Intermediate learning in T'ai Chi Ch'uan (TCC) enables the serious student to further enhance their skills and knowledge of TCC. Intermediate TCC classes can lead to developing the skills that will enable a student to successfully specialize their interests in TCC and implement their learining further into their lifestyle.

Continuing their study in the Form Progression class, Push Hands (including supervised Push Hands practice), and Application, they can begin to attend classes in TCC Weapons, assist in all three levels of the beginner's TCC class, and further their interests by attending workshops presented in the Mini Series.

Students who achieve this level will be able to learn as they assist in beginner's classes, receiving clarification of the principles and movements of TCC under the supervision of the head instructors or director of the school.

• Form Progression 2
• Weapons
• Push Hands
• Supervised Push Hands Practice
• Application
• Assistant TCC 1, 2, 3
• Mini Series workshops

Students in thi level may be asked to perform the solo TCC form before a committee; after which they will receive constructive suggestion and support from the committee.

Description of Intermediate T'ai Chi Ch'uan Classes

Weapons in TCC relate to how we extend ourselves in the world. A weapon is an inanimate object until it is put into the hands of a person. At that point it becomes an instrument of that person's ignorance, compassion, and or judgment.

Sword

Description: The TCC Sword Form (double edged) is the most fluid of all the forms in TCC. Because of its fluidity, it represents the element Water, and is therefore considered the highest of all the weapons forms following the Taoist philosophical thought that "softness prevails over hardness as water prevails over all obstructions to its flow." 

Staff

Description: The Staff Form represents the element Wood. It is a short form consisting of 20 movements. As a form, the staff form s quicker in motion than that of any of the TCC forms.

Saber (Dao)

Description: The TCC Saber, called a Dao, represents the element Metal. Its movements are choppy, spiraling, and somewhat fluid at times. It is a single edge weapon similar in length to the TCC Sword and slightly curved.