Hi Al, some qigong teachers say that your not supposed to mix different styles of qi gong or tai chi. I sometimes practise zhingeng qigong, but i'm now really interessted in learning The chifusion program.

Well to be blunt, Marc, most teachers don't have the skill to understand how the different styles interact. They tend to be experience in only a few styles. Or as one person on another forum wrote: "Have you ever noticed that when a teacher says, 'You can't learn such-and-such', they actually mean, 'I can't teach such-and-such.' It's usually more about the teacher's limitations than about the subject matter or persons being taught." Having said that, randomly mixing and matching styles usually won't help you achieve your goals. These sample lessons might seem a mix-and-match, only because they are samples from the Complete Course. But I've organized our Complete Course so that there is a definite progression in skill. It's not a random mix-and-match of practices, but a step-wise progression through a series of skill levels. These samples don't necessarily "flow" like our Complete Course does. They are really here just to help you make an informed decision about whether our approach and our follow-up training is right for you.

Thanx Al, what I ment was if it would be harmful to mix different styles, for instance if learn the Chifusion program, could I still practise tantra or yoga? Or is it harmful? I was on a qigong class once and the teacher said if you practise this style, then you got to stick to this style, becuse qi moves in a certain way in this style and in other styles qi moves in other ways.

Yes, you can definitely practice other styles along with the ChiFusion program. Some of our students practice other styles, or supplement their in-person training with our program. And many are actually instructors in other styles. In our program, you'll learn about the major types of "energy movement" in chi styles, and now to effectively use them in your practice. We also have information on how to organize differently styles into your practice session.

does it matter wat age you are im 21 but really interested in Tai Chi and Qigong i've no experience and the only way for me to gain information is the internet i really want to learn everything i can be though is this possible just workin with a laptop or pc

We have students from ages 18 to 92 in the course. So age doesn't really matter. What matters is your dedication and commitment to your Chi development. This is not a course when you can do any old Tai Chi or Qigong movements and we'll pat you on the head and send you on your way. This is a SERIOUS, HIGHLY DETAILED, FOCUSED approach to developing Chi for health and stress relief. For any old "follow-along" Tai Chi or Qigong program, I would say it would be difficult to learn online. But we've solved those problems in our ChiFusion course. Our course isn't a "follow-along" type course. Many of our 3000 students had the same misgivings about learning in this format. And while not everyone can make the transition to "not following along", it's actually much more like studying with the high-level Tai Chi masters I studied with. We spent almost no time following along with these masters. They may demonstrate a movement a few times with us watching, but rarely did they do the movements in front of us with us following. Instead, we spent a majority of the time working on our own in learning the skills involved. In this way, our ChiFusion course is very much like that experience.

If I choose to follow the complete course,how long is the course and what is the cost. I do understand the point of learning kinesthetics and would like to come away with the knowledge and background so I can teach more effectively.

If you are interested in continuing beyond the sample lessons, please read my special report on continuing your training in ChiFusion Tai Chi and Qigong. You'll find it here: http://www.cloudwater.com/taichi/advanced-training It should answer most of your questions about the continuing training.

I'm confused about the agreement to be signed. It states that this info is not to be used except for personal use yet one teacher states that it is helping her in her classes.

Good question. If we're discussing the sample lessons, I don't ask for a user agreement for them. After all, they are just "disconnected" samples from our Complete Course. These samples are not a substitute for a serious course of Chi Development. But I do ask for a user agreement for the Complete Course. This is where we get serious about Chi development. There are techniques taught in there that shouldn't be taught without direct coaching by us. In the Complete Course, we teach people how to develop their own Tai Chi and Qigong skills for health, stress relief, and Chi development. But we do not discuss how to teach this to anyone besides yourself in the Complete Course. There are no discussions of teaching methods or our teaching model at all in the Complete Course. Our success is just as much about "how" we teach as it is about "what" we teach. And as it is with many training courses, the "how" isn't always apparent from studying the "what". The actual methods used to teach this material are not apparent from just having studied the material itself. Teaching is a separate set of skills. The analogy I use here is English. We use English to teach these courses, but we don't teach English in the course. Well, we use teaching methods to teach these courses, but we don't teach the teaching methods in the course. So even if someone tries to teach what's in the Complete Course, it won't be as effective as they might think. You don't really have enough information from that course in order to teach it. As a result, we have a Coaching and Certification program where we work one-on-one with individuals who would like to teach ChiFusion Tai Chi to their clients and in their community. It covers not only the ChiFusion material, but includes additional training on how to teach the material, and allows me to evaluate your teaching skills.