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Modern Tai Chi Qigong for Health
Safe  Secular & Scientific
Tai Chi & Qigong for Health improves
balance, co-ordination, fitness, muscle strength,
cognitive performance, reduces stress and
is beneficial for
health, relaxation and falls prevention
Modern Focus - Safety, Scientific & Levels of Performance

 

MODERN FOCUS on health, fitness and well-being of individual student, on safe and effective form of exercise teaching short forms of Tai Chi for Health, and not on martial or combat performance as in traditional martial styles of Tai Chi Chuan.

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• SAFETY – modern duty of care on health, fitness and capability levels of individual student – each student works at their own level

• SCIENTIFIC & SECULAR – gentle, safe, and effective form of exercise based on scientific or evidence-based reasoning and research

• LEVELS of PERFORMANCE - from beginners to advanced providing competency based standards for those who require a pathway to teaching Tai Chi for Health at advamced levels

 

Level 1 - Beginners level 

 

Prior Tai Chi experience is not a prerequisite for participating at this level:

 

  • Introduction to Tai Chi Qigong for Health Forms

  • Introduction to protocols & basic principles

  • Tai Chi Mirror Qigong - Learning how to copy & follow

  • Relaxation/ Balance / Qigong training

  • All forms//movements modified to suit individual

Level 2 - Intermediate level

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Focused practice of specific Tai Chi & Qigong forms with introduction of key Tai Chi Qitong for Health and Relaxation principles:

 

  • Tai Chi for Arthritis /Diabetes Form

  • Tai Chi for Health & Falls Prevention Form

  • Yang Style 24 Forms

  • Australia Dreaming 15 Form Qigong

  • Tai Chi for Health Fan 18 Form

  • Sanchin-Tensho -  Tai Chi Qigong  for Health 22 Form

Levels 3-5 - Advanced levels

 

In-depth study of Tai Chi Qigong principles, concepts and advanced forms

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  • Sun Style International 73 Form

  • Chen Style 36 Form- includes Silk Reeling

  • Yang 42 International Form

  • Tai Chi for Health 52 Fan Form - Moving Stillness

  • Other Forms and Movements

  • Yang Cheng  Fu’s Ten Principles of Tai Chi

  • Sun Lutang’s Tai Chi Concepts & Principles

  • Includes - Analysis of Intention and Application of Forms

Qigong - Relaxation  Silk Reeling

 

Qigong includes silk Reeling for Tai Chi for Health - Silk reeling exercises (Chan Si Gong) can be viewed as repetitive movements practiced in sets using simplified forms to enhance the spiralling character of the movements in a relaxed and safe manner.  Key terms for our purposes are –
• Relaxation
• Mind- body awareness
• Co-ordination

While there may be specific exercises found in the traditional Chen style of Tai Chi Chuan from where the term has been derived historically, it is important to understand that the concept of silk reeling or spiral force is something that can apply to all styles of Tai Chuan and especially to Tai Chi for Health where the focus is on improving health, fitness and wellbeing.

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