A1710 - Tai Chi (Yang style) with Qi Gong: deepen your form (improvers)

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Start Date: 03/10/2026      End Date: 12/12/2026        Start Time: 13:30      End Time: 15:00        Hours per Week: 1.50      No of Weeks: 10
Fees:      £101.00 (tuition)     £191.00 (overseas)     £31.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Matthew Leavey        No of Places: 10
Idea Store Whitechapel

Course Overview

Course Overview
“Want to build on your Tai Chi and Qi Gong foundations with greater focus, control and awareness?”
This Course focuses on deepening technical understanding and internal awareness within Yang Style Tai Chi and Qi Gong. Learners begin work on the Dark side of the 8 Form, developing greater precision, control, and body alignment. Sessions revisit core principles such as posture, breath coordination, and mental focus, while introducing Wu Shu–inspired conditioning patterns to support strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination.
Key skills are revisited and refined each term. This supports new learners in establishing strong foundations, while enabling returning learners to deepen technique, confidence, and understanding through fresh challenges and material.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Perform a structured warm up and cool down safely, following verbal instruction with appropriate control
* Use the 5 Element Qi Gong sequence with coordinated breathing, posture, and focused attention
* Practise basic Wu Shu conditioning exercises safely, showing correct technique and body awareness
* Perform the Dark side of the 8 Form accurately, with improved control, stability, and precision
* Memorise and apply key movement principles to support progression into more complex forms
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
You should have completed a beginner Tai Chi course with achievement of the Bright side of 8 form.
This course may not be suitable for those with certain medical conditions so please check with your health professional if unsure. In some circumstances your tutor may require you to provide evidence that you are fit to take part in the class or suggest an alternative, more appropriate option.
This course is not suitable for pregnant women.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
Please wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move freely. Trainers. Bring a towel and a water container.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
The tutor will provide verbal feedback throughout the course.

Students are encouraged to monitor their progress and achievement using an Individual Learning Plan (ILP).

You will also gain more from the course if you commit time to it outside the classroom.
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There is no formal assessment but you will be asked to monitor your own progress during the course. For example, this includes you monitoring your own health and fitness via a simple questionnaire.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
Tai Chi (Yang Style) with Qi Gong – Improvers (Build Power and Flow). Other Fitness courses.
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Other info

Other info
In general, we will not allow late enrolment to any course after the first two weeks.

Children are not allowed in our health & fitness courses unless they are specifically family learning classes. Please do not ask your tutor to give your child access as they do not have the authority to do this.

Health and Safety requirements demand that all learners participating in fitness classes must complete the warm up. Therefore, latecomers that miss the warm up will be refused entry to the session.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.

If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course.

If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email.

Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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