Beginner Level 1: Foundation of Tai Chi, Chi Kung and Internal Practice
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Module 1: Ptah Khi Foundation of Tai Chi and Chi Kung
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Module 2: Wudang Short Hand Form
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Module 2: Beginning Style
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Module 2: Seven Stars Style
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Module 2: Grasping the Bird’s Tail
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Module 2: Single Whip
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Module 2: Assignment & Questionnaire
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Module 3: Ba Duan Jin (Sekhem Shaafuy)
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Module 3: Assignment & Questionnaire
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Module 4: Health Without Pills 1
Headaches
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Module 4: Health Without Pills 2
Hangovers
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Module 4: Assignment & Questionnaire
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Module 5: 4 Winds / 4 Directions
Tai Chi Drills
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Module 5: 5 Elements Drill
Tai Chi Drills
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Module 5: 7/9 Stars
Tai Chi Drills
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Module 5: Assignment & Questionnaire
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Module 6: Final Practical Assessment & Questionnaire
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Introduction
Welcome to Level 1, the gateway to your journey through Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Nei Kung, and Nei Dan. This foundational syllabus forms level 1 of the Tai Chi and Chi Kung pathway fully aligned with the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts (BCCMA) and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), ensuring your practice aligns with the highest professional and ethical standards.
While exploring level 1 you will discover harmony of body, mind, and energy. Through mindful postures, breath, and intention, you will begin to cultivate internal awareness, and energy flow, laying the groundwork for technical skills, internal strength, and lifelong well-being. This level is the first of ten progressive stages leading to your 1st° Black Belt, with each stage building upon the last to deepen both competence and subtle energetic understanding.
Completion of the full Tai Chi and Chi Kung programme opens the opportunity for professional membership with BCCMA and CIMSPA, including optional coach or instructor status. Yet, mastery is not defined solely by teaching, through Beginner Level 1 and beyond, you can achieve full personal proficiency and internal cultivation, while retaining the choice to share your knowledge when ready.
Here, your journey begins. Awareness, connection, and integration guide every step, and each posture and breath becomes a doorway to balance, energy, and self-discovery.