Traditionally trained over the past 12 years, your teacher Gus Tolster has been teaching for more than 3 years.
With regular beginners, improvers and weapons classes in Dublin and Clonmel at several locations.
Beginners learn the "silk reeling" movements, stationary at first and then with stepping and are encouraged to relax their bodies and also to slow down their thought processes through deep-belly breathing. Vitality and looseness are promoted through these movements and the body strengthens.
IMPROVERS level students then learn an introductory "form" and the choreography of the movements becomes more complex and the routines longer. The players concentration increases along with their strength and flexibility.
Weapons/Advanced players can then learn the "lao jia yi liu" Old Form First Road, "Lao jia er liu" Old Form Second Road also called "Pao Chui" The Cannon Fist, "jian" Straight double-edged sword, "Da Dao" Big Saber and Pushing hands.