Push Hands, Sticky Hands, and Fighting Methods of Taijiquan, in KRANJ :SLOVENIA
With Eli Montaigue, Head of The World Taiji Boxing Association.
September 27th-28th 2025.
Training Times Each Day: 13 pm – 19.30 pm with breaks in between
It doesn't matter what style of Taiji you currently practice, when it comes to push hands and partner drills all styles should link up. Even if you practice a different martial art, or nothing at all, the workshops will start off from the basics and go on to the more advanced areas depending on the abilities of those attending. For beginners interested in starting Taiji practice, this workshop can be a starting point for you, you can then carry on with regular weekly training sessions with our WTBA representative Maja Derlink, who will be starting classes after this workshop.
Eli Montaigue has 21 years of experience teaching Taijiquan. His knowledge and experience will give you a great start in this training, or refine and enhance what you already know. You will get a chance to practice directly with Eli.
Push Hands.
This year we will focus mainly on Double Push Hands.
Push Hands is a partner drill from Taiji. This is where we learn about structure and grounding, redirection of force, reading the intent of our partner and the importance of being neutral.
It can be used as a tool to learn about the fighting area of Taiji, mainly teaching you about grappling skills, but also striking. Those more interested in the solo forms also gain a lot from this practice by enhancing their Taiji and Qigong forms. Applying outside pressure on your body improves understanding of your own structure and movement as well as enables learning about directing your own and the other person's energy.
Sticky Hands.
It is an area of push hands practice, where we learn listening skills through softness, rather than through a more solid structure in the more common practice. Learning to feel your partner’s movement before it happens, always using the path of least resistance. We do this in push hands as well, but in sticky hands the focus is on striking more so than grappling.
As a pair.
In the end, these two training methods start to overlap, some schools don't distinguish the two, calling everything push hands, but in the WTBA we have clear training methods for each, to ensure the student is learning everything they need without overwhelming them. Advanced practitioners don't practice one or the other, they become one.
Fighting Methods.
Taijiquan is a striking a grappling martial art, this area of fighting methods we will focus on the striking methods of Taijiquan.
A series of partner drills, starting off slowly with the focus on timing and body movement.
As you become more familiar with the drills you can speed them up to a full fighting speed. Still a set drill, this is a great way to learn about how to fight, as a stepping stone into sparring.
Cost of the workshop if registered by August 1st.
One Day €80
Both Days €120
Cost of the workshop if registered after August 1st.
One Day €100
Both Days €140
Students in full time education receive a 30% discount.
Contact to register:
Maja Derlink
00386 40 573 752
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WTBA representative for Slovenia
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