Workshops & Seminars

Wu(Hao) Style Taiji:

• 13 Movement
Friday: 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

• 24 Movement
Friday: 5:30 p.m – 6:50 p.m.

• Basic Straight Sword
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.

• Devastating Chop Tsui of Choy Lay Fut (CLF): Drills & Applications
Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Push Hands Workshop

• Secret of the Effortless Push
Friday: 5:30 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.

The secret of the effortless push: is to first, Neutralize Properly. Learn how to use your body alignment, to allow the opponents force to naturally drop into your root. Discover Strength within Softness and how “Less is More” in Tai Chi Push Hands! Proper neutralization of your partner’s force will present an effortless push. Enjoy these effective drills to improve your push hands skill!

• Anti-Cancer Qigong
Friday: 2:30 – 3:50 p.m.

• Ip Man Wing Chun Applications
Friday: 5:30 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.

• Six elbows Kungfu – Little Buddha Form
Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

Six elbows kungfu is a rare southern style that focuses on close fighting. In this workshop we will work on 4 elbows strikes, footwork and sticking hand ability. Little buddha form is a shorthand form that’s fun to learn and great for selfdefense.

• Cultivating Taiji’s Yin and Yang Forces
Friday: 5:30 p.m. – 6:50- p.m.

Taiji is a superb martial art if you have Taiji force. In this seminar I will teach training methods for acquiring both yin and yang forces. Taiji force is soft but powerful; slow but fast; less but more. With this force,the old can defeat the young; the weak can beat the strong; and the student becomes a master. All styles are welcome.

• Drifting Cloud Moving Qigong
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

This moving qigong is from the Tai Hui system, a southern internal style. The movements are great for health, healing and increasing qi. It’s easy to learn and as a bonus, many Drifting Cloud movements are also excellent for self-defense.

• Wing Chun for Women
Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

Practical self defense applications for women

• Chen Style Ta Chi Qin Na
Friday: 5:30 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.

All disciplines of martial arts begin with self defense as the basis. Without self defense technique, the form is an empty show only. Self defense techniques must always be taught with every form of martial arts. One can never become a master of Tai Chi or any martial art without learning the self defense techniques!

All schools of martial arts teach a form of Qin Na. It historically has, and is even today, almost always treated as a guarded secret, including in Chen Style Tai Chi. The Sixteenth Generation Grandmaster Xin Chen said he would rather burn all the information about Qin Na than teach it to any unworthy student. Consider the information we are being taught as special and something to treasure.

We will learn many techniques and “secrets.” Do not worry, but we must first start with the basics and learn them well, for there is no progressing further without them.

 

• Tai Chi Push Hands Methods and Applications
Friday: 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

• Tai Chi Meditation
Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

• Xing Yi Sword
Friday: 11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.

• Tai Qi Sabre (Yang Format)
Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

“THE ART OF BEING PUSHED”™

• Push Hands Seminar
(Recommended for tournament push hands and practical self-defense)
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.

Master Clarke will be sharing in-depth information on the true essence of pushing hands – both stationary and moving step. This workshop will introduce the meaning of each application, as well as how these techniques are used in actual fighting and self-defense situations. A must for the female practitioner, a great workshop for beginners, and a treasure for the advanced push hands player. This workshop is also an important foundation for the practitioner who wants to win tournament push hands championships.
Master Clarke’s workshops are fun, educational, safe, and perfect for women who seek to understand push hands and self-defense applications, without worrying about getting injured. For men practitioners, these lessons will allow a man to increase his softness and learn how to listen in order to stop an attack before it starts. This workshop is not about brute strength or sumo wrestling, but about scientific technical application. Come learn the essence of this graceful art ~
TaiJi Chuan!!!

• Taiji Punching Hands
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Tai Chi training, for years, has commonly shown its merit as a martial art through stationary pushing hands, which is a great start for Tai Chi Boxing. The next stage of training, moving step application, provides even more technique and direction on the road to boxing.
Let’s take it one step further. Master Clarke will be conducting a workshop to help you transition from pushing to punching. This workshop will take you on the true road to Tai Chi Boxing with a safe, scientific, and educational approach to Tai Chi mastery.
Taiji Punching Hands training is a new adventure in Tai Chi education. You will learn the true martial and boxing art of Tai Chi while wearing protective gloves, head, and body gear. So, bring your gear with you – these tools are greatly needed for this workshop. (See note below)
Taiji Punching Hands training is what you have been looking for and what you need to take your Tai Chi to the next level. Now, it’s here! Take advantage of this workshop so that you may reach enlightenment in Tai Chi Boxing. It will be fun, educational, and safe for all ages and all levels, for both male and female practitioners.

For more information, contact Master Clarke at platoon13@msn.com or call him direct at 720-244-3927 for Q&A.