Review: Brush Knee and Step Forward; Play Lute
Learn: Step Back, Reeling Forearms (Right, Left, Right, Left); Grasp Sparrow's Tail (Left, Right)

Review: Routine Eight
Learn: Routine Nine

Review: White Crane Spreads Its Wings
Learn: Brush Knee and Step Forward; Play Lute

Review: Routine Seven
Learn: Routine Eight

Review: Part the Wild Horse’s Mane; White Crane Spreads Its Wings
Learn: Brush Knee and Step Forward; Play Lute

Learn: Routine Seven. This is the first of the Xi Sui Jing portion of the form.

Review: Part the Wild Horse’s Mane
Learn: White Crane Spreads Its Wings; Brush Knee and Step Forward

Review: Today we’ll review the entire Yi Jin Jing before trasitioning to the Xi Sui Jing.

Due to the recent events in and around Salem we have had a few new faces in Taiji and a few faces that missed class. This means we have a mixed group towards the beginning of the form. We’ll cover the steps below in some combination depending the group.

Review/Learn: Part the Wild Horse’s Mane, White Crane Spreads Its Wings; Brush Knee and Step Forward

Review: Routine Five
Learn: Routine Six

Review: Part the Wild Horse’s Mane
Learn: White Crane Spreads Its Wings; Brush Knee and Step Forward

Review: Routine Four
Learn: Routine Five

Review: Form Basics
Learn: As the classes this round have been unpredictable, we’ll leave the topics and movements to the class to review. This could involve restarting the form if that’s what the class is looking for.

Review: Routine One through Three
Learn: Routine Four

Review: Open Stance
Learn: Part The Wild Horses Mane; White Crane Spreads Its Wings

Review: Part one of Routine One: Prepare an Offering to the Sky
Learn: Part two of Routine One and all of Routine Two: Offer to the Sky

We’ll be restarting the Taiji Quan form today. So if you want to join the class at the beginning this is the best day to do so.

If you have any questions about the form, visit our Taiji page here or you can email the teacher at spider@sgasalem.com

Today we’ll introduce the Qigong form Yi Jin Jing, AKA The Classic to Transform the Tendons. We will also cover the first movements of the form.

Learn: Turn, Intercept and Punch; As If Closing Shut; Cross Hands; Concluding Posture

Review: The entire form. If the weather is nice we’ll take it outside.

In preparation for the new form, and in observance of the Summer Soltice, we’ll be revisiting Standing Cosmic Axis with an intention to harvesting the abundant bright Yang Qi of Summer.

If you’re new to our Qigong class, this would be a perfect class to begin with.

Review: Single Whip Low and Stand on Left and Right Leg
Learn: Jade Lady Works Shuttles; Needle at Sea Bottom; Ward Off and Push Away; Turn, Intercept and Punch; As If Closing Shut; Cross Hands; Concluding Posture

In observance of Father’s Day we’ll spend class speaking of the concepts of Yang and how it pertains to Qigong. We’ll also practice some Qigong exercise the build upon the more Yang aspects of the body.

Questions and Clarifications.

This week’s class topic will be answering any questions about the form, or taiji in general. We can also take some time to clarify any stances that are a little more fuzzy.

Review: Touch Yong Quan
Learn: Straighten the Body Seven Times to Keep all Illness Away

Review: Turn Head and Look Back
Learn: Touch Yong Quan

Learn: Stroke Horses Back; Cross Hands, Right Heel Kick; Strike Opponents Ears with Fists; Turn, Cross Hands, Left Heel Kick

Review: Twisting the Fist and Focusing Fierce eyes
Learn: Turn Head and Look Back

This class will be a review of the first part of the form. While this is only stance 1 through 11, it is a natural half way point. This will also give time for questions and clarifications before we move onto the second half of the form.

Review: Turning the Head and Twisting the Tail
Learn: Twisting the Fist and Focusing Fierce eyes