If you are in the Houston area you can now learn Clear’s Tai Chi live.

Congratulations to Kai Lewis & Mojahed Eisivand who have both earned their Clear’s Tai Chi Level 1 (Basic Skills Instructor) certification.

Go visit our Tai Chi Schools page to get in touch with them or find a Clear’s Tai Chi instructor near you.

Vol 2 in our series on Tai Chi Sticking Hands and Push Hands is now online.

Vol 2: Structure & Softness
(Intro to Fa Jing & How to Neutralize it.)
Featuring 9 new lessons
with a total run time of 2hrs and 21min.

This video and many more are available at Clear’s Tai Chi Online.

• Click here to see all the Level 1 videos that are available.
• Click here to see the Level 2 videos that are available.
• Click here to see the Combat Tai Chi videos that are available.

We will begin accepting new members on Monday the 19th.
For three days only we will offer a special 79% off of the first months membership.

Here’s a quick look at some of what’s available.

In this 5 volume series you will learn to apply the internal energy & skills of Tai Chi against a resisting opponent.

These videos feature 2 person exercises, freestyle drills and games.

These fun and effective training methods will give you the skill you need to apply your Tai Chi movement & internal skills against someone who is trying to counter and neutralize your techniques. Including how to apply Fa Jing while moving at fighting speed.

Vol 1. Tai Chi Sticking

This volume covers the sticking energy of Tai Chi (Tzan Lien Jing) including how to build it, how to train it & how to apply it. Volume 1 is available now at Clear’s Tai Chi Online.

Vol 2. Is about structure, softness & Fa Jing. (Coming in Sep)

Vol 3. Applying Tai Chi techniques (Coming in Oct)

Including Internally dissolving the center

Vol 4. Bridging the gap between sticky hands & self defense (Coming in Nov)

Vol 5. Fa Jing & Fa Jing neutralization.(Coming in Dec)

Internal Spring, Melting, expansion & contraction, heavy & more.

Begin bridging the gap between push hands, sparring & self defense.

Join Clear’s Tai Chi Online Now.

Registration closes this Friday at 5pm (est)

You can now join Clear’s Tai Chi online as part of our second test group for only $35 per month.

Registration will close on Friday August 19th at 5pm (est) and you will not be able to join again until our grand opening sometime this fall.

The price will never be this low again.

Click here for details.

Also, as promised, our second free lesson from level 1 is now available as part of our new guide on How to build Chi. This lesson is over 19 minutes long and it covers relaxation, quieting the mind & how to activate yin and yang in the body (intro to 3 powers.) Click here to check it out.

Over the last couple months we have been building an exciting new way for people to learn Clear’s Tai Chi.

This new project is a website that offers access to Clear’s Tai Chi videos and forums so that you can learn Tai Chi from anywhere with a high speed internet connection.

You will no longer have to wait for videos to arrive in the mail and you don’t have to worry about scratched discs or lost dvds.

Travelling? You no longer need to pack an extra bag full of Tai Chi DVDs. Just bring your laptop and log in from almost any wifi hotspot in the world.

You will be able to learn the core Clear’s Tai Chi curriculum online.

The core curriculum is focused on developing the advanced internal skills of Tai Chi.

Level 1 is already online with over 12 hrs of instruction and new lessons from level 2 are added every week.

We also have forums where you can ask questions and receive feedback from other Clear’s Tai Chi students, instructors & Sigung Clear himself.

Clear’s Tai Chi Online is almost ready.

During the last couple weeks we have been testing the site with a select group of local & long distance students.

We are now ready to open up the site to a larger test group.

So on Monday August 15th we will open up registrationRegistration is now open for 5 days at $35 per month.

Click here for details.

The price will never be this cheap again.

On Friday August 19th at 5pm (EST) registration will close and we will not accept any new members until our grand opening sometime in the fall.

Here is what one of the folks in our test group had to say.

Greetings,
Most likely you have done your homework and if so this will simply be preaching to the choir….Your online program is simply outstanding.
Content, ease of understanding and price leaves Clear’s Tai Chi Online Program in a class by itself.

The other online programs, even those teaching the “secrets” pale in comparison.

As you know I was introduced to Tai Chi many years ago, and like many other long time players learned the art in a somewhat haphazard catch as catch can method. The step by step method here allows me to confirm hunches and suspicions, plus deepen my level of understanding.

I wish you great success in your new undertaking.

Ciao,
Derick

Free Lesson

There is more to talk about but for now I’ll leave you with a free lesson from the new site. Make sure to sign up below for our mailing list so you wont miss anything.

This is an example of some of the older footage available on the site. I’ll have a prettier example for you (newer footage & better lighting) in a couple days.

Enjoy!

Robert W. Smith Punching Wang Shujin

You can read more about him over at the Taijiquan Journal.

Richard Clear will visit several major cites in the US (and possibly Canada.) He will teach private lessons, workshops and hold Free seminars/practice sessions.

We are still working out the details and not all locations have been determined yet.

If you would like to be the first to know about these events or you would like to vote for your city then Click here and sign up to get the latest updates on new workshops.

Master Clear will be teaching at this years Tai Chi Gala on Friday June 3rd. 3:30 – 4:30pm

Workshop topic:
Qi Development for 1-Touch Knockouts
Fun games for Qi Energy Development & energetic power transfer (incl knockouts & Fa Jing training), including how to fix the small error that prevents many experienced tai chi and internal arts players from getting the outstanding results they desire (for both health & self defense.)

This powerful hands-on training method will give you instant feedback about what you are doing right and what you need to work on. You will learn how to use it for energy development, power transfer, and fixing that simple error.

It is also an essential tool in quickly building many important skills including: Internal Iron, Deep Root, Uprooting & Neutralizing skills, the ability to “feel inside” someone’s body and manipulate specific targets (i.e. heart, lung, kidney etc… either to heal or do damage in self-defense).. and much more. This workshop will give you an invaluable training tool and provide an excellent tune-up and warm-up for the weekend to come.

Those of you who weren’t in Maryville TN last weekend missed a great workshop. Master Clear taught a lot of great stuff including street apps, fa jing, dim mak and more.

Sifu slips the punch and then I go airborn

I’ll post a few minutes of instructional (not demo) video from the workshop as soon as we reach 75 fans on Facebook. Join now and tell your friends! We only need 7 more people to join.

Those of you who followed along on facebook & twitter know what you missed but for the rest of you here’s a look at some of what we worked on:

Day 1

• Combat #TaiChi workshop begins with “Fan Through the Back”
• …and “Fair Lady.” This will be Vol 11 in the Combat #TaiChi series.
• Fixing position & body mechanics. Keeping the shoulders down and other corrections. #TaiChi
• “In correct #TaiChi you shouldn’t have to hit them more than once.” -@richardeclear #quote
• Shoulder stroke then groin hit. (Yes, with crowbar body quality) #TaiChi
• …then open them up & blast the floating ribs, liver or other internal organs. #TaiChi
• Quick & simple arm breaks when thay grab you. #TaiChi
• Lunch break @thetomatohead then more combat #TaiChi with @RichardEClear
• Don’t forget to relax. #TaiChi
• Be willing to change. #TaiChi
• Defending against a ballistic striker. Slip the strike(s) & break their ribs. #TaiChi
• Mixing & matching “fair lady” & “fan” and playing with the transitions between the two movements. #TaiChi
• Working on Fa Jing with the upper arm in “fair lady.” #TaiChi
• Adding dim mak to the fa jing & street apps we’ve been doing all day. #TaiChi
• Finished up “fan” & “lady” with some shoulder & back work. Now beginning “Double Rams Fist” #TaiChi
• Shoulders should stay down even when arms are up. Raise the arms then let the shoulders hang. #TaiChi
• Bone breaking #TaiChi strikes with double rams fist to end the day. Now coffee @SouthlandBooks to stay awake for the #lastfridayartwalk

Day 2

• FaJing fuel (caffine & sugar) from @SouthlandBooks – Now warming up for day 2 of Combat #TaiChi with @richardeclear
• Using the bone shields in “Rams Fist” to break an attackers fist when they punch. #TaiChi
• Most common correction to help someone with a street app… “Do the move just like its done in the set” #TaiChi
• Using the spiraling in “rams fist” for more power. #TaiChi
• Breaking the legs of a kicker then dropping them in their head with “rams fist” #TaiChi
• Making the punch invisible. #TaiChi
• Pluck with “rams fist.” Great way to take out a jab & knock them out. #TaiChi
• Working with the elbows in “Rams Fist” #TaiChi
• Adding Dim Mak to all the street apps. #TaiChi
• Back from lunch. Working on FaJing. #TaiChi
• Minimizing external movement & increasing fajing & power. #TaiChi
• Playing with various types of fajing & making it internal & hidden so they don’t see you move. #TaiChi
• Now focusing on compression type fajing. #TaiChi
• Working on Ji & An energies in “double rams fist” #TaiChi
• Why having the back foot turned out (a common practice in #TaiChi) will destroy your knee & greatly reduce the power you can issue.
• Using compression with the feet. #TaiChi
• Adding contraction & expansion to compression for more power & explosiveness. #TaiChi
• Done with “double rams fist” now beginning “fist under elbow” #TaiChi
• Rolling forearms destroy whatever’s in front of you. #TaiChi
• Playing with the relationship between High Pat Horse, Snake Spits Out Tongue & Fist Under Elbow. #TaiChi

Some Fa Jing off of "double rams fist"

Day 3

• Working with “Fist Under Elbow” street apps that mess with their mind intent in order to expose targets. #TaiChi
• A functional understanding of mind intent (yours & your opponents) is essential to 1 Touch Knockouts in #TaiChi
• Street use of “High Pat Horse.” Arm breaks & projecting the force of the hit inside their body to damage specific targets. #TaiChiDimMak
• Using smaller movement & positioning skills to cut off punches & put them in a bad position. #TaiChi
• Playing with street apps & continuous fighting method with “snake spits out tongue.” #TaiChi
• Brunch @thetomatohead (yum) then back to the combat #TaiChi workshop with @RichardEClear
• Destroying grabs & grapples with “snake spits out tongue” #TaiChi
• Working with Ji (press) in “Fist Under Elbow.” #TaiChi
• Working with the #DimMak in “Fist Under Elbow.” #TaiChi

We covered a lot more this weekend but that’s all I had time to post on twitter between running the camera and trying to learn it myself.

All this stuff will be available on our Combat Tai Chi dvds Vols 11, 12 & 13.

Combat Tai Chi workshop begins tomorrow!

We will be posting live coverage of our Combat Tai Chi workshop on twitter this weekend.

Follow me (Ben) @KunTaoMonkey on twitter to join in the discussion or you can join us on Facebook to follow along.

See you in the morning!