Curriculum

Song Jing (松經)

• Five sunken energy works (Huang's song shen wu fa -黃氏松身五法)
• Tai Chi walking exercises (太極行功)

Solo Forms (太極拳架)

• Ye Xiu Ting's combat-oriented variation of the 37 steps form
• Ye Xiu Ting's lower hand Tai Chi Chuan 18 steps additional
• Yang style Taichi 108 traditional form
• San Shou A and B forms (太極拳散手對拆)
• Tok Seng Gim's applied Tai Chi Chuan fighting form (San Shou C)
• Self defence applications of form techniques.

Sensitivity training (聽勁練習)

• Tui Shou (pushing hands -太極推手)
  Partner work with numerous two-person exercises incorporating: Peng (ward-off), Lu (roll away), Ji (press) and An (push), single, fixed, Double, moving and free style sensing hands exercises.
• Ta Lu (cornering exercises -moving step pushing hands 走大捋)
• The four techniques of Cai (to pull down 採), Lie (to separate 挒)
• Zhou (strike with elbow 肘) and Kao (strike with shoulder靠)

Weapons training

• Staff forms (Feng Yang staff-鳳陽棍)
• Solo and two person pole forms with self defence applications.
• Broadsword (Tai Chi Dao -太極刀)
• Solo from and defence applications with the sword, including dynamic partner practice with single sticks.
• Double edge Sword (Tai Chi Jian -太極劍)
• Solo form and defence application taught using single stick.

Thanks to Sifu Lun Yeung Law ( 羅倫讓 ), Principal of the Melbourne Cheng Man Ching Tai Chi Quan Study Association ( 澳大利亞墨爾本鄭子太極拳研究會 ) for help with the Chinese language, characters and names.