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Eli Montaigue, Head Instructor of the World Taiji Boxing Association, returned to Utah. He brought us more advanced Taijiquan. In September 2008, Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th, each day’s training went 10 am - 5 pm! 18 folks worked hard to become elastic and powerful.
It was at Steven Smith’s condo-complex, on the big lawn.
130 South 1300 East #210
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
For Eli’s second journey to Utah, we took it a step further.
Eli demonstrated and taught us:
- Advanced Small San Sau
- San Sau’s Deadly Mother Applications!
- Old Yang Form
- Single & Double Pushing Hands
- Striking Methods
- and Qigong
Plus, everyone worked directly with Eli, receiving corrections and tips on Pushing Hands at the workshop. A number of folks signed up for private instruction before or after the workshop. And Steven Smith hosted dinner on Saturday night—that’s becoming a tradition.
Mother Applications in Taiji Small San-Sau
Mother Applications do not appear much in writing or on DVD. This is exclusive. From Eli: “The mother applications from the small San-Sau are some of the best multiple strike kill methods out there, teaching you all about body movement, Fa-jing, and Dim-Mak. These method were banned in the US for a time due to being too violent! There is one Mother Application for every move in the Small San-Sau, the postures in the form are your first reaction, your defence, even though some of them alone can kill, the mother applications are your follow ups, never giving a sucker an even break as we like to call it!”
