T'ai Chi Ch'uan

Coordinator Sandra Alexander: Ph: 021 210 4953

This group meets on Tuesdays, 1.30pm. at the Mary Potter Centre. Cost $7 pp per session

10 Form Videos for Practise

Tai Chi 10 Form (or 8 Form) with English titles inserted between postures; edited version of video copied from www.taiji.de. The performer is Gao Jiamin. According to Kungfu Magazine (July 2000 issue) she was born in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China June 26, 1966. At the time of the article she had "won 32 gold medals, a record that has never been achieved by any other competitor". She is the chief instructor at "US Wushu Center" in Portland

Master Faye Yip, now based in the UK, was born into one of China's most influential martial art families. She is daughter of Professor Li Deyin, the creator of Taiji Kungfu Fan and 42 Step Taijiquan. In 2016, at the invitation of the Wushu Culture Association, she was in New Zealand teaching advanced classes in Auckland.

Dave Thew of Phoenix Tai Chi and Qigong School, Christchurch, New Zealand (Now in Geraldine)

A Detailed Lesson with Guosheng Li

Faye Yip

Introduction

Start - 1a

Repulse Monkey 1b

Brush Knee 2a

Part two 2b

Parting the Horses Mane 3

Cloud Hand or Waving Hand 4a

Part two 4b

Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg 5

Kick Heal (Mary omits this one) 6

Grasp the Sparrows Tail - (Ward-off, Grasp, Press, Push) 7a

Part two 7b

Cross Hand and Close 8

Advanced Tai Chi Class with Faye Yip, at Papanui High; 2014 Find: Mary Allison, Carolyn Veitch, Faye Yip and David Thew