No worries if you missed our Zoom Live Online Event of Swimming Dragon Taichi Form II organized by San Francisco Zen Center early August! Now you can take it as a distant learning course for 1 year at your own time and pace.
Prerequisite: None.
No Swimming Dragon Form I or III experience is required. Form II is taught as a single short form.
You may take this course independently from any other Swimming Dragon Taichi forms.
Instructor: Dr. Liping Zhu, DAOM, L.Ac.
We will be reviewing Form I Move 1-4 on Day 1&2 as an intro part.
Please follow the daily training Part I and II.
Part I: Daily Warmup Routine (25-30min)
Part II: Detailed Instruction on two moves each lesson.
Watch the Swimming Dragon Full Form
(Thumbnail image of Form II: Green Dragon Raises its Tail 青龙撅尾)
Course Curriculum
Here is Liping's Taichi DVD music link: https://www.qidragonschool.com/admin/courses/1068573/curriculum/lectures/23048261
or directly go to Swimming Dragon Taichi DVD course page to access.
- A Brief Introduction to Swimming Dragon Quan
- Names of Taiyi Swimming Dragon Form II
- Taichi Music for this workshp
- Revised Taiyi Swimming Dragon Taichi Brochure 2020
- Names of Swimming Dragon Quan in English and Chinese with Pinyin
- Swimming Dragon 2nd International Exchange Conference Demo in 2019 (7:01)
2018 Tassajara Taichi Retreat Group
Tassajara, "paradise on Earth" as one calls it, has been where dragons gather every summer
2016 Tassajara Taichi Retreat
Tassajara Taichi Retreat includes a Zen study session
2013 Tassajara Taichi Retreat Group
Form II Move: Standing on Earth & Touching Heaven
Form II Move: 仙鹤伸腿
Immortal Crane Stretches its Leg
Form II Move:盘龙卧虎
Coiling Dragon & Crouching Tiger
Form II Move: 隔窗吹灯
Blowing out the Lamp through the Windown
Form II Move: 青龙撅尾
Green Dragon Raises its Tail
A Memorable Day
in 1996
Form II Move: 倒转乾坤
Revolving Heaven & Earth