Syllabus (highlights) - coloured belts

White

· Qigong

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Yellow

· Chin na escapes
· Monkey paws
· Pushing hands
· Yielding exercise

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Orange

· Central equilibrium exercise
· Countering
· Yang Cheng Fu form (section 1)
· Yielding basic skills

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Green

· Playing the attacker
· Qigong development
· Shuai jiao basic skills
· Small san sau

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Blue

· Dying ground
· Pushing peng
· Silk arms
· Yielding/chin na

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Purple

· Countering punches, kicks and grapples
· Form application
· Knife drills
· Penetrating defences

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Brown (part 1)

· Gravity striking
· Walking stick drills
· Yang Cheng Fu form (section 2)
· Yielding/countering

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Brown (part 2)

· 13 postures
· Balance, rhythm, timing
· Countering a knife
· Neigong
· Yang Cheng Fu form (section 3)