Susan Thompson – Beyond Form Master Class II: Fascia Connection

Beyond Form Master Class II: Fascia Connection

Master the hidden Tai Chi secret of fascia connection. Move a person off their center magically with only a light touch. Give context to your Tai Chi movements. Take your skills to the next level. No secrets, nothing held back. Learn and succeed.

PLEASE NOTE: Videos are released on a weekly basis starting March 28th, 2025 for progressive learning. There will be over 20 lessons added. You will have lifetime access to all lessons and videos.

• Sense the Fascia
  Learn to sense your own fascia and a partner’s. Understand the body’s tensegrity system and how to utilize it to leverage power with reduced effort in Tai Chi, push hands or daily life
• Develop the touch
  Develop precise touch sensitivity through guided solo and partner exercises, progressing from basic principles to advanced applications
• Move the Person with Ease
  Master the rarely taught skill of fascia connection – learn to influence another person’s balance with just a light touch, a technique that has remained hidden in traditional Tai Chi

About the course

Master the art of moving someone off their center with just a light touch in this comprehensive Master Class course. Appropriate for all levels. Through detailed instruction, and guided practice, you’ll develop this remarkable skill that often seems impossible to observers. Each lesson builds your abilities systematically, ensuring that by the course’s end, you’ll be able to affect someone’s balance with minimal effort. You will be provided solo practice drills as well as partner drills which you can practice anytime with the provided videos.

WWhat You’ll Learn In Beyond Form Master Class II: Fascia Connection

Curriculum

1. INTRO

• Introduction
• Course Outline
• The Fascia Secret
• Intro The Fascia Secret

2. UPDATES to Course

• Added Updates

3. Differences: Strength, Fascia Connection, Song and Qi

• The Difference Between Strength, Fascia Connection, Song and Qi
• Demonstration: Strength, Fascia Connection, Song and Qi
• Demonstration II: Fascia Connection, Song and Qi

4. About The Fascia

• The Anatomy of Fascia
• Q: Intent and The Fascia Connection
• Why Fascia Connection Works
• Why Fascia Connection Works

5. Connecting to Your Own Fascia

• Connecting to Your Own Fascia: The Goldilocks Principle
• Practice Clarifications Moving Self with Fascia
• Connection to Your Fascia with Pulling instead of Pushing

6. Connecting to a Partner’s Fascia

• Intro: Connecting to the Partner’s Fascia
• Goal of Partner Practice w Fascia Connection (at this stage)
• Fascia Connection Practice Partner Review- Tips for Success
• Q: Is Fascia Connection Always Slow

7. Session II – Refining Practice and Connections

• L1 Your Fascia vs Theirs Fascia Tensegrity
• L2 Partner Practice Review
• L3 Common Errors and Their Corrections
• L4 Common Error 2
• L5 Common Error 3
• L6 How to Observe Postural Change
• L7 Q Whose Power Am I Using
• L8 Q Whose Tensegrity I am Using
• L9 Your Feedback Loop – their Movement
• L10 The Yang Hand
• L11 Running a Parallel Line

8. Connecting to the Joints

• L12 Connecting to the Joints
• Connecting Joints – Fascia As a Spiraled Band
• How to Connect Fascia from Touch to Feet
• L13 A Sneak Peak into Contacting Other Body Parts

9. Session III

• Important Review of Section II Content
• More on Joint Connection – What is the Quality of Connection
• Postural Listening for Success
• Where to Apply Your Release of Force
• Troubleshooting the Challenging Partner
• Partner Trick for Overcoming Song
• Common Errors and Why We Connect to the Joints
• Moving Past Sensory Feedback
• A New Line of Connection: The Spiral
• Connecting to Fascia with Other Body Parts (No hands)
• Solo Practice for Spiral Forearm Connection
• Partner Drills for Spiral Connections

10. Session IV – Ways to Connect and Touch

• Session IV Overview
• Different Ways to Contact through Your Body Parts & The Yang Hand
• Intro to Ways to Manipulate the Partners Fascia
• Ways to Manipulate the Partner’s Fascia
• The Pluck
• Solo Practice of The Pluck
• The Split
• Ways to Connect to the Partner’s Fascia Other than Arms
• Connecting to Fascia Through Objects and Clothes
• Speeding Up the Process – Quick Find Game
• Tai Chi Fascia Application – Parting Wild Horses Mane
• Tai Chi Fascia Applications: Turning a Ball, Single Whip and Dynamic Scenarios

About Susan Thompson

Susan Thompson brings high-level Tai Chi expertise and exceptional teaching skills to her online classes, where she makes traditionally guarded concepts clear and accessible. Her proven teaching methods have helped over 6,000 students worldwide, while building a following of 18,000+ on YouTube. Author of the upcoming book “Beyond Form,” Susan specializes in revealing Tai Chi’s hidden principles through clear, systematic instruction.

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