Classes & Workshops

Inner Works Center Classes and Seminars

Summer 2014 – Class and Seminar Schedule

June 9 – October 9, 2014 Sixteen Weeks
(No classes week of July 5 – 11, International Taijiquan Symposium, and September 12 – 21, Family Reunion Week)

Special Events Sundays: June 22, 9:30 – 1:00, Master Bing’s Wudang Five Animals Qigong Seminar with Paul DiCrescenzo
July 20, 9:30 – 1:00, Masters’ Liang and Yang Six Healing Sounds Qigong
August 17, 9:30 – 1:00, Master Jou’s Silk Reeling (Chan Ssu Jing) Qigong
September 28, 9:30 – 1:00, Traditional Yang Family Taiji Dao (Broadsword/Saber) 13 Movements

Weekly Schedule

Mondays 9:00-10:30 am Qigong – Six Healing Sounds, Silk Reeling, Wu Ming (Dragon Plays Seven Moves)
  10:30 – Noon Taijiquan – Level 2 (Second Section) & Wudang Five Animals Qigong
     
Tuesdays 9:00-10:30 am Qigong – Six Healing Sounds, Silk Reeling, Wu Ming (Dragon Plays Seven Moves)
  10:30 – Noon Taijiquan – Level I (Introduction & First Section) & Qigong Introduction
  6:00 – 7:00 pm Qigong – Wudang Five Animals
  7:00 – 8:30 pm Taijiquan – Level I (Introduction & First Section) & Qigong Introduction
     
Wednesdays 9:00-10:30 am Taijiquan – Level I (Introduction & First Section) & Qigong Introduction
  10:30 – Noon Taijiquan – Level 2 (First & Second Sections) & Wudang Five Animals Qigong
  6:00 – 7:00 pm Qigong – Wudang Five Animals
  7:00 – 8:30 pm Taijiquan – Level 2 (First & Second Sections) & Wudang Five Animals Qigong
     
Thursdays 9:00-10:30 am Qigong – Six Healing Sounds, Silk Reeling, Wu Ming (Dragon Plays Seven Moves)
  10:30 – Noon Taijiquan – Level I (Introduction & First Section) & Qigong Introduction
  6:00 – 7:00 pm Qigong – Wudang Five Animals
  7:00 – 8:30 pm Taijiquan – Level 3 (1st, 2nd & 3rd Sections), Sword, Introduction to 2-Person Play
     
Sundays 9:30 – 10:30 Qigong – Wudang Five Animal
  10:30 – Noon Taijiquan – Two Person Play/Sensitivity Training Intermediate
 

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9:30 – 1:00 Special Events on One Sunday Each Month as Listed Above This Chart

There are 2 options for tuition:
• Register for the full Summer Session and attend as many classes as you like (16 classes available every week!) – $125 (does not include special events). You will automatically be enrolled as a member of the International Yang Family Taijiquan Association.
• Drop in to classes (some require previous experience) for $10/hour, plus one-time registration fee of $25./summer. Individual memberships in the International Yang Family Taijiquan Association are encouraged but not required and cost $30/year.

Special Event Sundays are $30/event, except June 26, Wudang Five Animals Qigong, which is $50.

Maine Adult Education Classes

To view a list of our ongoing classes offered through the adult education programs during the public school year, go to www.MaineAdultEd.org and use Tai Chi or Taiji and zip code 04856 for your search.

Classes are offered at the Warren Community School, Camden Hills High School, Cushing Community Center, Camden Teen Center, Islesboro Community Center and others.

For more information please call 207 594-5356 or email Qiworks@gwi.net.

Private lessons and small group lessons available.

Future Workshops

Traditional Yang Family Taijiquan Long Form Weekend
Coming Again soon

Our Last Workshop was well attended and this was the format:
Saturday and Sunday 9:00am to 5:30pm
Lincoln Street Center for the Arts and Education
24 Lincoln Street
Rockland, Maine 04841

Join us for this weekend of immersion in the Traditional Yang Family long form of Taijiquan. You’ll be able to:

Advance your individual Taijiquan skill level.
Refine your alignment.
Understand the postures’ possible martial applications to enhance the clarity of your body alignment and energy focus.
Understand the biomechanics of the movements.
Expand the distinctions of weight-shift, energies of the palms and feet, opening/closing of the kua.
Have an opportunity for a video analysis of your form.
Expand your understanding and application of the 10 principles of Taijiquan to your individual practice.

Schedule:

Saturday we’ll study and play the first 51 movements and enjoy a few refreshing intermissions of Qigong and demonstrations of Taiji sword form and push hands. An extended lunch from 12:30 to 2:00 will allow time for rest, food and practice.
Sunday we’ll continue with the 52 movements of the second half of the long form. We’ll be exploring applications and two person play in half hour sessions in the morning and afternoon. Lunch from 12:30 to 2:00.

Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan long form books by Yang, Zhen-duo were available for purchase (now out of print).

Please contact us at 207.594.5356