Taiji Quan (Taiji = the highest, ultimate primal principle, Quan = fist, fistfight) is a highly developed form of the internal martial art and is based on the application of Daoist principles. According to tradition, Taiji Quan was developed in the Wudang Mountains by Zhang Sanfeng, the legendary founder of Sanfeng Pai, and spread across China in several styles from the 17th century. Today, Taiji Quan is better known as a health and wellness exercise around the world. In the Sanfeng Pai schools, Taiji Quan is an integral part of the whole system, i.e. the Taiji principles are applied in all forms and styles. The seminar offers the unique opportunity to get to know and deepen the Taiji principles and basics in their original form. Suitable for beginners!
Content of the seminar:
Basic exercises and steps of Taiji Quan
Introduction to the Taiji principles (spiral dynamics and energy conversion)
Targeted relaxation training for everyday life
Application of Taiji as a Martial Art (Quan)
Individual corrections and advice on daily training
Where is the seminar?
In our academy at Siebenbrunnenfeldgasse 12/1, 1050 Vienna – there are hotels nearby – please convince yourself of the accommodations.
What do I need?
Clothing that you can move in – comfortable training shoes with flat, light-colored soles.
Details:
28-29 November (weekend)
Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (4 hours)
Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (6 hours)
There are short breaks in between and a long lunch break on Sunday between 11:00 and 13:00.
Price: 350 euros (including 150 euros as a reservation fee, payable in advance)
After Tai Ji Quan, Ba Gua Zhang is the most famous style of internal martial arts in China. Ba = 8, Gua = oracle sign, trigram, Zhang = palm, open hand; Ba Gua Zhang, therefore, means “martial art of the 8 trigrams”. As in Tai Ji Quan, inner energy is also generated and cultivated here and the use of raw strength is dispensed with. Ba Gua Zhang consists of 8 “small” forms and is practiced walking in a circle, with 8 steps completing the circle. Like the other internal arts, Ba Gua Zhang is also very beneficial for health, concentration, and physical and mental stamina. Since it is very difficult or even impossible to learn authentic Ba Gua Zhang outside of China, the Wudang Academy offers. For the first time in Europe the opportunity to get to know this art under the guidance of Master Ziji.
Content of the seminar:
Basic exercises and basic steps of Ba Gua Zhang
8 Ba Gua Palms
Individual corrections and advice on daily training
Where is the seminar?
In our academy at Siebenbrunnenfeldgasse 12/1, 1050 Vienna – there are hotels nearby – please convince yourself of the accommodations.
What do I need?
Clothing that you can move in – comfortable training shoes with flat, light-colored soles.
Details:
03-04 October (weekend)
Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (4 hours)
Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (6 hours)
There are short breaks in between and a long lunch break on Sunday between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.
Price:
350 euros (including 150 euros as a reservation fee, payable in advance)
Ba Duan Jin Qi Gong and Wu Xing Qi Gong are part of the basic routines of the Daoists in Wudang and are practiced daily into old age. Qi Gong promotes self-cultivation through coordination and control of posture, breathing, and energy flow.
Qi Gong can be learned and carried out by anyone regardless of age and training status. The prerequisite for this is the instruction by an experienced and qualified teacher in order to understand the basic principles and to avoid mistakes in posture.
Under the guidance of Master Ziji, it is possible for the first time to experience and learn authentic Wudang Qi Gong outside of China. Only with a solid basic understanding can you benefit from Qi Gong and use it as a basis for further cultivation.
Content of the seminar:
Basic exercises from Ba Duan Jin Qi Gong and Wu Xing Qi Gong. These forms are the daily routines of the Daoists in the Wudang Mountains and the absolute foundation for Taiji and Gong Fu.
Basic exercises to coordinate yin and yang. Breathing plays the main role for our body – with the breath we control stress, qi (energy) and influence our concentration.
Individual corrections and advice on daily training.
Where’s the seminar?
In our academy at Siebenbrunnenfeldgasse 12/1, 1050 Vienna – there are hotels nearby – please see for yourself the accommodations.
What do I need?
Clothing that you can move around in – comfortable training shoes with a flat sole.
Details:
05.-06. September (weekend)
Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (4 hours)
Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (6 hours)
In between, there are short breaks and a Sunday lunch between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Price:
350 euros (including 150 euros as reservation fee, payable in advance)
Maximum participants: 15 people
Registration:
Registration is possible here, after payment we send the confirmation by email:
Exercise Taijiquan (Tai Chi), and horseback riding lessons in the mountain environment of the Ukrainian Carpathians.
Our Gong Fu brother Otakar is holding a wonderful international Tai Chi event in the Carpathian Mountains – the European Version of the Wudang Mountains. The Carpathians are very similar looking with its round hills and tranquil scenery.
Wonderful place – wilderness, mountains, horses, exercise, meditation. We will use the practice of perceiving movement and center of the body using the techniques of Taiji Quan, Qi Gong, and meditation, and applying them to horseback riding – and vice versa. This gives us a unique experience of linking movement and energy coordination and body concentration for different life applications. Suitable for complete beginners in both Taichi and horseback riding, or all other levels of skill. The main theme of the stay is the restoration of fitness, cleansing the body in nature, and the overall development of personality.
Date: 24.7.-02.8.2020
Taiji Quan and Qi Gong Coaches:
Otakar Chochola – a member of the 16th generation San Feng Pai school, Wudangshan, master of the Floating Clouds school, architect and teacher of Feng Shui. He has been practicing indoor styles for over 20 years. In China, he studied continuously for 5 years in Taoist temples in the Wudang Mountains and became a follower of the school. He has been sharing his experience for over 10 years. Stanislav Bulíček – a member of the 16th generation of San Feng Pai Wudangshan, instructor of the Flying Clouds school. Originally a student of Otakar Chochola, he spent 1 year of intensive teaching at the Taoist school in Wudangshan and became a follower of the school.
Location:
The farm is located in the Polonina Mountains in the wild, completely secluded. There are comfortable beds with mattresses in the common areas, a stream, and a new shower to wash. Drinking water is from the local spring, toilet – wooden cadibudky. There is no signal or power source on the farm – you will be unplugged for 5 days!
Diet:
Traditional mountain cuisine 3 times a day is sufficient quantity. Meals are prepared in large pans on direct fire from quality source materials. In the morning there is black coffee and tea from mountain herbs, during the day tea. For vegetarians, there is always a solution for quality nutrition.
Accommodation:
There is one wooden cabin for 10 people and one military tent for 16 people with bunk beds and mattresses. Participants in excess of this number may participate in the condition of their own tent and sleep equipment. When registering, the course will be announced.
Price:
Total price: 440 Euros
Transportation is not included.
Upon registration, you need to pay 120 Euros to secure your spot in the event, the remaining 320 Euros you pay on arrival! The registration fee cannot be returned.
The price includes:
assistance service for a selected connection to Uzhhorod
gathering of participants on arrival in Uzhhorod
common brunch in Perecin (breakfast and lunch together) on arrival on the way to the mountains, with tasting specialties of Transcarpathian cuisine
luggage transport and transfer to the farm
7 nights accommodation on horse farm – farm
3 x daily meals on farm stay – preparation on fire (also for vegetarians)
2 x bath
7-day program with Taiji and Qi Gong exercises and meditation – 2 instructors
training and teaching horse riding in mountain terrain: trainer, lectures, practice
horseback riding and excursions to mountain ridges experienced escorts and instructor services in place on Saturday morning from farm to Uzhhorod transport to Ukraine and back.
accident insurance on the spot
Location Currency:
local currency Ukrainian hryvnia – it is possible to withdraw from an ATM or in exchange for EURO at the local exchange office.
We recommend about EUR 100 for gifts and 1 lunch.
Condition for Participation:
• valid passport (EU citizens do not need a visa)
• payment of the registration fee and the price of the stay
• ability to walk 5 km effortlessly
Travel Information:
We start Friday night from the Central Station in Prague at 21.45 with the Regiojet footbed train. Other starting points are Pardubice, Olomouc, Ostrava, Český Těšín. The connection has a combined transport from Košice by bus to Uzhhorod.
Allow for waiting at the border on the way there 1-1.5 hours, on the way back 2 or more.
After arriving in Uzhhorod on Saturday around 10:30 am local time, change to a personal connection and go straight to Perecin, where we taste the specialties of Ukrainian mountain cuisine in the form of brunch.
After a meal in Perecin, we drive under the mountains, where we get off, load our baggage on the gazebos and walk on our own. Who has bad knees – wands with them.
We return back after breakfast on Saturday from farm to bus in the same way in the afternoon. Arrival in Prague in the morning on Sunday.
Please note that the consumption of own alcohol on the train is prohibited.
After you paid the registration fee please coordinate your travel with our group so you can smoothly join up with us!
The registration fee for the Wudang Carpathian event
€120.00
After your completed the payment, please fill out the following form to join our group:
Master Ziji visits Shaolin Wahnam to teach the principles of Wudang art. The focus of this seminar is on the general understanding of the Wudang system and how it integrates Taiji into our daily and practical life.
Program on 26th & 27th October
The Wudang Taiji Seminar will be 10h.
Divided into two days, the basic principles of Wudang Taiji are taught.
The inner and outer forms are explained, practiced and improved.
On the first day, the focus will be on Wudang Kung Fu. The second day is dedicated to the Wudang Taijiquan after the five elements Qi Gong was deepened in the morning.
Anyone with basic knowledge of Taijiquan or Kung Fu can participate!
This weekend we finished our advanced internal arts seminar! Read below what happened…
We had two glorious days of sunshine during our workshop. The weather was excellent and we had summer temperatures with slightly cold breezes in the evening. Our German friends from Shaolin Wahnam also came visiting. The fundamental principles of Taiji drive the understanding of the internal arts and so the understanding of these principles stood in the foreground of this workshop.
The understanding of the internal arts
When we talk about Yin and Yang, we talk about practical opposites, these are power and relaxation. Together Yin and Yang are coordinated with our breathing into one direction, from there we need a turning motion originating from the Dantian to ensure a stable direction of Power. Everything is powered by our breathing and every direction can be created from Wuji – emptiness.
The upbuilding of Yang and building up Yin comes as their symbolic meaning suggests – Yang by building up tension and Yin by losing it. This transition is always present and is essential for the coordination in Taiji.
Below a few pictures of our workshop:
Our Wudang Academy wishes everyone a lot of progress in your practice and the motivation to never give up.
