External Systems
The external martial art system includes both the Northern and Southern fighting styles such as Wing Chun and Choi Lei Fut, with the following from the five animals, comprising Praying Mantis, Shaolin, Crane and Tiger style Kung Fu.
Internal Systems
Classes will start with a gentle warm up and may incorporate Qigong techniques.
Students starting to learn Tai Chi will be first taught the Yang Short Form which has 37 moves and takes from 7 to 8 minutes to go through completely when moving at a slow breathing speed. As students gain confidence they will be taught the same form mirrored (left side). Eventually, attendees will progress to the Yang Long Form which has 108 moves.
For the those that are Interested, the instructor will include Ba Gua (‘walking the circle’) and Xing Yi techniques (quick, linear sequences with martial origin and application).
Combined Syllabus
The combined External and Internal curriculum offers advanced students the same core syllabus of ‘push hands’, and training with several weapons such as the bokken, staff and Chinese broad sword.
Chi Kung
In Chinese Chi is Breath , Kung is work, so its Breath work.
According to recent research, Breath work exercises can help you relax, reduce stress, and improve your mental and physical well-being.
The Chi Kung Anita teachings Incorporates Traditional Chinese Medicine, movements synchronising with the breath, to move the mind and body in harmony and in the most beneficial way.
In the main Anita uses the classic 8 pieces of Brocade and 5 Animal sets to convey the practise of Chi Kung Principles of mindfulness, coordination of the mind and body, coordination of the various part of the body. The training will give balance, grounding to oneself which brings good mental and physical health as one.
Tai Chi
Tai chi (Chinese: 太極; pinyin: Tàijí), short for T'ai chi ch'üan or Tàijí quán (太極拳), is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training, its health benefits and meditation. The term taiji refers to a philosophy of the forces of yin and yang, related to the moves. Though originally conceived as a martial art, it is also typically practiced for a variety of other personal reasons: competitive wrestling in the format of pushing hands (tui shou), demonstration competitions and achieving greater longevity. As a result, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims with differing emphasis. Some training forms of tai chi are especially known for being practiced with relatively slow movements.
Ba Gua
Baguazhang (Chinese: 八卦掌; pinyin: Bāguà Zhǎng) is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being Taijiquan and Xing Yi Quan. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or neijia quan). Bāguà zhǎng literally means "eight trigram palm," referring to the trigrams of the I Ching (Yijing), one of the canons of Taoism. The creation of Baguazhang, as a formalised martial art, is attributed to Dong Haichuan (董海川), who is said to have learned from Taoist and Buddhist masters in the mountains of rural China during the early 19th century. Many Chinese authorities do not accept the Buddhist origin, instead maintaining that those teachers were purely Taoist in origin, the evidence lying in Baguazhang's frequent reference to core concepts central to Taoism, such as Yin and Yang theory, I Ching and Taoism's most distinctive paradigm, the Bagua diagram.
Qigong
Qigong (/ˈtʃiːˈɡɒŋ/),[1] qi gong, chi kung, or chi gung (simplified Chinese: 气功; traditional Chinese: 氣功; pinyin: qìgōng; Wade–Giles: ch‘i kung; literally: 'life-energy cultivation') is a holistic system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and martial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed by the Chinese and throughout Asia as a practice to cultivate and balance qi (pronounced approximately as "chi"), translated as "life energy".
Xing Yi
Xing Yi Quan is classified as one of the Wudang styles of Chinese martial arts. The name of the art translates approximately to "Form-Intention Fist", or "Shape-Will Fist". Xing Yi is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements and explosive power that's most often applied from a short range. A practitioner of Xing Yi uses coordinated movements to generate bursts of power intended to overwhelm the opponent, simultaneously attacking and defending. Methods vary from school to school, but always include bare-handed fighting training (mostly in single movements/combinations and sometimes in forms) and the training of weapons usage with similar or identical body mechanics to that used for bare-handed intense fighting.
Kung Fu
Chinese martial arts, often named under the umbrella terms kung fu (/ˈkʊŋ ˈfuː/; Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōngfu; Cantonese Yale: gūng fū) and wushu (武術; wǔshù), are the several hundred fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" (家; jiā), "sects" (派; pài) or "schools" (門; mén) of martial arts.