The Dance / San Shou / Yang Style 88

The Dance / San Shou / Yang Style 88 Move Partner Form

This is (very) advance notice of my plans for the Autumn at Hackney. The Senior group are currently studying their 2nd time round the Long Form with in-depth applications, silk-reeling, open-close, etc. after tea-break each session. When we return after the Summer break in September I intend to start teaching the Dance forms, leading to studying Dance both solo and as the interlocking partnerwork. We will still do a Long Form every week to begin the session, and I will answer any Long Form questions, should they arise. Sword and Sabre will continue at 9.30-10pm as before. This Form was taught at the behest of Yang Shou Chung (Yeung Sau Chung) by Chu Gin Soon (Gin Soon Chu) to John Kells in the United States, who taught it to Mark Raudva in London, who taught it to me.

Any students of Yang Style T'ai Chi from other schools who wish to come and learn the Dance from September, are invited to get in touch with me regarding suitability and experience. Sessions will begin at 8pm with tea and last until 9.30pm, costing £13 per week, or less if paid termly.
The evening of study may be lengthened by arriving earlier for push hands and other partnerwork at 7.30pm at no extra cost. You will need to have studied the Long Form, push hands and talu (or other stepping partnerwork) for at least 3 years. Some 121 lessons with me may be advisable in the mean time. Our emphasis is on complete non-resistance and the absence of blocking, as explained clearly in the T'ai Chi Classics. Applications to every posture will be taught and practised as this is a complete and effective fighting Form. We will also use the solo forms to further our study of peng, song, internal softening and moving meditation. The study of the Dance Forms A and B sides, plus learning how to put them together with a partner takes a long time, between 2-3 years of weekly study. The rewards and benefits to our T'ai Chi and life are numerous and the delight of working on these forms solo or with a partner cannot be over-stated. Lively stepping (wabu) and appropriate response are two of the many desirable side effects of this excellent study. I can be reached at caroline at greatrivertaichi dot co dot uk.