Taiji School of Central Equilibrium – UK
Taijiquan and Fujian White Crane
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What a week – Taiji camp with Wee Kee Jin October 2022
By Paul Fretter. The camp was held at Langley School, Norfolk UK, and attended by over 35 residential students from the UK, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. There were 62 hours of supervised training, with many people putting in extra practice during the intervals. Topics covered include: Thanks again Jin, for another fantastic week…
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What a weekend – White Crane with Wee Kee Jin October 2022
By Paul Fretter. The seminar was held at Wacton Village Hall, Norfolk, UK – 28th-30th October 2022 The three-day seminar consisted of a good balance between Forms practice (first and second), breathing exercises and copious amounts of partner training: Thank you to all of those who attended the workshop, and to those who provided support…
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Refined Form movement list
November 2022 – Wee Kee Jin advised that, on re-examining the common translation of the movement known as Fan through the back, he realised a more accurate translation is Shoulder through the back. This is reflected in the updated movement list below.
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Long Form movement list
March 2025 – Wee Kee jin has advised that the translation of “Shoulder Stroke” is incorrect and is more correctly written as “Encroach”. This is reflected in the March 2025 version of this document below. November 2022 – Wee Kee Jin advised that, on re-examining the common translation of the movement known as Fan through…
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Taiji as a Martial Art
By Paul Fretter. It is not widely appreciated that Taiji, if trained accordingly, is fundamentally a martial art. This misunderstanding is largely rooted in the misconception that all Taiji practice is very slow and ‘relaxed’ and therefore cannot be at all practical. Most practitioners however, are only interested in the (non-martial) heath and well-being aspects…
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Taiji Partner training
By Paul Fretter. The basis of practice is to first learn the movement and then to put the Tàijíquán principles into the movements. The principles referred to are the Tàijíquán Classic texts. To properly understand Tàijíquán it is essential to study the Tàijí Classics, and apply their interpretation into your daily practice of exercises, Forms and partner trainning. There are three levels…
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Practicing Taijiquan
By Paul Fretter. The basis of practice is to first learn the movement and then to put the Tàijíquán principles into the movements. The principles referred to are the Tàijíquán Classic texts. To properly understand Tàijíquán it is essential to study the Tàijí Classics, and apply their interpretation into your daily practice of exercises, Forms and partner trainning. There are three levels…
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