My name is Emiko Hsuen and I am an inner-chamber disciple of Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit. It is my honour and great pleasure to invite you to read my comments on the 2008 Intensive Taijiquan Course being taught by my Sifu. He is literally one of the few remaining masters today willing to pass on the secrets of genuine, flowing internal force and its use in combat application. If this interests you, please read on!
I would like to highlight how special and > rare this opportunity is. It is rare because only a handful of masters today practice genuine Taijiquan, and Sifu such a master. It is special because the last time Sifu taught an Intensive Taijiquan course was in 2006, and his other courses are in such demand that we do not know when he will have the time to teach another Intensive Taijiquan course.
Genuine Taijiquan is near extinction. How is this possible?
Simply by the fact that most forms of Taijiquan today do not fulfill the following basic critieria.
A genuine Taijiquan practitioner should be able:
- to be combat efficient through skillful use of stances and purely taijiquan moves (not by boxing moves or hopping about)
- to experience and acquire internal force
- to experience chi flow during practice
- to interact skillfully with people in social settings
- to have ready access to mental clarity, even under extreme pressure
- to experience spiritual peace/ joy/ expansion
At the 2008 Intensive Taijiquan Course, all participants will progress and gain competency in the above areas. Each of us, simply by our participation, will be facilitating the preservation of genuine taijiquan.
Already, taijiquan practitioners from 6 different countries have applied for acceptance to this wonderful course. It goes without saying that the greater the number of training partners, the greater the chance of increasing one's ability to adjust timing and spacing while sparring - and in daily life, of course!
So, if you're looking to improve your skills of flow, internal force, pushing hands, striking hands, sparring and all the other past secrets of the Internal Force Masters, this is the course to take.
The dates for this year's Intensive Taijiquan Course are September 5 to 11
If you wish to apply for this course, please send me the following particulars:
- Full name
- Country you are applying from
- Email address & phone number
- Info on any taichichuan/martial arts background you have
My email address is: shaolin@shaolinwahnamcanada.com.
By the end of the five-day course, you will be able to develop internal force, use Taijiquan patterns for combat, and hopefully have a glimpse of Tao. If you regularly practice what you have learnt at the course, you will have good health, vitality, longevity, combat efficiency, mental freshness and spiritual joys.
Some prior experience of Taijiquan, or even Taiji dance, is needed. For those who have been doing Taiji dance, this is an opportunity to convert it into Taijiquan, an internal martial art. On the other hand, advanced practitioners will enhance their internal force, combat efficiency and spiritual cultivation. But the course is NOT suitable for AIDS patients and those who are HIV positive.
To get the best benefits, it is advisable to learn the Twelve Basic Taijiquan Combat Sequences before the course.
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