Yin Style Baguazhang Fall Tour 2011: St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 27-30

Although no one needs an extra excuse to visit beautiful St. Petersburg, FL, this year's Yin Style Baguazhang Fall Tour, 2011 edition, tour stop, taught by He Jinbao, gives us all one more reason to head to the sub-tropics. This U.S. Fall Tour stop this year by YSB, International features the  Lion System at an intermediate level, like the seminar in Knoxville the week before, featuring different material so that those with the opportunity to hit both stops definitely should!

The curriculum will be on the sweeping, cutting, seizing, and grasping palms of the Lion System. Since the material will be presented at an intermediate level, though it isn't a requirement, some familiarization with the Lion System will be very helpful. Follow this link to a post of mine about getting started in Yin Style to find some appropriate links to get the materials to get yourself prepared.

As at all YSB seminars, you can expect training in standing strengthening, basic strikes, strike combinations, footwork, striking while stepping, and forms, all presented with applications. In addition, there will be circle turning practice, including basic directions-changing drilling in both the Lion representational posture. Each day's training in St. Pete will finish up with some footwork and kicking methods of the Monkey System, including a form.

Each day is, as in previous years, broken into two sessions, morning and afternoon, with a 90-minute break for lunch between them. The morning session will last from 8:00 am until 12:00 noon, and the afternoon session runs from 1:30 pm until 6:00 pm.

This year's St. Petersburg, FL, workshop will last for four days, October 27-30, a Thursday through Sunday, organized similarly to the other seminars. More specific details of the days go like this:

Thursday, October 27

• Lion and sweeping palm standing strengthening 
• Sweeping strikes and combinations with and without footwork 
• Applications will follow, then lunch.
• After lunch sweeping and cutting standing strengthening will be trained
• As will cutting strikes and combinations with and without footwork and applications
• Bending kick methods from the Monkey System finish the day

On Friday, October 28

• Lion circle turning with direction changes 
• Drilling the deceptive lying step sweeping form, including drilling basic strikes from it
• Applications will follow, then lunch 
• After lunch the surprising enfolding cutting with basic strikes will be drilled, emphasizing footwork
• Applications of the forms
• Monkey System stomping kicks

On Saturday, October 29

• Lion and seizing palm standing strengthening
• Seizing strikes and combinations with and without footwork
• Applications will follow, then lunch.
• After lunch seizing and grasping palm standing strengthening will be trained
• As will grasping strikes and combinations with and without footwork and applications
• Hip and springing leg kicking from the Monkey System finishes the day.

On Sunday, October 30

• Lion circle turning with direction changes
• Drilling the lying step seizing form, including drilling basic strikes
• Applications follow, then lunch 
• After lunch drilling the subtle reversing the body grasping form with basic strikes, emphasizing footwork
• Applications of the forms
• Monkey System form

To get yourself arranged for the YSB-2011-SPFL stop, contact Don Dean for further details, including cost and location.