Contact

Margaret Olmsted 
T'ai Chi Foundation 
 
310-968-7934 

When

Friday December 28, 2012 at 9:00 AM EST
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Saturday January 5, 2013 at 1:00 PM EST

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Where

Cobalt Moon Studio 
Neptune Beach, FL 32266 

 
 

Where to Stay

Walking Distance:

  • Salt Air Motel
  • 425 Atlantic Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, FL
  •  (904) 246-6465
  • A little funky

Requires a car or a long walk or a bike:

  • Days Inn Neptune Beach
  • 1401 Atlantic Boulevard, Neptune Beach, FL
  •  (904) 249-2777  (Fax)

 

 



 

Your Schedule

 

December 28 is the first day:

Apprenticeships will start  at 9:30 AM.

A seminar accompanying "Returning Energy" will meet at 2:00 PM.

Winter Form  Work will start at 4:30 PM.

All others will start at 6:30 PM.

There will be a New Year's Eve dinner event with a half day on January 1.

The training will end with a party on Saturday night, January 5. 

Plan to depart on Sunday, January 6.

 



 

Where

Cobalt Moon Studio 
Neptune Beach, FL 32266 

 
 

How to Get There

Fly in and out of Jacksonville  International Airport 

click here for a list of ground transport providers. 

And click here for a listing of taxicab companies at the beach. 

Rides may be available from local apprentices. Details will follow.

 



 

A Winter Intensive in Florida 2012 

Come to the sunny shores of North Florida for a new approach to learning with

Greg Woodson

Paul Campbell 

Margaret Olmsted

 

Experience the  integration of substance and application in our tai chi as we work on our

technique in the form

quality in push hands, 

and awareness in sword. 

 

We will  deepen our embodiment as we expand our consciousness.

Continuing in the energy of recent trainings, participants will work together all day. The days will include  

qi gong 

form work

push hands

sword form

fencing

 

Our goal is to more fully understand and embody the basic principles required to manifest "sphere consciousness."  

We will be working  in part from material covered in Chapters 3, 7, and 11 of Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uan by Professor Cheng Man Ch'ing, (North Atlantic Books. 1985).  

To establish the baseline awareness necessary to apply the principles of the sphere, we are going to include meditative awareness techniques and tools such as:

Kath State

The Energy of Inner Fire (C)

Group Training

which will be offered in full on December 31, as an integral part of our training.

We hope to supply participants with a clear method of returning to an internal state of awareness when doing tai chi, because to embody Tai Chi at its highest levels, we need quiet, focused minds and a deep awareness of qi, body, mind and spirit.

WHAT TO EXPECT 

This developmental training will take the approach that technique is only here to illustrate the qualitative embodiment that we each can bring to bear. We will be working together as a group with varying levels of attainment and embodiment to interact with each other, all with the purpose of eliciting an internal awareness of our rooted connection, one to the other, heaven to earth.  We'll be reviewing all the techniques used in our teaching method and introducing people to new techniques such as Returning Energy (4A),  so that each person will be able to work at their level, while the entire group together takes the emphasis off of external technique and puts it on internal quality. Let's drop the numbers and embrace Tai Chi at every level. 

We will offer the B1 Apprenticeship and plan other Apprenticeships if there are sufficient numbers.  Please let us know by November 1st if you want an apprenticeship. Winter Form Work will be offered if there are enough participants so please let us know if you are planning to do this work.

 NEW! INVITE CORE STUDENTS

This year, in addition to apprentices, we are inviting core students in our home communities to register and attend. If you have students who are really into tai chi, have been working push hands and perhaps sword, and who may be on the track to becoming apprentices, then they are welcome to come and  join us. Their growth and excitement will stimulate the growth and excitement in your local community. Working with newer students gives us all an opportunity to share what we know.  While normally a winter training is for apprentices only, we feel  that bringing in others from our communities will enhance our work together. 

 

 

© 2006 Oscar Ichazo. Arica ®, Energy of Inner Fire and Kath State are service marks of Oscar Ichazo.