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How to improve your skills: Methods and techniques – Davi Garritano

$175.00 – $195.00

How to improve your skills:  Methods and techniques with a focus on Section 1 of the Yang Family Traditional Hand Form

Yang Family Tai Chi is a very sophisticated art that combines philosophy, medicine and martial art. To talk about it can be easy, but to perform maybe not. The ancestors showed us the path and all we need to do is walk it. Even though we might be able to know the sequence and the name of the postures, many of us still struggle to perform the energy and the spirit properly. The intent of this course is to provide the tools and clear the way to practice developing the tai chi skills. This is not a Form course, but we need the postures of the Form to develop some skills. To be able to show the method and technique in clear and simple way, this course will focus on the first section of the traditional hand form 103 to work on the tai chi skills.

Total Classes:  17 (1 Hour long classes)

Price:  $195

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How to improve your skills:  Methods and techniques with a focus on Section 1 of the Yang Family Traditional Hand Form

Yang Family Tai Chi is a very sophisticated art that combines philosophy, medicine and martial art. To talk about it can be easy, but to perform maybe not. The ancestors showed us the path and all we need to do is walk it. Even though we might be able to know the sequence and the name of the postures, many of us still struggle to perform the energy and the spirit properly. The intent of this course is to provide the tools and clear the way to practice developing the tai chi skills. This is not a Form course, but we need the postures of the Form to develop some skills. To be able to show the method and technique in clear and simple way, this course will focus on the first section of the traditional hand form 103 to work on the tai chi skills.

Introduction

. What are the skills we need to develop and how to do it?

–          Mind-heart calm

–          Qi sunk down

–          Body agile

–          Energy unified

–          Spirit focused

. Why do we want those skills?

. What kind of exercises do we need to practice?

. Clear the 3 Stages of practice and 3 Stages of teaching/ learning

*all lessons will have both theory and practice. Maybe this one only will be more theory.
Sink the qi to the dantian (1/2)

. Relaxation method (What is? How to do? Why do we need it?)

. What exercises do we need to practice?

. What are the benefits of Relaxation?

. What areas do we need to fix to sink the qi and how to do it?

(body – energy – mind)

. Foot technique & Body technique
Sink the qi to the dantian (2/2)

. Review and new content

. How low is your center?

. How wide is your stance?

. Further elements on Foot and Body

. Section 1 standing postures (still practice)
Body agile (1/2)

. What is the agility we look for?

. How to develop agility and flexibility?

–          Lower heavy – Middle flexible – Upper light

–          Light – Agile – Move – Change – Neutralize

–          Waist method
Body agile (2/2)

. Review

. Waist function: to govern energy & to lead the limbs

. Check the multiple waist techniques related to the Section 1 postures (rotate, swing and mixed & horizontal, vertical and mixed)

 

 
Energy unified (1/4)

. Philosophy (taiji and yin-yang)

. Related to hand technique (attack and defense)

–          Hand shape

–          Hand technique

. Energy relationship (storage/ release, inhale / exhale…)

. Matching the movements (open/ close, curve/ straight…)
Energy unified (2/4)

. Coordination:

–          External

–          Internal

. External coordination:

–          Lower

–          Middle

–          Upper

. Check external coordination in Section 1 postures
Energy Unified (3/4)

. Review

Foot technique:

–          Walking

–          Rooting

. Check waist function on walking
Energy unified (4/4)

. Internal coordination:

–          Mind

–          Qi (breath)

–          Body

. Two types of qi: heng & ha

. Regarding on energy, what is the function of each part of the body:

–          Further details on Body technique (waist function)

–          Further details on Hand technique

–          Further details on Foot technique
Mind calm & Spirit Focus

. How to calm down the mind?

. Review on 3 stages of practice

. Gaze: how to perform it

. When is the right moment to work on the gaze?
Hand Form (1/7)

. What is the purpose of practicing hand form? What do we get?

–          Energy flow

–          Softness

–          To calm yourself

–          To know yourself

. Method and technique

. Wellness exercises
Hand Form (2/7)

. Beginning

. Grasp the bird’s tail:

–          Ward off left

–          Ward off right

. Method and technique

. Transitions

. Energy points and coordination

. Variations to check/ develop your skills
Hand Form (3/7)

. Grasp the bird’s tail:

–          Roll back

–          Press

–          Push

. Method and technique

. Transitions

. Energy points and coordination

. Variations to check/ develop the skills

 
Hand Form (4/7)

. Hands strums the lute

. Step forward raise hands

. White crane spreads its wings

. Method and technique

. Transitions

. Energy points and coordination

. Variations to check/ develop the skills

 
Hand Form (5/7)

. Brush knee and push

. Method and technique

. Transitions

. Energy points and coordination

. Variations to check/ develop the skills

 
Hand Form (6/7)

. Single whip

. Step forward, parry, block and punch

. Method and technique

. Transitions

. Energy points and coordination

. Variations to check/ develop the skills
Hand Form (7/7)

. Apparent close up

. Cross hands

. Method and technique

. Transitions

. Energy points and coordination

. Variations to check/ develop the skills

. Long Form Section 1 practice: adapting to small rooms

 
 
This course is eligible for 17 credits.  Certificates of attendance will be issued and cana be used for Instructor certification renewal, Associate Instructor application, and Teacher Academy credits

 

Davi Garritano, 32 years old (2020) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, started tai chi when he was 15 years old.  He graduated in Psychology and now acts as a full-time Yang Family Tai Chi Instructor in Rio de Janeiro.

For some years he also practiced other forms of Chinese martial arts styles mainly under Marcio Lacerda’s (Center Director) tutelage, but also under other masters and through seminars.

Since 2008, he has attended regular seminars with Grandmaster Yang Jun, and has gained experience under other center directors and instructors of the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan International Association.

In 2018 he became a disciple of Grandmaster Yang Jun in Datong, China.

As an Academy Instructor of Yang Family Tai Chi, he manages regular classes and courses aiming at helping people to discover a higher purpose to their lives as they develop a deeper understanding of themselves.

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