Learn TAI CHI and Qigong in Mytchett & online
Class Catch-Ups and Home practice Videos
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Monday and Tuesday Mytchett groups have video access included with their class subscription and will receive the password via email.
All other groups and Zoom participants can purchase one calendar month's video subscription as an add-on at class renewal or later, from the Video Channel page
Monday 7.30pm
Tai Chi Foundations
Qigong - Yang Sheng Gong
Qigong - Yang Sheng Gong
January 2025 - Tai Chi
We will start with Foundation exercises and some simple postures from the Beijing 24 Tai Chi form
Qigong - Yang Sheng Gong
Qigong - Yang Sheng Gong
Qigong - Yang Sheng Gong
January 2025 - Qigong
We will cover the Yang Sheng Gong, Health preservation energy exercises. This is a flowing set of exercises which involve bending stretching and twisting the body to influence the flow of internal energy which the Chinese call Qi/Chi, as well as strengthening the body and improving flexibility
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Monday 8.30pm
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing
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Beijing 24 Tai Chi
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing
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Tuesday 9.30am
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Treasures
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Treasures
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Treasures
We sometimes use this set as our warm up
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Tai Chi Foundations
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Treasures
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Treasures
Stepping exercises to lay the foundations for learning a Tai Chi form.
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Beijing 24 Tai Chi Form
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Treasures
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing Qigong
Beginning to build the 24 form
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Shaolin Yi Jin Jing Qigong
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing Qigong
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing Qigong
We started this in Autumn 2024 and almost got to the end in December. So we will carry on for a little while in 2025 and then swap to learning Yang Sheng Gong
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Yang Sheng Gong
Shaolin Yi Jin Jing Qigong
Yang Sheng Gong
We will start this set in Jan or Feb 2025 once everyone is familiar with last terms set - Yi Jin Jing, which we didn't quite finish in 2024
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Tuesday 10.30
Beijing 24 Tai Chi / 'B24'
Beijing 24 Tai Chi / 'B24'
Beijing 24 Tai Chi / 'B24'
2024-2025 - ongoing, finishing / improving the form
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Yang Sheng Gong
Beijing 24 Tai Chi / 'B24'
Beijing 24 Tai Chi / 'B24'
We will revisit this set in Jan 2025,.
We originally learnt it last spring
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Ba Duan Jin - 8 Precious Treasures
Beijing 24 Tai Chi / 'B24'
Ba Duan Jin - 8 Precious Treasures
We sometimes use this set as a warm-up
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Tuesday 11.30 Beginners
Tai Chi Foundations
Qigong / Chi Kung - Yang Sheng Gong
Qigong / Chi Kung - Yang Sheng Gong
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Qigong / Chi Kung - Yang Sheng Gong
Qigong / Chi Kung - Yang Sheng Gong
Qigong / Chi Kung - Yang Sheng Gong
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Tuesday 12.40
Bao Jian Gong
Everything Else!
Qigong Pairs
January 2025
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Qigong Pairs
Everything Else!
Qigong Pairs
Autumn/Winter 2024's set
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Everything Else!
Everything Else!
Everything Else!
Most of you have covered the majority of sets that I currently teach, so we will revisit some favourites like the Yang Sheng Gongs and Shi Ba Shi sets and others, as the mood takes us
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Tuesday 6.30pm 'Zen Sanctuary / Tuesday Chill'
Meditation
Shaolin Yoga - Yi Jin Jing
Shaolin Yoga - Yi Jin Jing
We begin the Tuesday 6.30 class with 10-15 minutes of mindfulness and meditation. Here is a series of Qigong meditations sometimes used in class
Adopt a relaxed but upright sitting posture and take a few moments to relax before you click play
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Shaolin Yoga - Yi Jin Jing
Shaolin Yoga - Yi Jin Jing
Shaolin Yoga - Yi Jin Jing
We will continue with Yi Jin Jing in the first block of 2025 then move on to learning Bao Jian Gong
This version comes from Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts Academy
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Bens' Qigong
Bao Jian Gong
Bao Jian Gong
We often start or finish a class with this short Qigong set which was taught to me by Ben, my first teacher. Ben was unsure of the origins of the set but believed it to come from the Southern Chinese Martial Arts tradition. I just call it 'Ben's Qigong'.
Music Longtime Sun by Snatam Kaur
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Bao Jian Gong
Bao Jian Gong
Bao Jian Gong
We will start this set on 4th Feb 2025
More videos will be uploaded prior to each class
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Wednesday mornings
Beijing 24 Tai Chi
Chen Taijiquan and Weapons
Chen Taijiquan and Weapons
The Wednesday group would benefit most from working on the Principles of Tai Chi and exploring them within their own practice with patience and an enquiring mind
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Chen Taijiquan and Weapons
Chen Taijiquan and Weapons
Chen Taijiquan and Weapons
To view Master Wang Hai Jun's 13 form on YouTube click here
To view Chen Zhenglei's Broadsword tutorial (Chinese) click here
To view Cherry's offerings on Chen principles / important skills and 13 / Broadsword form demos click pic above