| Daoshu: Wudang Daoist Arts in Oxford, UK |
teaching & Syllabus
traditional training in wudang san feng pai martial arts & daoist health cultivation
Our teaching is authentic San Feng Pai transmission, direct from Wudang mountain. Our teaching team is comprised of a 16th Generation San Feng Pai Disciple and lineage holder, plus 4 instructors certified in Wudang itself.
While a separation will be made in the teaching offered between slower internal practices and more vigorous systems to appeal to those with different training interests, students will be encouraged and supported to study the full syllabus as uniquely happens in Wudang Shan, to allow internal and external facets to converge together for mutual benefit.
The central focus of training in all styles will be the traditional learning and repetitive practice of sequences (forms) and techniques. There will also be elements of martial application, learned through two-person drills. Daoshu's approach to self-defense is one of "defense against the self" (Olson, 2011), where both bodily technique and psychological mindset are cultivated in the practices to optimise personal safety, regard for other life and an appreciation of inter-connectedness.
While a separation will be made in the teaching offered between slower internal practices and more vigorous systems to appeal to those with different training interests, students will be encouraged and supported to study the full syllabus as uniquely happens in Wudang Shan, to allow internal and external facets to converge together for mutual benefit.
The central focus of training in all styles will be the traditional learning and repetitive practice of sequences (forms) and techniques. There will also be elements of martial application, learned through two-person drills. Daoshu's approach to self-defense is one of "defense against the self" (Olson, 2011), where both bodily technique and psychological mindset are cultivated in the practices to optimise personal safety, regard for other life and an appreciation of inter-connectedness.
Twice weekly classes
Alternating traditional training classes (covering basic skills, applications and forms,) and form practice classes. See here for details.
five seasons workshops at shotover hill
Wudang training in the heart of nature, on the wooded slopes of Shotover Hill. Five times a year, organised within Wuxing Theory, See here for details.
Shared workshops & visits to other wudang pai schools in europe & our mother school in china
We regularly host and visit other Wudang Pai teachers in Europe, the US and organise group visits to our mother school in Wudang (for regular students).
