Small-frame Tai Chi

Get a taste for the Wu style with the Mini Form or learn the Wu Medium Form.

Initially designed to become a form of moving meditation, the Wu style serves as a container for all 16 Taoist neigong. This small-frame style is capable of driving neigong deep into the body, but requires the body to be relatively open and free of tension. For this reason, new students are encouraged to start with qigong and Yang tai chi, a large-frame style.

What You Will Learn

The Wu Tai Chi Medium Form is the latest development from Tai Chi Master Bruce Frantzis, whose Wu Short Form is widely practised (see video demo).

The purpose of the Wu Medium Form is to practise in a relatively small space while supporting development of deeper neigong than cannot be integrated in the Wu Short Form. New postures are included, such as Repulse Monkey (or Backwards Brush Knee), Cloud Hands and Single Lotus Kick, which give the form a much more rounded feeling — more like the Wu Long Form — without the space, time and skill requirements.

Wu Mini Form

The Wu Tai Chi Mini Form contains the essence of tai chi. In China, some masters only practice mini forms as they say all the other movements in tai chi are just expressions of these original eight or so moves.

Classes 1-4 — learn the choreography of the Wu Style Mini Form through step-by-step instructions and guided practice sets in each 60-minute class.

This is an excellent introductory course for those who are new to tai chi or the Wu style. You can choose to continue on to the Wu Medium Form.

 Wu Medium Form

Classes 5-18 — following on from classes 1-4, continue learning the choreography of the Wu Style Medium Form through step-by-step instructions and guided practice sets in each 60-minute class.

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