Taiji and I
Club Plan (Fall 2008 - Sprint 2009)
Club Goals:
- Improve members' learning experience
- Improve members Taiji skills and understanding of Taiji
- Enhance the communication between the Teacher and members
- Enhance the content of the club's web site
Plan:
- Learn basic Taiji principles
- Learn to feel and appreciate the completeness of a form
- Enhance basic Taiji movement skills. Members learn to demonstrate the meaning of defense in 2-3 movements each semester.
- In each school week, use one class period to practice basic Taiji skills and one class period to practice forms.
- Encourage active learning
- Reinforce positive learning/teaching experience
- Encourage idea exchanges and feedback
The teacher will focus on one basic Taiji principle in one class week.
Students will practice and learn to experience the basic principles in various forms.
Focus on the completeness, smoothness and gracefulness while practicing a form or a section of a form
Teacher Chen will lead the class practice when he sees the needs
First class: Basic skills and movements
Second class: Complete forms
Fall 2008: Focus on the improvement of Yang Style 40 and Taiji Sword 42. Practice other forms as well
Sprint 2009: We will determine the focus based on the progress and feedback from Fall 2008.Encourage members in all levels to ask questions during the class
Encourage members and the teacher to communicate with the teacher when a certain technique or learning experience works very well
Collecting positive learning experiences and tips and publish them on the club's web site
- Encourage members to write short articles and publish them on the club's web site
- When needed, allocate a short class period to exchange ideas for improvement
- Exchange feedback between the teacher and members promptly
- Allocate the last class of the semester for demonstration of forms and basic skills
Requirements to Members:
- Start every class on time
- Respect the teacher while the teacher answering questions or providing instructions