Since returning from China 21 years ago, Bruce has not revealed the Wu Tai Chi Long Form at a certified-instructor level of sophistication - until now!

Even if you are not interested in instructor certification, you may still attend all or part of this unique training. To do so, all you have to know is the Wu Style Short Form which Bruce teaches or know a Yang Style Long Form well.

If you are not able to attend the whole training or the full first or second week, you may attend one or more days as a Daily Visitor, if there is space available for you. As the training approaches, contact Energy Arts to find out whether there will space available for you on the days that you are interested in attending and whether Bruce will be teaching those days. Be aware that Bruce likely will give the group a day or two half days off toward the end of the first week and possibly sometime during the second week. As the training progresses, he'll decide exactly when the time off will be.

Once you have confirmation from Energy Arts staff that the days that you wish to attend are appropriate, then you may pay online or over the phone for each of those days at the Daily Visitor rate.

On the days that you attend, Bruce will share his 40 years of experience practicing and teaching Tai Chi including his knowledge as a Lineage holder in both the Wu and Yang Styles of tai chi. Of the 200-million practitioners of Tai Chi, 85% do Wu or Yang Style of tai chi. These styles and their long forms are essentially the same in principle, both in terms of physical movement and inner chi work. For those unfamiliar with tai chi's history, members of Wu's family were the best students of the founder of the Yang Style and his sons. Wu's family taught alongside the Yangs in the Yang's original tai chi school in Beijing.

The Wu Style of tai chi Long Form that Bruce teaches was developed by Wu Style co-founder Wu Jien Chuan. He personally taught it to Liu Hung Chieh, who taught it to Bruce. This style takes 20 to 30 minutes to perform. Bruce developed his Wu Style Short Form from this Long Form.

During the training Bruce will teach you:

* How the outer form, physical postures and movements are done.
* How the inner form and inner-chi techniques hidden within the form
are done.
* Medical Chi Gung technology and self-defense techniques hidden
within the Wu Long Form.
* How the same physical and energetic principles cross over in the
Wu and Yang Styles of tai chi.

Only Certified Wu Short Form Instructors may ask Bruce questions during class; others may ask questions of Certified Instructors who are there to help you.

Bruce is allowing people to participate as Learners because he will go through the Long Form move by move, except the movements which comprise the Short Form.

The experience of learning will be challenging. All Instructor certification candidates will already have learned the form at least once previously. Thus Bruce will be able to move through the instruction
at a rapid pace. The pace will be slow enough, however, to enable a capable and diligent newcomer to learn the form.

If you are up for the challenge, this will be a great learning opportunity. It may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn the Long Form directly from Bruce. After this training he will have certified Instructors available to offer the form, so it is very possible that he won't teach the form on a move-by-move basis again.

Bruce's plan is to have Instructor trainees occasionally help the Learners who are attend. So there will be some assistance available to you if you want to come as a Learner.

Prerequisite for Attendance only: You must know the Wu Style Short Form which Bruce teaches or have in-depth knowledge of and experience with a Yang Style Long Form.

Daily Schedule

During each course, Bruce Frantzis will teach four hours a day, rotating between groups throughout the day. Following each morning and afternoon session, Senior Instructors will work with each group for an additional hour to lead practices, answer questions, and provide individual instruction. Although infrequent, Bruce may require class to run long or short depending on group dynamics.

Places to Stay

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