How About Awesome Taijiquan in 2010?

Dear Good Reader Person,

2009 was fun. Let’s start 2010 fresh.

Here’s some bits to expect from RealTaiji this year.

Some Series

Of course, you’ll get high quality articles about whatever’s going on in my mind…and, in addition, I’ve put together some longer running concepts.

I’ve sketched some visions of articles that run in longer series (how do you say serieses?) for richer views on several topics. Some of these series will appear bit by bit throughout the year… Reviving Taiji is an obvious version of this, but I’ll tackle some complementary subjects too.

• Acts of a Warrior
• Cleansing (as in…physical cleansing)
• Meditation

(Please let me know if you want a specific subject tackled.)

There’s more…

Pretty Darn Comprehensive On-line Taiji Course

This is coming soon: in two weeks.

Get ready.

It’s not for people don’t like anatomy or precision. This course dials in details. It offers burly, solid foundations for beginners and eye opening details for experts. If you’ve thought about tackling an Old Yang-Style Long Taijiquan Form…this is the place.

It’ll be bold. This 4 month course includes 32 thirty-minute videos. You get 2 per week for 16 weeks. The shows are in High Definition, with options to watch online or download. The topics covered include:

• Old Yang Long Form Parts 1 and 2
• Combat and Healing Applications
• Additional Exercises to Get-It

This course is cutting edge. We’ve dialed in the most user-friendly, high-quality services to make this Old Yang Taijiquan Course shine.

See and hear it clearly. Get it fast.

There’s no need to wait for snail mail: we’ll offer two lesson-watching options that work fast and easy. Our private Vimeo collection streams videos in High-Definition right away, and our SimpleCDN collection delivers downloads fast and easy. No need to wait for DVDs in the mail (besides…our HD is higher resolution than DVD).

Most at-home courses end with delivery of the product. This one will deliver more: the internet’s vast networking powers  and cell phone technologies make it possible to connect to real people for inspiration and information about these lessons. You can talk to me about this stuff.

So you’ll get all this too:

• Connected: each week, get support from me and/or from one of my senior students.
• Answers: the Q&A themes covered each month will be revealed in added video lessons.
• Learn for Real: upload, email, or otherwise send a video, each month, and get reviewed.

The total value is easily $350/month, closer to $450 if you add things up individually:

1. 4 hours of HD quality (better than DVD) videos per month ($200).
2. Two supporters ($130).
3. Added HD Quality Q&A shows ($50).
4. Reviews of  your progress ($65).

Still, I want it to be affordable for everyone. Right now, I anticipate that the full 4 month course will be $497, with an option to extend reviews and feedback for more months for as little as $49 per month.

This stuff works, it’s practical, and it’s natural.

The launch of Pretty Darn Comprehensive Old-Yang Style Long Form Taijiquan Course is fresh. It’s coming soon. It’s scheduled to launch January 15th, and we’ll spend a week or so talking about it. We’ll take 100 people. The next round won’t be until at least May. And the price will go up.

Stay tuned for the January launch.

The package is big. Tell me about your reservations or difficulties you’d have. We’ll make it work. Please contact me about any specific arrangements you’d like to make. And I’ll reveal more details about the Course in the coming weeks.

Complete Reviving Taiji

It’s on course to be finished earlier than April, and here’s three ways to keep you eye on it…

1. Reviving Taiji—the E-Book (right now, it’s free)
2. Move Naturally…chapter 1′s video companions
3. Strike Things…chapter 2′s video companions

Chapter 3: Practice Form is coming soon.

More Mini Courses

As if what’s already happening is not enough, we’ve shot most of the footage and started the editing of some other fun, mini courses. Including:

• Rockabye: Be a Cradle with Qigong and Cloud Hands to Help Your Baby Sleep.
• The Big View…Wandering with Eagle Eyes for Fun and Preemptive Self-Defense Silliness.
• Aligning with Your Real and Imagined Aggressors: Tickle without Tickling.

Really, by we I mean…my wife Shannon. These are her shots and edits of some fun films…these Mini Courses offer light, fun introductions to Taiji and some silly visions of how to integrate Taiji into daily life.

Mini Courses will remain free and open for everyone to play with, make fun of, and laugh about Taiji and life.

Montana Practice

We’re moving toward tidier options for Taiji in and around our wild mountain home.

1. Workshops. No doubt, we intend to host a World Taiji Boxing Association Workshop with Head WTBA Instructor, Mr. Eli Montaigue. And I’ll put on 2-4 workshops this year. Workshop details will be sorted though in February, so look for details then.
2. Classes. I’m relocating to River Park on the west side of Hamilton, along the Bitterroot River. Watch for me Thursdays at 5 pm.
3. Private Lessons. More on-line options are available now. And you can always arrange a time to meet me personally.

2010

It’s a big year with lots of options and opportunities.

Come out and play.

Warm regards,

Steven Smith

posted: 1 January 2010 by author: S.Smith
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