Date: Saturday March 29, 2025
Time: 10am to 3pm
Where: 1767 Main Street, Moose Jaw, SK (Moose Jaw Shrine Club)
Cost: Sliding scale between $50 to $70 (payment arrangements can be made). To register for the retreat, please etransfer your payment to pstcc@outlook.com at your earliest convenience to assist us with organizing the event.
Instructor: Sifu Eric James
Hello Moose Jaw! The Prairie School of Tai Chi Chuan from Regina invites you to attend a one day workshop where you’ll be able to practice the different systems we teach at the school. The workshop will start mid-morning at 10am, break for lunch at noon, and then resume at 1pm until mid-afternoon at 3pm. We’ll also try to get in a tea break at some point! I have planned the following agenda, although we may not have time for everything (or, on the other hand, we may even have time for a few more things!) depending on how much time we spend on each technique and area.
Morning 10am:
Introduction: School, lineage, styles
• Guided standing meditation for tension release
• Loosening Qigong (Lian Yee set)
• Compact Badua Jin set
• Aerobic Qigong: Dragon swinging, Crescent kicks, Lotus kicks, Qi jogging
• Formal Qigong set: Part 1
• Qigong for Power training: Tai Chi Kwa squats and Horse stance
• Tien Dao Qigong (The Way of Heaven Qigong)
Lunch 12pm
Please bring your own lunch or head out to a local establishment
Afternoon 1pm:
• Stretching: Wall stretching and stance stretching
• Formal Qigong set: Part 2
• Tai Chi Chuan: Tai Chi Walk, Single move rows, Yang 13 form, Push hands, Self-defence demonstrations, and Rolling
• Visualization exercises: 5 organ Qigong, Resistance exercises
• Demonstration by Eric! (time allowing): Sword form, Sabre form, Staff form
• Seated Meditation: Visualizing a form and breathing techniques
• Closing Qigong
Online video take-away from the course for the main Qigong set. These provide participants with the opportunity to practice a few of the techniques introduced during the retreat in the comfort of their home whenever they like.
Thank for your interest! Space is limited, so please register at your earliest convenience. And, please let us know if you have any questions.
-Sifu Eric James
Prairie School of Tai Chi Chuan
