05 Jibengong - Using the Legs

In this course we cover alot of ground! Because it is the syllabus for how we use our legs in Tai Chi - To step, Root and shift weight.

Course curriculum

1. Welcome to the Leg section
2. Beginner & Experienced Lessons
3. The Benefits of Training the Root
4. Modifying position and method
1. Ground contact & our perception of weight.
2. Feeling the mass through the foot
3. Feeling the mass move side to side
4. Weighted stepping - Beginners & Basics
5. Narrow weighted stepping - Experienced & Details
1. The Dang - The importance of the crotch arch
2. The Dang - Experienced & details
3. Weight Shifting in the Arch
4. Closed Position - Beginners & Basics
5. Closed Position - Experienced & Details
6. FOLLOW ALONG - Practicing Open & Closed Stances
1. Using the Legs in Tai Chi
2. Opening & Closing the Legs - Beginners & Basics
3. Opening & Closing the Legs - Experienced & Details
4. Simultanious Opening & Closing
5. FOLLOW ALONG - Practicing opening and closing the legs
1. The Kwa in Tai Chi
2. Mobilizing the Kwa
3. Using the Kwa to turn the leg
4. Kwa as a hinge - Beginners & Basics
5. Action in Both Kwa - Beginners & Basics
6. Rotating the Kwa - Experienced & Details
1. Stances in Tai Chi
2. The High Horse Stance
3. The Bow Stance
4. The 40/60 Stance
5. The Empty Stance
6. Cockerel Stands on one leg
1. Stepping in Tai Chi
2. Types of foot fall
3. The tramline step - Beginners & Basics
4. The Tramline step - Experienced & Details
5. Empty Steps - Beginners & Basics
6. Empty Steps - Experienced & Details
7. Sideways Steps
8. Advancing & retreating in an empty stance

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