regardless of what some people may choose to believe..
about the validity or where it may have come from...
the curriculum that I learned was very cohesive -- every part fit very well with the other parts
in a system that is not extra large - or exorbitant
and offers a step by step teaching structure to
develop the student's body, learn to develop power and proper stepping..
all leading up to a free form expression of the art...
i laid out the curriculum that I learned above - but here it is again:
the bagua is powered with the same body movement and power expression as the xingyi
(in the videos i posted above- no one is really showing this- they are just going through the forms smoothly--
but i have seen video of He ShunDing on youtube where he goes through and talks a bit about the power expression -- the same way that I learned from my teacher)
so we have single leg fa jing
double leg fajing
fajing with no external movement -- but same mechanics as above
and then voice training (sound expression- with the fa jing)
(the single and double leg fajing is learned through the xingyi practice- because it is easier to get-- then we put it in the bagua)
single change
double change
8 animal changes
8 bian bu changes (that explore and teach more applications and movements for each animal)
houbu changes
free form practice
we also have a yang style (three in one) taijiquan that is supposed to come from Sun
its a very "active" style of taiji-- lots of low stances, changing footwork.. same power as listed above..
lots of body movement- both with the kua and yao, and also vertical movement of the spine
and all the moves are done sort of like how they would be applied for real..
but it follows the yang style sequence of form movements...
Franklin
edit-- I would be interested to hear what other people have as their curriculum..
although i am very happy witht he arts past down from my teachers..
i do not claim that we have "THE" stuff...
i think there is probably lots of stuff...
and would be interested in hearing about what other people train and how their curriculum is structured..
thanks