Classes
Sifu [teacher] Arthur Rosenfeld has been practicing and teaching for more than 30 years. His South Florida tai chi class began in 1997, and several students who began at that time are now teachers in the school.
South Florida Group Tai Chi Classes:
Group Class 1 - Year Round at the Same Location
Saturdays 9 am - 12 pm
Exchange Club Park 24th Street and the Intracoastal
Lighthouse Point, Florida
Instructor: Master Arthur Rosenfeld
Group Class 2 - Seasonal Locations
September 13, 2011 - March 31, 2012
Tuesdays 6 - 7:15 pm
Emma Lou Olson Civic Center
1801 NE 6th Street
Pompano Beach, Florida
Instructor: Master Arthur Rosenfeld
April 1, 2012 - September 11, 2012
Tuesdays 6 - 7:15 pm
Sullivan Park
Across Hillsboro Boulevard (northeast side) from the Cove Shopping Center,
on the Intracoastal Waterway entrance marked "Riverside Drive"
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Instructor: Master Arthur Rosenfeld
Group Class 3 - Year Round at the Same Location
Thursdays 6 - 7:30 pm
Grandview Preparatory School
336 NW Spanish River Boulevard
Boca Raton, Florida
Instructor: Master Arthur Rosenfeld
Group Class 4 - Year Round at the Same Location
Mondays 7 - 8:45 pm
The Yoga Source
7422 Wiles Road
[Just
west of 441 and south of the Sawgrass Expressway]
Coral Springs, Florida
Instructor: Sifu Jennifer Beimel
If you need directions, the phone number at the Yoga Sourc is (954) 340-0099
Tai Chi workshops and seminars by Arthur Rosenfeld are available nationally.
To schedule a workshop at your school or with questions about Florida classes, click here
Pen and Sword Tai Chi Classes in Durango, Colorado
Dancing Heron
Taiji
Tuesday 6:00 - 7:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church
Tuesday and
Thursday 6:00 - 7:30 pm at the Mason Center in Durango
Wednesday morning 7:30 - 8:30 am in Gem Village at Pathways
Please contact
Mary Jane Ward of Pen & Sword at (970) 385-9597 or e-mail mjw@pivotalchoices.com for more information.
Pen and Sword Tai Chi Classes in Atlanta, Georgia
Now offering weekend classes.
Please contact Christopher Dankowski at (770)
888-1583 for more information.
Pen and Sword Tai Chi Classes in Asheville,
North Carolina
Woodfin YMCA
Thursday at 6:30 pm 40 N. Merrimon Avenue
Please
contact Instructor David Hollinshead at (561) 866-4212 for more information.
Class Curriculum:
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Level I - Internal |
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Degree
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a. the concept of
wuji
b. warm-up rolling exercises for the joints
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Degree
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a. internal version
of stepping movements
b. stances, including Bow (2 types), Horse, Empty, Half Horse, Cross,
and One Legged
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Degree
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a. Solo exercises
b. Single Push Hands (focus on following and keeping weight center on
bubbling well points)
c. sinking chi exercise
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Degree
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a. form must be
relaxed, motions large and clear, body straight
b. tai chi ch'uan link to the Daoist classic Tao Te Ching must be understood
c. Lao Da Jia form practiced 1000 times, or as many times as necessary
to feel chi in hands, in preparation for next level
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Level
II - Advanced
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are three degrees. The focus of this level is opening the four major
joints. There are many specific exercises for the hip and shoulders.
Usually we will learn Tai Chi Sword (Jian) form, the basic pushing
hands, and chin na (locking) and chin NA countering at this level.
At the completion of this level, one must be able to handle a simple
lock or grapple applied inexpertly. Hips and shoulders will have loosened
significantly at the completion of this level.
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Level
III - Expert
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are three degrees. The major focus of this level is pure relaxation.
This is a very difficult level to complete, as it requires repeated
and precise correction. Chen family tradition holds that few people
reach this level in a lifetime of study. The Tai Chi Broadsword (Dan
Dao) and push hands (sensitivity and combat training) become very practical
at this level.
Upon completion of this level, the student should be able to contend
with a straight line force--in the major direction of any stance--equivalent
to 150% of the student's body weight. The idea is not to meet force with
force (double-weighting in Tai Chi lingo) but rather to conduct force
to the ground without effort.
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Level
IV - Professional
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This
level focuses on mastering dantien rotation (Tai Chi specific moving
of the hips and body core.) One must complete the pure relaxation before
this will work, otherwise rotation is merely mechanical.
At this level, one usually learns the Spring and Autumn Broadsword (Guan
Dao) and Spear (qiang), as well as the Cannon Fist form (Pao Cui.) If
you are coming from a Wu Style background, this is where you would learn
the fast Wu form. If you come from Yang Tai Chi, you would begin the
fajing exercises. At this level, most chin na practitioners cannot lock
you because your body will find a way to instinctively counter without
thinking. Completing level III means you can handle another's strong
force; completing level IV means others cannot handle yours.
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Level
V - Master
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The
main idea of this level is to strengthen the dantian. At this level
the long staff training is done, and a great deal of emphasis is given
to meditation and other internal work.
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Lineage of Pen and Sword's Chief Instructor:
Questions? Contact Pen & Sword via email at info@ArthurRosenfeld.com
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