Once the student has learned the last weapons form they should cease standing qigong altogether.
Moving qigong exercises are not an impediment but standing will hinder higher levels of mobility with form.
There is simply no need to stand for an extended duration since much
greater benefits can be gained through whole-body movement.
Neigong replaces qigong as the primary source of power.
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Showing posts with label advanced. Show all posts
Wednesday
Monday
Sifu Waller's home training
This has been Sifu Waller's daily
routine since 1992:
-
Strength-building
- balls & grips
- self-massage (100+ exercises)
- 3 circle qigong (15 minutes)
- ba duan jin (8 exercises)
- reeling silk (6 exercises)
- 16 elbows
- moving qigong (15 exercises)
- leg stretches: day 1 or 2
-
Drills
- small san sau
- silk arms
- 5 pre-emptive measures
- pushing peng/double pushing hands/da lu/penetrating defences/reflex drills
- 3-tier wallbag
-
Weapons
- knife drills
- small stick drills
- stick drills (Monday - Saturday)
- broadsword drills (Sunday)
- sabre form (regular & mirrored)
- 2 person cane form/drill (regular & mirrored)
- staff form (regular & mirrored)
- walking stick form (regular & mirrored)
- straight sword form (regular & mirrored)
-
Hard qigong
- full circle qigong (2 postures)/qigong development (2 postures)/form posture qigong (2 postures)/high circle qigong/qigong on one leg
-
Cool down
- stretches & joint work (10 exercises)/psoas exercises (5 exercises)
-
Meditation
- constructive rest position
- guided relaxation -
Reading/study
Wednesday
Advanced-level (at last)
To Peter Southwood for a very nice card and an extremely generous gift of a fancy changshan.
Peter put the icing on the cake by giving feedback on Sifu's latest assessment and pronouncing him to be 'advanced'. What a wonderful wedding gift!
Sifu is more excited about the wedding than being officially 'advanced' and hasn't made any formal announcement to the class just yet.
After 20 years of tai chi chuan and baguazhang practice this is a long-overdue acknowledgement from a very difficult teacher to learn from.
After 20 years of tai chi chuan and baguazhang practice this is a long-overdue acknowledgement from a very difficult teacher to learn from.
Tuesday
Sifu Waller's home training
This has been Sifu Waller's daily
routine since 1992:
-
Strength-building
- balls & grips
- self-massage (100+ exercises)
- 3 circle qigong (15 minutes)
- ba duan jin (8 exercises)
- reeling silk (6 exercises)
- 16 elbows
- moving qigong (15 exercises)
- leg stretches: day 1 or 2
-
Drills
- small san sau
- silk arms
- 5 pre-emptive measures
- pushing peng/double pushing hands/da lu/penetrating defences/reflex drills
- 3-tier wallbag
-
Weapons
- knife drills
- small stick drills
- stick drills (Monday - Saturday)
- broadsword drills (Sunday)
- sabre form (regular & mirrored)
- 2 person cane form/drill (regular & mirrored)
- staff form (regular & mirrored)
- walking stick form (regular & mirrored)
- straight sword form (regular & mirrored)
-
Hard qigong
- full circle qigong (2 postures)/qigong development (2 postures)/form posture qigong (2 postures)/high circle qigong/qigong on one leg
-
Cool down
- stretches & joint work (10 exercises)/psoas exercises (5 exercises)
-
Meditation
- constructive rest position
- guided relaxation -
Reading/study
Sifu Waller's home training
This has been Sifu Waller's daily
routine since 1992:
-
Strength-building
- balls & grips
- self-massage (100+ exercises)
- 3 circle qigong (15 minutes)
- ba duan jin (8 exercises)
- reeling silk (6 exercises)
- 16 elbows
- moving qigong (15 exercises)
- leg stretches: day 1 or 2
-
Drills
- small san sau
- silk arms
- 5 pre-emptive measures
- pushing peng/double pushing hands/da lu/penetrating defences/reflex drills
- 3-tier wallbag
-
Weapons
- knife drills
- small stick drills
- stick drills (Monday - Saturday)
- broadsword drills (Sunday)
- sabre form (regular & mirrored)
- 2 person cane form/drill (regular & mirrored)
- staff form (regular & mirrored)
- walking stick form (regular & mirrored)
- straight sword form (regular & mirrored)
-
Hard qigong
- full circle qigong (2 postures)/qigong development (2 postures)/form posture qigong (2 postures)/high circle qigong/qigong on one leg
-
Cool down
- stretches & joint work (10 exercises)/psoas exercises (5 exercises)
-
Meditation
- constructive rest position
- guided relaxation -
Reading/study
Friday
How an instructor should train
Sifu Waller's home training routine may seem like quite a lot of training.
However, consider it in terms of time:
Regular students should not be training like this.
However, consider it in terms of time:
-
1-2 hours of strength-building & qigong
-
30 minutes of baguazhang
-
15 minutes of drills
-
30 minutes of weapons
-
30 minutes of tai chi empty hand form
-
20 minutes of meditation
-
30 minutes of study
Regular students should not be training like this.
Tuesday
Sifu Waller's home training
This has been Sifu Waller's daily
routine since 1992:
-
Strength-building
- balls & grips
- self-massage (100+ exercises)
- 3 circle qigong (15 minutes)
- ba duan jin (8 exercises)
- reeling silk (6 exercises)
- 16 elbows
- moving qigong (15 exercises)
- leg stretches: day 1 or 2
-
Drills
- small san sau
- silk arms
- 5 pre-emptive measures
- pushing peng/double pushing hands/da lu/penetrating defences/reflex drills
- 3-tier wallbag
-
Weapons
- knife drills
- small stick drills
- stick drills (Monday - Saturday)
- broadsword drills (Sunday)
- sabre form (regular & mirrored)
- 2 person cane form/drill (regular & mirrored)
- staff form (regular & mirrored)
- walking stick form (regular & mirrored)
- straight sword form (regular & mirrored)
-
Hard qigong
- full circle qigong (2 postures)/qigong development (2 postures)/form posture qigong (2 postures)/high circle qigong/qigong on one leg
-
Cool down
- stretches & joint work (10 exercises)/psoas exercises (5 exercises)
-
Meditation
- constructive rest position
- guided relaxation -
Reading/study
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