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Curriculum

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: 145

Total run time: 26h 03min

Click on the categories below to see the full list:

  • Basics
  • Exercises
  • Short Form
  • Long Form
  • Sabre
  • Sword
  • Spear
  • Q&A
  • Self-Defense
  • Theory
  • Extra

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

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

Sabre

01 – Sabre Form – Full Demo 01

02 – Sabre Form – Full Demo with commentary

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

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

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

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