Damo Mitchell – Internal Arts Academy – Online Taiji Quan Program Year 3

Damo Mitchell – Internal Arts Academy – Online Taiji Quan Program Year 3

Weekly tuition and supportive materials
Ji Ben Gong (foundation) drills and internal development exercises
Huang 37 form and advanced Yang family sequences
Key classical principles, such as Song (松), Ting (聽) and Fa (發)
Partner exercises, pushing hands drills and Taiji applied principles
Theoretical lectures on the inner-workings of Taijiquan
Integration of Taijiquan with Nei Gong, medical and alchemical work
Taiji weaponry training

THE SYLLABUS

TAIJIQUAN FORMS PRACTICE
FOUNDATION DRILLS AND INNER DEVELOPMENT
ARTS ACADEMY
HEALTH AND ALCHEMICAL PRACTICE
PARTNER WORK
THEORETICAL STUDY

TAIJI QUAN PROGRAM

MOVING MEDITATION

One of the famous aspects of Taijiquan is that it is a form of moving meditation.
Though this claim may seem strange to many, those who move deep into the style may come to understand how this is the case.

Both alchemical meditative principles derived from Daoism and absorption methods derived from Chan Buddhism are incorporated into and necessary for mastery of Taijiquan.

Through consistent training, a student of Taijiquan may learn how to stabilise their awareness within the moving form of the body to understand the nature of conscious release via the vehicle of the body.

Within Chinese culture, it has long been understood that the root of many internal diseases is the quality of a person’s mind.
Though it is true that the bodywork of Taijiquan is greatly beneficial to a person’s health, the greatest changes to a person’s overall well-being can be found through evolution of their mental state.

LOTUS NEI GONG’S TAIJI QUAN

With Lotus Nei Gong, the Taijiquan taught is largely drawn from the Yang family lineages, though Damo Mitchell has integrated the Hunyuan, Wudang and Lengmen systems of practice.

Beginners begin with the Taiji of Huang Xingxian, which is heavily focused upon the process of relaxation through loosening and mobilising the Qi.
The Huang method helps to teach the Jin mobilisation method of the Yang method.

More advanced students study the Yang methods, which build sublimation of Dantian and more complex mechanics.

The final and highest stages of training include training with the straight sword (Jian) and staff.