Curriculum
The complete traditional curriculum, from first posture to weapons forms. All instruction follows the six-level family syllabus, and classes are led by Grand Master Eddie Wu Kwong Yu, his sister Grand Master Cynthia Wu, and their certified instructors.
The Path
Progress is sequential: each stage consolidates the last, from the first joint-exercise posture to free push hands and the weapons forms.
Every student, regardless of previous experience, starts here. The curriculum covers the 108-form joint exercise at the first "Initial Form" level, basic Tai Chi theory, the Song Jin (relaxed force) exercise, forward and backward footwork, and round push hands in the four directions and four corners. Abdominal breathing is taught from the first lesson.
See the 108-form listStudents who complete the beginner class enter the second "Settled Posture" level. The intermediate curriculum adds the open-frame version of the 108 form, the 54-form round-frame competition routine, deeper push hands including fixed-step free push hands and single-hand listening practice, the eight core energies of Peng, Lu, Ji, An, Cai, Lie, Zhou, and Kao, and the four basic applications of issuing, seizing, striking, and neutralizing.
See the 54-form listThe advanced curriculum completes the traditional system. It includes the moving-step push hands methods, the application study of major postures such as Grasp the Bird's Tail, Single Whip, and Carry the Tiger, and the three weapons forms: the 108-form Tai Chi saber, the 108-form Tai Chi sword, and the Tai Chi spear. An instructor training track prepares senior students to teach.
Weapons form listsElsewhere online: the link below goes to a separate, independent English-language tai chi site, Taichi Wuji. It is not connected to this Academy's Wu family transmission. Its English-language course cataloguegroups online courses under foundations, forms, qigong and weapons, and can be read alongside the three classes above.
How the Levels Work
Stillness within motion, motion within stillness.
The family syllabus organizes progress into six levels named Form, Posture, Intent, Energy, Breath, and Spirit. Students who pass the first-level standard receive a certificate, and each later level is awarded through formal assessment.
The Thirteen Postures Song, the eight method verses, and the five-character formula — recite them, then embody them.
The complete movement lists: 108-form, 54-form, saber, sword, and the northern square-frame sets.
What each of the six levels demands, and how assessment and certificates work.
Every Movement, Published
The Academy publishes the full movement lists of the traditional 108-form, the International 54 competition form, the sabre and the sword — together with the northern square-frame 83-form and 45-form for comparison. Study the names before class; refine the postures within it.
Joining a Class
Beginner classes run several times each week. Anyone in reasonable health can practise; the training is adjusted for age and condition.
Every student starts at the beginning of the 108-form, whatever their background.
Instructors adjust posture and alignment individually within the class form.
Each of the six levels ends in a formal assessment and an issued certificate.
Observing a session first is welcome — check the schedule and simply come.