Program Description
Intermediate Practitioner program offers further exploration of the art of being in the flow following the Initiation into the practice of Empowerment. Learning the Element of Water practices comprise most of the studies during this course. They develop the student's skills and abilities to the intermediate level of Internal Martial Arts, as well as Therapeutic, Tantric, Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian Qigong.

The Intermediate course of studies usually takes six months to complete (sometimes plus or minus several months, depending on the student's pace of learning).

Suggested Course Work and Hours of Study:

Intermediate practicums (twice a week): …….....……………………………………………24 hours
Coaching sessions (twice a month):.….……...……………………………………………...12 hours
Seminars (once a month): …………………………………………………………………..…24 hours
Retreat (at the end of the term): …….…………………………………………………………24 hours
Testing (once a term): ……………………………………………………………………….…...4 hours
Total: …………………………………………………………………………………….……... 200 hours*
* (including Basic Certification Course Work)

Skills:

~ Forward, backward and barrel rolls
~ Six Palm Strikes with Waves
~ Six Kicks with Waves
~ Six Coordinations with Snake movements
~ Throws using the Six Coordinations
~ Qin-Na fundamentals (Hand Pins, Arm Bars, etc.)
~ Beginning Tui Shou (Pushing Hands)
~ Creative dreaming with meditation and visualization.

Benefits:

~ Having a deeper level of body- and energy awareness
~ Knowing the alphabet of the Harmonious Culture of Movement to be able to put together “words”
~ Feeling confident with the fundamental martial arts applications of Qi Dao
~ Feeling comfortable with the fundamental therapeutic applications of Qi Dao
~ Deepening the sense of being in the flow.