Eight Gates Tai Chi Chuan

I first start teaching basic exercise drills called Ji Ben Gong. These are relatively simple movement sets that can be repeated that allow movements that will be in the hand form to be learned in stages. After the body movement is learned, then the engages the movement is simple stepping patterns. Forms training starts after that, starting with the short 37 posture form and progressing to the long 108 posture form. Two person drill called push hands is introduced also. Training progresses to application training and sword training along with every thing else after that. There are also Qigong sets and stance holding exercises that are introduced during various stages of training.