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Chapter 175: Hold a training class

After the competition, the members of the U.S. delegation made their own arrangements to return to their home countries or travel to the capital. Tagawa took in two American apprentices and asked them about their plans for future trips. The two said in unison that they would first visit the capital for a few days, and then Michelle would start learning boxing, while Cindy would return to China first to arrange work and come back after a while.

Michelle's passport for coming to China this time was handled at the invitation letter issued by the Tai Chi Sports Committee, and the allowed stay time was only half a month, and she needed to apply for a study or work passport that could stay for a long time. Tian Chuan consulted her and finally helped her register as an English speaking teacher at a professional English training institution and apply for a work passport for a long stay. Of course, she does plan to go there as a teacher, teaching oral training to people who are going to work or study in English-speaking countries. To this end, she specially found some training syllabuses and books, carefully prepared training lesson plans, and prepared to start classes in a week.

Michelle graduated from Harvard University with a major in international finance, but in the two years since graduating, she has never worked in this field and has been a mixed martial arts coach that she loves. When asked why she didn't like the major, she said that it was a family requirement, and only then could she get her share of Disney. Tian Chuan didn't expect that American families would have such requirements for their children, and Michelle said helplessly: "The shares are in the hands of my grandfather, since he made this request, we juniors have no choice but to abide by it." But after I got the shares, I refused to do that kind of work, and he couldn't help it. ”

As for the residence, Michelle said that she wanted to live closer to Tagawa, so that it would be convenient to ask him for advice. In the end, Tian Chuan asked Lin Wenlan to come forward and help her rent a house in her community. The decoration in this house is a little shabby, and the furniture is also lacking a lot, so I have no choice but to carry out a simple renovation before moving in. After discussing with the landlord, I threw away the old furniture and some other items in the house, and then asked someone to paint the walls, lay the floor, and decorate the kitchen and bathroom, and finally bought new simple furniture and kitchen and bathroom supplies.

During this period, Tian Chuan fulfilled the promise he made to Michelle in Los Angeles, and spent a few days taking her to visit the main attractions of the capital, including the National Mall and the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Old Summer Palace, etc., and taught her some basic knowledge of daily life, otherwise she would not be able to buy groceries or take the bus as a foreigner who does not understand the language. But even so, it is very difficult for Michelle to go out by bus alone, for the simple reason that she can't read the stop signs.

In order to solve the language problem, the day after the tour, she found a girl who would translate for them during the competition through Tagawa, and also served as her Chinese teacher. The girl's name is Liu Tingting, a senior in the outer courtyard, because she is about to graduate, there are few courses, and she is very satisfied with this job that pays quite well. Michelle didn't ask her to be with her at all times, and only called her over when necessary, usually only half a day a day. Michelle gave her a mobile phone and asked her to turn it on 24 hours a day so that she could find support in time when she had difficulties communicating with others.

From the day after the competition, Michelle worked out with Tagawa every morning, and at the same time began to learn Tai Chi Tui Shou under Tagawa's guidance. Before the house was renovated, Michelle moved into the guest house of Agricultural University for the convenience of practice, although the conditions of the guest house were not good, she could barely endure it.

Tian Chuan's own limited time introduced her to the students of the Agricultural University Taijiquan Association and guided Michelle in her initial practice. Although the language is not comprehensible, after reading some basic materials translated by Tagawa and after a few days of guidance by Tagawa, Michelle can barely communicate with the students of the association in the English of the bar, as well as in the comparisons. Michelle is a beautiful foreign girl, which makes the animals in the association excited, scrambling to help her practice and teach her Chinese. And in order to communicate with Michelle, many people's English proficiency has been greatly improved, which can also be regarded as an unexpected gain.

Cindy and Michelle spent three days in the capital before returning home. He saw that Michelle's rented house was starting to be renovated, but he didn't want to get a house like her, he was troublesome. He finally made an agreement with Michelle to share the two-bedroom apartment with her, so that the two of them could take care of each other. Tian Chuan looked at the two of them, and felt that Cindy seemed to have a good impression of Michelle, but he didn't dare to express it, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled: They all say that Americans are straight, is there such a shy guy?

Cindy didn't mention finding a job in China, and Tagawa didn't offer to help. He didn't know Cindy well, and since Cindy didn't bring it up herself, it was inconvenient for him to be too proactive.

In the period after the competition, after arranging Michelle, Tagawa started a new job, he ran a Tai Chi Tuishou instructor training class. The enrollment of this training course is for Tai Chi practitioners who have a certain foundation of Tai Chi pushers, and there is no requirement to have a professional rating, anyway, after the completion of the training course, each person's level will be re-rated.

This training course is the first for-profit project run by Tagawa since he entered the Taijiquan world. He plans to recruit about 40 people in this class, and requires the participants to have a white or green level, with half-day classes every Saturday or Sunday, 2-hour classes on Wednesday evenings, and morning training time from 6 to 8 o'clock every morning. The class venue is set at Agricultural University, and students can choose a suitable time to attend the class according to their own situation. The training period lasts from the beginning of January to the end of June next year, before the summer vacation, and the winter vacation is closed.

The content of the training includes pusher techniques, theoretical knowledge, basic teaching methods and practical practice routines, as well as optional competition routines.

The instructors of the training course included Tian Chuan, Zhang Yunyi of Sun Shi, Chen Mingyuan of Chen Shi and Liu Meiting of Yang Shi. Among several people, except for Liu Meiting, they are all red-level, and although Liu Meiting is green-level, her pusher kung fu can be compared with Zhang Yunyi and Chen Mingyuan. Compared to the current red-level fighters who only have more than 20 fighters, this can be described as a rather luxurious coaching lineup. Of course, the four of them will not be present at the same time, and only one or two instructors will be present at each class, but this is enough to make the fighters in the Tai Chi world flock to it.

The cost of training is not low, this half-year course, the fee is 1500 yuan per person, and the cost of fighter rating and coach rating is additionally charged. However, this training course is inclined to college students, including graduate and doctoral students, can get a 20% discount, only 1,200 yuan. The purpose of Tian Chuan's training course is not to make money, but to train a group of more professional coaches for major colleges and universities through this training course, so as to popularize Tai Chi Tuishou exercise to various colleges and universities.

Tian Chuan has noticed that under the influence of this Taijiquan craze, many colleges and universities have established their own Taijiquan organizations, but their level is uneven, most of the school's Taijiquan associations or training classes are mainly based on performance routines, and the real pushers are very little involved, and even if there are pushers, their level is quite low, and even the rules formulated by the committee are not adopted at all, let alone professional ratings and competitions.

Through the investigation, Tian Chuan found that it was not that these colleges and universities did not want to standardize and professionalize their Taijiquan organizations, but that they lacked a suitable way, so they persuaded a few friends to hold this training course.

Tagawa also has another purpose, which is to use this training class to give an example to those boxers in the taijiquan world how to make taijiquan teaching a profession that can support themselves.

The advertisements for the training courses hit the major universities, perhaps because Tagawa and several coaches were famous enough, and many people came to consult and sign up. Tian Chuan, together with several coaches, assessed the students who came to sign up, eliminated a group of applicants with insufficient foundation, and finally determined the list of 40 students.

The selection of students this time also showed the students the level of coaching. One of the most important aspects of the selection process is the actual hand-to-hand trial with the coach. Some students do have a certain level of strength and come with the idea of challenging Tai Chi celebrities. As a result, when they tried out, they found that the strength of the red-level fighters was a mountain that they could not overcome, and none of them could hold on for five seconds before the one-handed hands of any of the four coaches, including the beautiful Coach Liu, who looked weak.

The trainees were convinced, and the training began. The first class started on New Year's Day, with a morning exercise. When Tagawa appeared on the track and field field of the Agricultural University at six o'clock in the morning, more than a dozen students had already arrived. Most of these students had heard of the long-distance running strength of coach Tagawa, and no one challenged him, but they just warmed up on the track of the playground according to their own strength.

The endurance exercises of long-distance running, the strength exercises that followed, and then the routines and push hand exercises, continued until the end of the eight o'clock. The course of the training course is not mandatory, and the morning exercise part is still open, even if you are not a trainee of the training course, you can follow Tagawa together, and Tagawa's guidance also covers all the people who follow the exercise. This makes the students who pay for the registration a little unbalanced. Tagawa explains: "The morning exercise in the morning is an add-on, and the weekend and Wednesday classes are exclusive to the training class. ”

After the morning exercise, Tagawa went to the cafeteria for breakfast, and at half past eight, in a training room in the gymnasium, the first formal training course began, and Tagawa introduced the Tai Chi organization, Tai Chi Tuishou rules, rating rules, etc., etc., and then introduced the basic listening strength and force essentials of Tai Chi Tuihou.

In the subsequent training course, it is the training that focuses on the essentials of pushing. The morning class passed by in a flash, and everyone didn't realize the passage of time, so the class ended.