arms
01 – Tai Chi at rest – Ready position
02 – Beginning style
03 – Seven stars
04 – Grasping bird’s tail
05 – Single whip
06 – Cloud hands
07 – Pat horse high
08 – Left drape body – right kick out in a curve
09 – Step back seven stars – 10 – Step back to beat the tiger
11 – Twist the body and kick
12 – Box the ears
13 – Right drape body – left kick out in a curve
14 – Turn around and kick with the heel
15 – Brush knee twist step
16 – Step up plant punch
17 – Step back swing fist
18 – Step back snake creeps down
19 – Step up seven stars – Step back to ride the tiger
20 – Slap the face
21 – Double hand sweeps lotus leg
22 – Draw the bow to shoot the tiger
23 – Step back repulse monkey
24 – Seven stars style – Stroke the lute
25 – Parry and punch
26 – As if shutting a door
27 – Embrace tiger and return to mountain – Tai Chi in unity – Completion style
Short form – Beginner to advanced variations 01
Long Form
01 – Long Form – Full Demo 01
02 – Long Form – Full Demo with commentary
03 – Long Form – Full Demo Level 2 body mechanics – sinking
01 Long form: Ready Style to Flying Oblique
02 Long Form: Raise hands and step up – White crane flaps its wings
03 Long Form: Brush knee twist step sequence
04 Long Form: Brush knee twist step to Embrace tiger
05 Long Form: Cross hands to Turn around and brush knee twist step
06 Long Form: Seven stars style to Oblique single whip
07 Long Form: Fist under elbow to Step back and repulse monkey
08 Long Form: Flying oblique low and high
09 Needle at sea bottom – Fan through the back
10 Turn body and swing fist – Step back parry and punch
11 Step up grasping bird s tail – Single whip
12 Wave hands in clouds
13 Pat the horse high – Turn around and kick with the heel
14 Brush knee twist step to Pat the horse high
15 Separate hands to turn around and kick with the heel
16 Swing fist to Oblique single whip
17 Parting wild horse’s mane to Parting wild horse’s mane
18 Fair lady works at shuttle to fair lady works at shuttle
19 Seven stars to Single whip
20 Snake creeps down to Golden cockerel stands on one leg
21 Step back and repulse monkey to flying oblique low
22 Step aside flying oblique to Single whip
23 Slap the face to Brush knee twist step
24 Step up to punch the groin to Single Whip
25 Snake creeps down to Slap the face”
26 Turn body and swing fist to Completion style
Sabre
Sabre Form – Full Demo 01
Sabre Form – Full Demo with commentary
01 Ready style to Brush knee twist step
02 Separating the sabre to Dodge and display the sabre
03 Picking a star on the left to Pierce the heart
04 Hang the golden bell on the left to Swivel and tease the genitals
05 Swivel and tease the genitals to Sparrow hawk turning around
06 Roc spreading its wings to Stab the face
07 Swivel hiding the sabre to Point to the trousers with the sabre
08 – Chop the tiger
09 – Swallow entering its nest to Pierce the heart
10 – Swivel hiding the sabre to Taking off the boots when drunk
11 Sabre form – Lying fish style to Stab the face
12 Sabre form – Turn around and chop to Searching the sea
13 Sabre form – Retrieving the moon from the sea to Opening the window to watch the moon
14 Sabre form – Seven stars style to Stab the face
15 Sabre form – Lying tiger style to Pierce the heart
16 – Coiled dragon to Lying fish style
17 – Cloud sabre and hiding the sabre to Pierce the heart
18 Swivel and chop to Sweeping a thousand soldiers.
Sabre applications
Beginning style 1-2
Dodge and display the sabre 01
Picking a star on the left 01
Withdraw to divert with the sabre to Pierce the heart 01
Advance to tease the genitals 01
Hanging the golden bell on the left to Push open the window to watch the moon 01
Swivel and chop 01
Swivel and tease the genitals 01
Searching the sea 01
Coiled dragon 01
Sabre Drills
01 Withdraw to divert with the sabre to Pierce the heart
02 Withdraw to divert with the sabre to Pierce the heart
03 Basic manipulation
04 Dodge and display the sabre to Picking a star on the left
05 Picking a star on the left to Advance to tease the genitals
06 – Swivel hiding sabre – Manipulation details
07 Retrieving the moon from the sea
Sword
01 – Sword Form – Full Demo 01
02 – Sword Form – Full Demo with commentary
Spear:
01 – Form full demo: close and distant view
02 – Form full demo 02
03 – Spear Form – full demo with commentary
Q&A:
01 – Why is your form different from how others do it?
02 – How can a beginner make faster progress?
03- What it means to be inside the door?
04- Does Yoga help with Tai Chi Chuan?
05 – What is the right speed for the forms?
06 – What is “Song” and why is it important?
07 – What is bai shi and why does it matter?”
08 – How to structure your training for best results?
09 – How to learn without a partner or class?
10 – How to improve your learning speed and retention?
11 – Why the emphasis on center line?
12 – What to eat before training?
13 – How to breathe during form practice?
14 – Using the heavy bag for tai chi chuan practice?
15 – What is Pan Long Nei Kung?
16 – What is “Wu Wei?”
17 – How often should you train to make consistent progress?
18 – Why do the techniques have such weird names?
19 – Why is there a regular and an advanced short form?
20 – What is the void and why does it matter?
21 – Expand – contract
22 – What is rooting?
23 – When should you not train?
24 – 10.000 days of training
25 – Footwork in Tai Chi Chuan
26 – Does lineage matter?
27 – How to make a fist?
28 – Open hand configurations?
29 – Why teach the forms in this way
30 – Training Tai Chi without Chuan
31 – Complementing a hard style with Tai Chi Chuan
32 – Every touch is an attack
33 – Do you have to become an aggressive person to effectively defend yourself?
34 – Train as if submerged in water?
35 – The value of pushing hands competitions?
36 – Mistakes to avoid for long-term success in training?
37 – Why such an emphasis on details in the forms
38 – Which books on Tai Chi Chuan should you read?
39 – “Dim Mak aka “Death Touch”?
40 – Mistakes intermediate students make
41 – Price of practice weapons
42 – Traditional vs. Modern Tai Chi Chuan
43 – Can we learn from other styles of Tai Chi Chuan?
44 – Can you train at any age or fitness level?
45 – How to make the form your own
46 – How to do maintenace on swords and sabres
47 – What is Zhen Chuan
48 – What is Song
49 – Which hand forms to focus on and why?
Sanshou – Self-Defense Applications:
Demo of short form applications
Beginning style 01
Seven stars 01 – Grasping birds tail 01
Single Whip 01-03
Cloud Hands 01
Pat The Horse High 01
Left Drape Body 01-02
Right kick out in a curve 01
Step back seven stars 01
Step back to beat the tiger 01
Twist the body and kick 01
Box the ears 01
Turn around kick with the heel 01
Brush knee twist step
Step up plant punch 01
Step back swing fist 01
Step back snake creeps down 01
Step up seven stars 01
Step back to ride the tiger 01
Slap the face 01
Double hand sweeps lotus leg 01
Draw the bow to shoot the tiger 01
Step back to repulse the monkey 01 – 02
Stroke the lute 01
Parry and punch 01 – 02
As if shutting a door 01
Embrace tiger and return to mountain 01
From primary concept to variations of a technique
Step back to repulse the monkey 03
Combination – Grasping bird’s tail – Cross hands (Step up, Seven stars) – Fair lady works at shuttle
Grasping bird’s tail 02 – Impact and more details
Rolling thunder hand – White snake spits out its tongue
Applications with side step
Grasping bird s tail to Fair lady works at shuttle
Separate hands to Parting wild horse’s mane
Fair lady works at shuttle – hard application
Golden cockerel stands on one leg to White snake spits out its tongue
Rolling thunder hand – Parry and punch – Stroke the lute
Separate hands to Twist the body and kick
Grasping bird’s tail close-range drill
Flying oblique low
As if shutting a door 02
Golden cockerel stands on one leg to Step back and repulse monkey
Theory:
01 – What is Tai Chi Chuan.
02 – Criteria for a good form.
03 – How to practice forms – Path to progress.
04 – What is Yi?
05 – Tai Chi Chuan self-defense theory and tactics.
06 – Tai Chi Chuan self-defense theory and tactics, Part 2.
07: Introduction to Tai Chi Chuan weapons.
08 Regarding the full demonstrations of forms
Extra:
01 – How to record and analyze your own training
02 – Demo at the 2004 Belgian Wushu Championships
Live training recording:
November 2023
December 2023
January 2024
March 2024
April 2024
May 2024
August 2024
October 2024