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美國鑑泉太極拳社簡章
Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy Detroit Brochure
Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy Detroit 3140 Hilton Road, Ferndale, Michigan 48220
(248) 854 3953 – wustyledetroit.com – @wustyledetroit

吳家太極拳課程
Wu Family Tai Chi Chuan Course of Study


課程簡介及時間表
Course Description and Timetable


宗旨：本鑑泉太極拳社自一九三七年由吳家創社，以專門傳授正宗傳統吳家太極拳功為宗旨，迄今已超過八十年，為歷史最悠久的太極拳社。
Mission: The Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan Academies have been operated since 1937 by the Wu family to specifically teach authentic traditional Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan technique for the greater good. As the Academies have operated continuously for more than eighty years, they are the oldest Tai Chi School in the world.


入學手續：凡有志向學，品行端正，遵守本社規則，男女老少，均可報名登記入學；唯不論年資及拳齡，必須學習及完成本社之吳家太極拳一百八式關節拳。
Admission Procedure: Applicants desiring instruction must demonstrate good conduct and agree to comply with the rules of the Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan Academy. Young and old are invited to enroll. Regardless of previous martial experience, all students must learn the Wu style 108 posture sectional form to become members of the Academy.



課程內容大綱簡介
Course Outline Introduction

初級班
Beginning level instruction

太極拳基本理論
Introduction to the basic theory of Tai Chi Chuan
基本步法：上步，退步
Basic stance training: walking forward and backward
鬆勁功：四式熱身運動
Relaxed power generation: 4 warm ups
吳家太極拳一百八式關節拳
Wu family Tai Chi Chuan 108 posture sectional form


中級班
Intermediate level instruction
以下班別必須完成關節拳班，才接受報名：
The following classes require completion of the sectional form class before registration:

吳家太極拳一百八式關節拳：拳套修正
Wu family Tai Chi Chuan sectional form: correction and revision of the empty hand routine
太極拳理論
Tai Chi Chuan theory
鬆勁功
Relaxed power generation
基本步法：上步，退步
Basic stance training: walking forward and backward


基本推手：四正四隅（右手左腳），圓推手，俯仰推手，
呼吸方法，腹式呼吸，各式氣功
Basic push hands: four corners four sides (with hand , foot coordination), circular push hands, bend forward-lean back pushing hands, breathing principles, chi kung (qigong) applications
健身氣功班
chi kung (qigong) for health
太極尺
Tai Chi ruler

推手班
Pushing hands instruction


吳家太極拳一百八式關節拳：拳套修正
Wu family Tai Chi Chuan 108 posture sectional form: correction and revision of the empty hand routine
太極拳理論
Tai Chi Chuan theory
鬆勁功
Relaxed power generation
基本步法：上步，退步
Basic stance training: walking forward and backward
定步推手：四正四隅，圓推手，俯仰推手，
定步自由推手，單手聽化練習
Fixed step push hands: four corners four sides, circular push hands, bend forward lean back pushing hands, one hand offset freestyle
步法推手：進退步，半步擠，連環步（半步擠連環上步），基本九宮步（定步），九宮進退步，活步自由推，滾肘推手，採浪花，大履(捋)步
Stepping push hands: forward backward step, half step, chain step (half step, chain step press), basic nine palace step (linear), circular nine palace step, free style push hands, roll elbow push hands, picking the flower from the waves, Ta Lu step


招式應用班
Application instruction


吳家太極拳一百八式關節拳：拳套修正
Wu family Tai Chi Chuan 108 posture sectional form: correction and revision of the empty hand routine
太極拳理論
Tai Chi Chuan theory
鬆勁功
Relaxed power generation
落地訓練
Tumbling and breakfalls
發勁練習：鬆拳，肘勁，按勁，
掤，履(捋)，擠，按，採，挒，肘，靠；發，拿，打，化
Fa ching (fajing) exercises : Relaxed fist, elbow power, push power, wardoff, rollback, press, push, pluck, split or twist, elbow, shoulder, discharge, lock, hit, neutralize
拳式基本應用練習：
Basic application exercises from the form
太極起式，手揮琵琶，攬雀尾，單鞭，白鶴亮翅，摟膝拗步，搬攔捶，倒輦猴，海底針， 扇通背，翻身撇身捶，雲手，野馬分鬃，單擺蓮，雙擺蓮
腳法：發勁，用法
Begin Tai Chi posture, Play Guitar, Grasp Bird’s Tail, Single Whip, White Crane Spreads Wings, Brush Knee & Push step, Deflect & Parry Punch, Repulse Monkey, Sea Bottom Needle, Fan Through Back, Turn Body Rotate Backfist, Cloud Hands, Separate Wild Horse’s Mane, Single Sweep Lotus, Double Sweep Lotus
Kicking technique: fa ching (fajing), practical principles







獨立課程班
Special topic instruction

五十四式圓架子比賽套路
54 posture round competition routine
一百八式圓架子套路
108 posture round form routine
二十三式輪椅太極拳
23 posture wheelchair form
吳家太極槍
Wu family Tai Chi spear
吳家太極刀
Wu family Tai Chi sabre
吳家太極劍
Wu family Tai Chi sword
導師訓練班
Instructor certification training

Introduction to the main features of Wu family Tai Chi Chuan
The 108 posture sectional hand form routine is the essence. Regular practice strengthens bones and muscles, and moderates the circulatory system. This is confirmed by modern medical studies. Tai Chi Chuan not only prevents disease, but is an effective treatment for many existing illnesses. Preventing disease and prolonging life, Tai Chi Chuan nourishes one’s vitality.
Two person pushing hands is the application. Pushing methodology follows the Tai Chi principle of movement and stillness. Applications are expressed through the subtle transformations that occur between fullness and emptiness. Applications use the principles of psychology and physics. Softness overcomes hardness, and hardness reinforces softness.
Anyone can study Tai Chi Chuan. Movements of the form are purely natural. Long-term perseverance brings profound benefits.
– Grandmaster Wu Kung-tsao (吳公藻宗師)

We provide classes for hospital staff, hospital patients, senior citizens and the general public in over a dozen other locations across southeastern Michigan.

Mission

Mission: The Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan Academies have been operated since 1937 by the Wu family to specifically teach traditional Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan technique for the greater good. The headquarters of our Academies internationally has operated for eighty years, the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi School in the world.

Our Detroit teaching faculty has been trained by the Wu family and their senior students internationally since 1987. We benefit from the technical direction of grandmaster Eddie Wu Kwong-yu 吳光宇老師.

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We teach Wu style Tai Chi Chuan - hand forms, meditation, pushing hands, qigong, ruler, spear, sabre, and sword. Along with our Ann Arbor colleagues, we are the oldest United States branch of the Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academies, representing the oldest continuously operating Tai Chi school in the world, that was founded by great grandmaster Wu Chien-ch'uan almost 100 years ago. Our chief instructor, Michael Ashmore, has been a teaching disciple of the Wu family since 1992 and is member 20066 of the International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation. See: wustyle.com