Public Curriculum

The Academy Curriculum is taught exclusively through Academy Membership and represents the most comprehensive training system offered by Chen Bing Taiji Academy USA.

Organized across Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels, the curriculum systematically develops practitioners through internal training, traditional forms, martial applications, Push Hands, weapons, and classical Chen Family methodology.

Designed for dedicated practitioners pursuing long-term mastery, the Academy Curriculum prepares future Certified Teachers, Leaders, Disciples, Successors, and ultimately Lineage Holders committed to preserving and transmitting authentic Chen Family Taijiquan.

Level 1.1 – Fang Song (Relaxation)

Level 1.2 - Elixir Field, Stepping and Central Equilibrium

Level 1.3 – Primary Reeling Silk

Level 1.4 – Primary Explosive Power

Level 2.1 - Oldest Five, Old Frame Eight A & B

Level 2.2 - Old Frame Eleven

Level 2.3 - Harmony 13 Form

Level 2.4 - Essence Cannon Fist 17 Form

Level 3.1 - Intermediate Stepping & Reeling Silk

Level 3.2 - Intermediate Explosive Power

Level 3.3 - Old Frame First Road

Level 3.4 - Old Frame Second Road

Level 4.1 – Single Broadsword 

Level 4.2 – Single Straight Sword 

Level 4.3 – Long Pole 

Level 4.4 – Double-Mace (Sword-Breaker)    

Level 4.5 – Fan 

Level 5.1 – Advanced Stepping & Reeling Silk Practice  

Level 5.2 – Advanced Explosive Power  

Level 5.3 – New Frame First Road 

Level 5.4 – New Frame Second Road 

Level 6.1 – Double Broadsword     

Level 6.2 – Double Straight word 

Level 6.3 – Spear 

Level 6.4 – Spring Autumn Big Blade    

The Traditional Five Kinds of Push-Hands (五種推手) preserve the classical partner-training system passed down through the Chen Family lineage since Chen Wangting, the founder of Chen Family Taijiquan. Through the progressive study of the Eight Gates & Five Steps (八門五步), practitioners develop Taiji Jin, sensitivity, rooting, timing, adaptability, and the practical body mechanics that form the foundation of authentic Chen Family martial training.

The Eight Essential Applications introduce the fundamental martial methods of Chen Family Taijiquan and demonstrate how the principles cultivated through Forms, Push-Hands, and Reeling Silk are expressed in practical application. These representative methods provide the foundation for developing continuous combinations, deeper martial understanding, and the classical free moving applications preserved in Chenjiagou, the birthplace of Tai Chi. 

This specialized training system complements the Academy Curriculum through the Taiji Ruler, Taiji Ball, and Taiji Wheel, developing Reeling Silk Energy, Taiji Jin, structural integrity, whole-body coordination, and explosive power. These supplemental methods strengthen the internal mechanics that support advanced Forms, Push-Hands, Martial Applications, and Fajin.