A complete introduction to the taiji spear. Free.

The Complete Yang Taiji Spear Form, Free in Five Lessons

The spear was the weapon Chinese armies trusted above all others, the King of Weapons, and the taiji tradition kept its method alive. This free course teaches the complete Yang style spear form: the foundation movements, the stepping, the strikes and sweeps, and the body method that powers them, taught by Scott M. Rodell and yours to keep.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Short, focused lessons that build the form properly from the ground up, taught the way the Academy teaches everything: every movement for what it does.

A length of dowel or a broom handle is enough to start. By the end you'll have a complete taiji weapon form, the foundations of the weapon every Chinese battlefield was built around, and a taste of how the Academy trains.

Five lessons. The whole form.

  1. Kai, Ho, Fa — The Foundation Movements.

  2. Beginning the Form and Forward Stepping.

  3. Stepping to the Rear.

  4. Striking and Sweeping Drills.

  5. Closing the Form

You'll also join the Academy community, where practitioners around the world share their training, ask questions and find partners. Your course and your community access are free, and they stay free.

Learn from a lineage, not a hobbyist

Your instructor is Scott M. Rodell, who has spent more than thirty years researching, teaching and pressure-testing Chinese swordsmanship: training students across six continents, authoring standard works in the field, and testing historical methods where they count, in full-contact free swordplay and against sharp-blade cutting.

When Scott Rodell teaches an application, it's not a theory about what a movement might mean. It has been tried against resisting opponents, refined, and taught to thousands of students.

Pick Up the King of Weapons

Five lessons. A length of dowel. The oldest answer in Chinese martial arts, free in your hands.

CONTACT US

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Annandale, VA 22003

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