The Practice

Sydney Demonstration, 1989

Loosening exercises A key to opening the body to the essential principles of tai chi, creating calmness, deep relaxation and natural alignment.

Tai chi forms Used to train co-ordination and harmony in movement, emphasizing softness and connection to the ground to develop natural balance and stability of the body and mind.

Partner exercises Used to develop sensitivity, yielding and sticking to another's touch and intent, while maintaining perfect balance and aliveness.

Classes

• Traditional Morning Classes Practiced daily outdoors amongst trees in the early morning creating a powerful experience and rapid progress.
• Weekend Workshops For committed students developing body awareness for a deeper understanding of internal strength and mind/body alignment.
• Evening Classes Practiced late in the day, a perfect opportunity to clear the body, rebalance energy and quieten the mind.
• Intensive Retreats A serious practitioner's opportunity to truly develop mind/body resourcefulness.
• 100 Day Morning Practice An intensive course designed dissolve the outer layers of physical and psychological resistance to directly contact the inner core of tai chi and establish it in your daily routine.
  
• Teacher Training For advanced practitioners leading to a professional teaching role. Requires certain prerequisites and assessments.
• Individual Consultations Focusing on a student's individual needs.
• Short Courses Usually 10 sessions running for 5 weeks. Designed for beginners or entry-level students. Giving an insight into the core principles of tai chi.
• International Workshops these workshops are conducted in Zurich, Switzerland in January & August. 3 week intensive training.
  

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"The goal of the teacher should be for the student to become better than him or herself, otherwise the 'Art' will be diluted over generations and eventually die out. Never live in the shadow of your teacher. Learn well what you are taught, thoroughly understand it, then use it as a foundation to further refine the 'Art'. Modify things, but only for improvement, not just to be different. 

Everyone has a different understanding, and a different way of delivering the teachings of tai chi, as long as it adheres to the 'Principles' then it is correct. Learning tai chi is an ongoing process, if you always maintain the attitude of being a student, you can continue to refine your tai chi until the day you die."

Weekend workshop - Sun Dec 8 2002