Beyond the Tai Chi Form
Warm-ups, breath, drills, and the thinking behind the movement
Tai Chi doesn’t necessarily start or end with a sequence or set of postures.
Perhaps you’ve learned a 10-Step Form or other series of Tai Chi moves and think Tai Chi is just that - a sequence. And if so, you may be wondering:
- What could I practise during my day that doesn't involve running through a form?
- Why does Tai Chi feel bigger than any single form?
- Is there something I’m missing?
This short course exists for that moment.
Forms are useful, but...
Tai Chi lives outside the sequence.
It lives in how you stand, step, breathe, and respond, and that’s what this course is about.
What this course is (and isn’t)
This is not:
- another form/sequence to memorise
- another level of tai chi
- a test or progression
This is:
- a way of understanding what the form was training
- a set of practical drills you can use anywhere
- a broader view of Tai Chi as movement, breath, and response
What you’ll work with
1. Warm-ups that are Tai Chi
Learn 4 weight transfer techniques, for dealing with unwanted energy by yielding and flowing.
2. Breath and movement
Simple qigong exercises and an honest look at how breath actually works in Tai Chi — without forcing or choreography.
3. Posture drills instead of sequences
Learning a movement outside a form so you can feel what’s going on, rather than rush through it.
4. The thinking behind the movement
Yielding, softness, efficiency, and the Taoist ideas that quietly sit underneath Tai Chi — applied, not philosophical.
5. How to bring it all together
- Recap of how it works, repeat and refine.
- Ways to move on with what you have most enjoyed.
FAQs
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- 5 Sessions with exercises and video introductions
- Further study links for each section
- Demonstration-led
- Short accompanying notes
- About 2–3 hours total, taken at your own pace
This is something you return to, not rush through.
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- Maybe you’ve worked through The Beginner’s Guide to the Tai Chi Form
- Maybe not
- Maybe you don’t want more choreography
- You want to see how the principles can relate to your daily life
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- People looking for fast progress
- People who collect "forms" and sequences
- People who want rigid rules and uniform answers.
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If you have ordered the 10 Step Book, you will have been sent a discount coupon code to enter at the checkout page.
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Course Prices
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- £24.95 - Standard Price
- £14.95 - With Book Coupon (add at sign-up below)
- Free: Flying Dragons (already added to your library)
Course curriculum
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1Welcome & orientation
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2Warm-ups & weight transfer
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3Breath & qigong
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4Drills: Breaking down a move
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5Imagination and Ideas: Bean curd thinking
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6Bringing it all together
