| Curriculum 2020 |
| sets from Chen Family style Tai Chi Chuan in the manner of Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei |
| 1. 18 movements, |
| 2. Lao Jia 1 (Old Frame) |
| 3. Xin Jia 1 (New Frame) |
| 4. Double batons |
| 5. single saber |
| 6. single sword |
| 7. eyebrow height staff (Five Tigers staff in the manner of Grandmaster Chen Qingzhou) |
| 8. spear (71 movements) |
| 9. Lao Jia 2 (Cannon Fist) |
| 10. Xin Jia 2 |
| 11. Xia Jia (108 movement Small Frame) |
| 12. kwan dao. |
| 13. long pole (lau gar - 3 meters as opposed to the more typical 1.5 meter staff) - both one and two person forms |
| 14. double sabers |
| 15. double swords |
| 16. fork (cha) |
| traditional Chen Family warm-up exercises (ungraded) - some special wrists exercises have been added |
| Chen Family Silk Reeling exercises |
| Tools |
| 1. Tai Chi ruler |
| 2. Tai Chi bang |
| 3. Tai Chi bar (foot roller) practiced with porcupine ball |
| 4. chidu - long (32") Tai chi bang |
| 5. bent bang |
| 6. Tai Chi ball |
| 7. Bao ding balls |
| 8. Wing chun ring |
| 9. Grip rings |
| 10. Select exercises from Chinese Wand in the manner of Bruce Johnson |
| Qigong (Chi gung) routines from the Chinese Health Qigong Association |
| 1. Duan Jin (Eight Brocades) |
| 2. Yi Jin Jing (Tendon Washing) |
| 3. Wu Qin Xi (Five Animals Exercises) |
| 4. Liu Zi Jue (Six Sounds Breathing Exercises) |
| 5. Da Wu (Joint flexion) |
| 6. Twelve Step Daoyin (Health preservation) |
| 7. Shi Er Duan Jin Yin (advanced sitting exercises) |
| 8. Mawangdui Daoyin Shu (therapeutic stretching) |
| 9. Taiji Yangsheng Zhang (a zhang is a wooden stick 48 inches long) |
| Wu Ji meditation in the manner of Cai Songfang - sitting and standing |
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