Chinese Taoist Martial Arts Association in Greater Chicago

White Sash

• Basic entry level sash

Yellow Sash

• Forms

  · Wu Dang Sung-Shi Six-Step Fist form

  · 24-posture Yang style Tai Chi Chuan short form

Orange Sash

• Forms

  · Applications of Wu Dang Sung-Shi Six-Step Fist form

  · Wu Dang Sung-Shi Short-Range Fist form

  · Yang style Tai Chi Chuan traditional form Sections 1 & 2

Green Sash

• Basics

  · Push-hands body conditioning movements 1 & 2

• Forms

  · Applications of Sung-Shi Short-Range Fist form

  · Wu Dang Sung-Shi Guang-Ming Fist form

  · Yang style Tai Chi Chuan traditional form Section 3

  · Yang style Tai Chi Push-hands: single-hand (horizontal & vertical circles, folding and hooking), double-hands (push & roll-back combination)

Blue Sash

• Basics

  · Push-hands body conditioning movements 3 & 4 (rotating waist and hip, 8 rounds in both CW & CCW directions)

• Forms

  · Applications of Wu Dang Sung-Shi Guang-Ming Fist form

  · Wu Dang Sung-Shi Wen-Jin Fist form

  · Wu Dang Tai-Yi Shiao Yao (carefree) Palm form and applications

• · Tai Chi Chuan International competition (42-posture) form and applications

• · Yang Tai Chi Push-hands: upward ward-off and push combination, ward-off, roll-back, press, and push combination (stationary and moving), seven-star “never-fall gentleman” movements

  · Applications of 24-posture Yang style Tai Chi Chuan short form

Purple Sash

• Basics

  · Push-hands body conditioning movements 3 & 4 (rotating waist and hip, 10 rounds in both CW & CCW directions), movement 5

  · Chen style Tai Chi silk-reeling movements 1 to 16

• Forms

  · Applications of Wu Dang Sung-Shi Wen-Chin Fist form

  · Wu Dang Five Dragon Fist Form and applications

  · Wu Dang Trinity straight-sword form and applications or Ching Ping straight-sword form I and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi Chuan Form I Section 1 (movements 1 to 24) and applications

  · Yang Tai Chi Push-hands: four-corners (large roll-back)

  · Applications of Yang style Tai Chi Chuan traditional form

Red Sash

• Basics

  · Chen style Tai Chi silk-reeling movements 17 to 30

• Forms

  · Wu Dang Nine Palace fist form and applications

  · Wu Dang Open-Mountain straight-sword form and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi Chuan Form I Section 2 (movements 25 to 52) and applications

  · Yang style Tai Chi 13-posture saber form and applications

  · Zhao Bao Tai Chi staff form and applications

  · Traditional Yang style Tai Chi straight-sword form and applications

Brown Sash

• Forms

   · Wu Dang Sung-Shi White-Rainbow straight-sword form and applications or Ching Ping straight-sword form II and applications

  · Wu Dang Tai Yi five-element fist form and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi Chuan Form I Section 3 (movements 53 to 83) and applications

  · Tai Chi straight-sword international competition form and applications

  · 36-posture Yang style Tai Chi broad-sword form and applications

  · 36-posture Yang style Tai Chi long staff form and applications

Black Sash 1st degree

• Forms

  · Chen style Tai Chi Chuan Form I and applications

   · Wu Dang Xuan Wu fist form and applications

• · Wu Dang Sung-Shi little flower straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang handcuffed-hands Fantzu fist form and applications

  · Wu Dang Xuan Wu staff form and applications

  · 26-posture Yang style Tai Chi spear form and applications

Black Sash 2nd degree

• Forms

  · Chen style Tai Chi Chuan Form II (cannon fist) and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi push-hands

  · Wu Dang Dan straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Koon-Wu straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Sung-Shi One-Reed staff form and applications

  · 24-posture Wu style Tai Chi spear form and applications

Black Sash 3rd degree

• Forms

  · Wu Dang Tai Chi straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Chi-Men broad-sword form I and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi competition form 

  · Chen style Tai Chi straight-sword form and applications

  · Sun style snowflake broad-sword form and applications 

  · Miao Dao form I and applications

Black Sash 4th degree

• Forms

  · The 18 Touching Clothes Throwing Methods of Wu Dang

  · Wu Dang Chi-Men double-handed straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Eight Immortals straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Sung-Shi short staff (tiger tail whip) form and applications

  · Wu style Tai Chi Shyuan-Shyuan broad-sword form and applications

Black Sash 5th degree

• Forms

  · Wu Dang snake palm form and applications

  · Wu Dang Grand Harmony straight-sword form and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi broad-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Chi-Men broad-sword form II and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi Spring-Autumn broad sword form and applications

Black Sash 6th degree

• Forms

  · Li style Wu Dang Tai Chi straight-sword form and applications

  · Chen style Tai Chi spear form and applications

  · Wu Dang Moving Cloud straight-sword form and applications

  · Wu Dang Night Activity broad-sword form and applications

      · Miao Dao form II and applications