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This is the overview and learning materials of the SUN-SHEN school curriculum and its skill progression chart. Preparation Level I) SUN-SHEN Chi-Gong Standing Meditation is the fundamental practice of how to be your ideal self... [ Read More ] [ Front view ] [ Back view ] [ Side view ] II) Stepping Meditation Stepping Meditation teaches you to carry over the principles into movement... [ Read More ] [ Front view ] [ Back view ] [ Side view ] III) TreeHugger Stepping Meditation [ Front view ] [ Back view ] [ Side view ] IV) YingYang Stepping Meditation [ Front view ] [ Back view ] [ Side view ] First Level I) The Seven Basics The 7 Basics are the 7 most commonly occurring moves in the 108 Long Form... [ Read More ]
II) The Basic Form Second Level I) The 108 Form Progression In the 108, one learns the complexity of the intricate, subtle yet powerful connections... [ Read More ] 1. 1st Cross Hands 2. 2nd Cross Hands 3. 3rd Cross Hands 4. Whole Form II) The 108 Form Applications III) Internal Connection Exercises 1. Direct Connection 2. Sinking Connection 3. Reverse Connection IV) The 108 Form Internal Connections V) Explain sections and why Carry Yoke is the marker VI) The 108 Advanced Form Third Level I) 4 Types of Twei-Shou The 4 type Tui-Shou practices the application and evasion for grabs, strikes or pushes... [ Read More ] 1. Dan Twei-Shou 單推手 2. Lien Bu Twei-Shou 連步推手 3. Phan Jang Twei-Shou 翻掌推手 4. Riao Jang Twei-Shou 撩掌推手 II) Basic Twei-Shou 1. Ting Twei-Shou 2. Lui Twei-Shou 3. San Bu Twei-Shou Fourth Level I) 108 Form Left-side II) 8 Types of Twei-Shou Here we learn how to utilize power effectively through the 8 type pushing hands... [ Read More ] 1. Ting Twei-Shou 定步推手 2. Da Lu 大擄 3. O Nu Bu 蝸牛步 (snail walking) 4. Chuan Jang 穿掌 5. Pi Shou 劈手 6. Chin Na Shou 擒拿手 7. Mirror Side 8. Linking all 8 Types III) Ba-Gwa Step Training (Go Bai Jang: Cover Up Palm) IV) Ba-Gwa Circle Stepping Twei-Shou Fifth Level I) San-Shou Form San-Shou means dispersing hands, or free hand. In others words non-choreographed fighting... [ Read More ] II) Ba-Gwa 1. First Change (3.32 Mb) 2. Second Change (3.51 Mb) 3. Third Change (2.95 Mb) 4. Fourth Change (3.88 Mb) 5. Fifth Change (3.49 Mb) 6. Sixth Change (3.93 Mb) 7. Seventh Change (3.40 Mb) 8. Eighth Change (5.20 Mb) III) Dang-Shou Sixth Level I) San-Shou Free Hand II) Completely Free & Natural III) Nei-Gong Nei-Gong is the meditative practice of learning how to circulate the energy throughout the body... [ Read More ] This is the traditional sequence, but the order may vary from one student to the next. |
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