San Francisco 
 Hunyuan Taiji Academy 

Advanced Training Program 

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." — Lao Tsu



The Hunyuan Tai Chi Training Program Overview 

Hunyuan Tai Chi training is divided into three basic parts: 

• Gongfa - foundation arts

• Quanfa - practice forms

• Yongfa - applications


Foundation arts begin with standing and seated meditation, and include general health arts like Qigong, basic Tai Chi training gongs like Chansigong (silk-reeling), and specific higher-level training gongs like Tai Chi Ruler and Tai Chi Pole, as well as studies in history and theory. Foundation arts are both the foundation and the core of all Tai Chi practice, and continue throughout all levels of training. See list below for details.  


Practice forms include both open-hand and weapons sets. The open-hand forms are divided into two 'roads': the Yilu or First Road, and the Erlu or Second Road. The Yilu are softer and slower, while the Erlu are harder and faster (the Erlu are also called the 'Cannon Fist' forms). Yilu and Erlu represent yin (soft) and yang (hard). Together they represent complete, balanced training. Both Roads include beginning, intermediate and advanced forms. Weapons sets complement the open-hand forms. See list below for details. 


Applications include tuishou (push-hands), public performance, and personal change and transformation. These are the testing-grounds for experience gained, and feed back directly into foundation arts and forms practice. Push-hands includes five levels, from introductory through open sparring. Public performance includes solo and group performance in front of small and large audiences. It also includes teaching new beginning students. Personal transformation includes improvements in physical health, emotional well-being, calmness of mind, and a positive, centered outlook.   


The Training Program: 

Beginning I

Foundation Arts: 

Forms: 

Push-hands: 

Theory: 


Purchases:  


Beginning II

Foundation Arts: 



Forms: 

Push-hands: 

Theory: 


Purchases: 


Intermediate I

Foundation Arts: 


Forms: 


Push-hands: 

Theory: 

Purchases: 




Intermediate II

Foundation Arts: 

Forms: 


Push-hands: 

Theory: 

Purchases: 





Intermediate III

Foundation Arts: 


Forms: 

Push-hands: 

Theory: 

Purchases: 




Intermediate IV

Foundation Arts: 

Forms: 

Push-hands: 

Theory: 


Purchases: 



Advanced I

Foundation Arts: 



Forms: 


Push-hands: 



Theory: 



Internship I:

Purchases: 



Advanced II

Foundation Arts: 

Forms: 


Push-hands: 



Theory: 



Internship II:

Purchases: 


• Silk-reeling

• Hunyuan 24 Yilu Beginning Form

• Introduction to Push-hands

• Taijiquan: The Science of Power, by Yang Yang 

• Tao: The Watercourse Way, by Alan Watts 

• Books, see above



• Wuji meditation 

• Hunyuan Qigong 

• Fangsongong relaxation exercises

• Hunyuan 24 Beginning Erlu (Cannon Fist) Form  

• Introduction to Push-hands II

• Hunyuan Qigong, by Feng Zhiqiang 

• The Tao Te Ching, translated by Gai-fu Feng

• Silk performance uniform

 


• All of the above plus:

• Wuji meditation

• Hunyuan 48 Intermediate Yilu Form

• Hunyuan 48 Straight Sword

• Fixed-step Two-Person Drills

• The Taoist Classics I, by Thomas Cleary

• Books, see above

• Sword 

 

 

• All of the above plus

• Taiji ball

• Hunyuan 38 Intermediate Erlu (Cannon Fist) Form

• Hunyuan 38 Taiji Dao (broadsword)

• Fixed-step Two-Person Drills

• The Taoist Classics II, by Thomas Cleary 

• Books, see above

• 8 pound medicine ball

• Taiji Dao (curved broadsword) 

 


• All of the above plus: 

• Taiji Ruler Qigong 

• Hunyuan 83 Main Yilu Form

• Moving-step Two-Person Drills

• The Taoist Classics III, by Thomas Cleary          

• Books, see above

• 12 pound medicine ball

• Taiji Ruler

 


• All of the above

• Hunyuan 77 Main Erlu (Cannon Fist) Form

• Moving-step Two-Person Drills

• The Taoist Classics IV, by Thomas Cleary  

• Classics of Strategy I, by Thomas Cleary 

• Books, see above

• 16 pound medicine ball

 


• All of the above plus:

• Taiji Ruler Qinna 

• Taiji Pole

• Hunyuan San Shou Pao

• Hunyuan 18 Elbows

• Moving-step Two-Person Drills

• Qinna I

• Freestyle

• Chen Style Taijiquan, by Feng Zhiqiang

• Classics of Strategy II, by Thomas Cleary

• Thesis proposal

• Volunteer internship

• Books, see above

• Pole

      


• All of the above 

• Hunyuan Spear

• Hunyuan Staff

• Moving-step Two-Person Drills

• Qinna II

• Freestyle

• Chen Practical Method I: Theory, by Hong Junsheng 

• Classics of Strategy III, by Thomas Cleary

• Thesis

• Teaching internship

• Books, see above

• Spear

• Staff
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