Sifu Wong demonstrating a felling technique in Taijiquan combat application

Aims

1. To have a basic understanding of the meaning and scope of Taijiquan as an internal martial art.
2. To acquire within a comparatively short time the best available Taijiquan skills and techniques which you can competently practise on your own after the intensive course for health, vitality, combat efficiency, mental freshness and spiritual fulfilment.

Objective

1. To provide some understanding of Taijiquan as a martial art, a philosophy of life, and a way of spiritual cultivation, irrespective of race, culture and religion.
2. To be able to perform Taijiquan with balance and gracefulness.
3. To learn and practice some internal force training.
4. To appreciate that Taijiquan can be used for self-defence.

Course Content:

1. Some important Taijiquan principles as taught by great masters.
2. Basic internal force training -- Taiji Stance, Wuji Stance and Cloud Hands.
3. A basic Wahnam Taijiquan set and somme combat application sets.
4. Energy flow and a heightened state of mind.
5. Taijiquan Push Hands.
6. Combat application of Taijiquan.

Expected Results

1. Appreciate and experience that Taijiquan is not a dance.
2. Appreciate and experience that every Taijiquan movement is a training of energy and mind.
3. Be able to perform Taijiquan movements with balance and grace.
4. Have some experience of energy flow and internal force.
5. Appreciate that Taijiquan can be used for combat as well as spiritual cultivation.

Time-Table

Originally this course consisted of 20 hours, but to enhance the attainment of the participants Sifu Wong adds 11 more hours, without extra charges. All the tours and dinners are also complimentary. As revealed in the time-table, this course is really intensive. Please be sure to be fit physically and mentally before attending the course.

• 1st day -- Arrival
  
• 2nd day -- Training 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, 3.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m., Welcoming dinner 8.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
  
• 3rd day -- Training 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 noon, Complimentary Tour 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., Training 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
  
• 4th day -- Training 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 noon, Complimentary Tour 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., Training 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
  
• 5th day -- Training 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 noon, Complimentary Tour 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., Training 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
  
• 6rd day -- Training 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, 3.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m, Graduation dinner 8.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
  
• 7th day -- Departure
  

Fee

1500 Euros per participant. No other fees are charged.

Fees are payable at the completion of the course only if the students are satisfied that all the set objectives have been fulfilled. They do not have to pay any fees if they say they are not satisfied. If they have paid in advance they can ask for a full refund, but this must be done before the end of the course. Once they have paid and the course is over, it is deem that they are satisfied, and no refund will be given after that.

Note

This intensive Taijiquan course is meant for instructors or those with at least three years of Taijiquan or Tai Chi experience. Beginners who wish to take the course must work extra hard to compensate for their lack of experience.

While results can be felt during the course itself, lasting effects and of a high standard can be obtained only if the students continue practicing what they have learnt for at least a few months, if not years. No one can be proficient in Taijiquan, or Tai Chi Chuan, by merely attaining an intensive course. The purpose of the course is to provide students with fundamental skills and techniques; subsequent diligent practice is necessary.

Intending students should also note that while combat efficiency is emphasized, this course is never meant for street combat or prize-fighting.

Application

Apply to The Secretary, stating

1. the name of this course, i.e. Intensive Taijiquan Course
2. your full name
3. your sex and age
4. your occupation
5. your e-mail address
6. your postal address
7. your phone and fax numbers, if any
8. your health problems (briefly), if any

You do not have to pay any application or booking fees. The course fee of US$1500 (which is the only fee you have to pay) is payable during the course only if you are satisfied.

Food and Accommodation

The course will be held in Sungai Petani, Malaysia. The nearest airport is Penang, from where you can take a taxi (about an hour's drive) to Sungai Petani.

You have to pay for your own food and accommodation. You can have your meals or stay wherever you like. But it is recommended that you ask our Secretary to book accommodation for you for better co-ordination.

Some good hotels in Sungai Petani are Swiss Inn (phone number 60-4-4223333, fax number 60-4-4224473) Cinta Sayang (60-4-4414666, 60-4-4415263), Noveltel (60-4-4317777, 60-4-4318777), and SP Inn (60-4-4213411, 60-4-4212423). A comfortable, air-conditioned room with complimentary breakfast costs about US$30 per day. A sumptuous meal costs less than US$10 per person. Both Western and Eastern food are available.

Basic Combat Sequences

A major aim of the course is to enable you to spar using typical Taijiquan patterns. The basic material in our Wahnam Taijiquan sparring methodology to achieve this aim is the Basic Wahnam Taijiquan Combat Sequences. A video series and a picture series showing these 12 sequences can be found here and here respectively.

Try to familiarize yourself with these 12 sequences as best as you can. But if you have difficulty doing so, don't worry. You will learn them systematically during the course. These video clips will serve as useful source material for reference.

Wahnam Taijiquan Sets

It is a well-known fact that our intensive courses are really intensive, covering many important areas in some depth within a very short time. The teaching, however, is methodical and systematic, enabling you to progress from scratch to fairly advanced levels. You need not have prior experience in the various areas mentioned above, but you need to be able to perform basic Taijiquan patterns (even just their external forms) reasonably well before attending the course. And when you have returned home you need to practice what you have learnt so that the benefits can become lasting.

The following Wahnam Taijiquan sets shown in Wahnam Taijiquan Sets for Intensive Taijiquan Course will be used during the course for the training of the various skills and techniques mentioned above.

It will be a great help to you if you familiarize yourselves with these forms or routines before you attend the course. You need not be perfect in them, as fine-tuning will be done during the course, but it will be very helpful if you can perform them without worrying about the accuracy of their forms and sequencing of their order, so that during the course you can focus on developing skills rather than learning forms. But if you are unable to do this, don’t worry. We shall do what we can during the course to help you.

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